Finance & Administration Team Leader in Skelmersdale

Finance and Administration Team Leader

Location: Skelmersdale

Salary: £34,840 depending on experience plus annual bonus

Great hours: Monday to Friday, no evenings or weekend working

Full time permanent position

If you’re an experienced Finance Team Leader looking for a career in an established, friendly, fast-growing business, this is the role for you. We are Direct365, a market leading company providing essential workplace products and services for small businesses.

Consider these questions:

• Do you enjoy working in Finance roles and have Team Leader experience?
• Do you also have experience in a contact centre or admin setting?
• Are you looking for a rewarding career in a secure company?
• Are you friendly, polite, reliable, and organised?
• Do you live near Skelmersdale (WN8 9RD)?

If you answered ‘Yes’, we want to hear from you!

In this role, you can directly influence business success and really make a difference. You’ll guide, motivate, and develop our Finance Team and Admin Team to deliver a smooth efficient service. Your teams will cover Purchase Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Stock Control, Billing, Order Processing and Queries.

Your finance experience will be truly valued here. You’ll develop existing connections across departments and with suppliers, ensuring the Sales to Cash process is slick and efficient. A keen eye for detail and great communication skills are key when looking after our accounts process, to deliver accurate financial accounting records for the business.

This is a chance to make a difference in a role where you will be integral to our success.

Your role as Finance and Administration Team Leader at Direct365:

• Lead accurate financial reporting, ensuring timely monthly and annual accounts for managers and key stakeholders.
• Oversee purchase ledger activity, ensuring invoices are processed, reconciled and period-end reporting is delivered on time.
• Plan workloads, set team priorities and ensure financial deadlines are consistently met.
• Improve and maintain robust processes that protect financial data and support effective cost management.
• Manage accurate processing of invoices, payments, Direct Debits, cash allocation, orders, account changes and customer queries.
• Produce invoices, contracts and service agreements, raise credits and respond to subcontractor feedback.
• Coach and motivate your team, helping them achieve goals while delivering excellent customer service.
• Use key performance metrics to evaluate processes and drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with colleagues to achieve business targets with a strong customer focus.
• Foster a positive team culture through regular 1‑2‑1s, team meetings and coaching sessions.
• Communicate business strategy, updates and expectations clearly to your team.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a Finance role with Supervisor experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both written and verbal.
• Good leadership and management skills, with a positive attitude at all times.
• A keen attention to detail, strong level of accuracy and excellent numeracy skills.
• A committed, proactive approach, with the drive to achieve targets and deadlines.
• A positive mindset, able to prioritise, multitask and work well within a team.
• Experience with Excel, BACS, the Direct Debit Scheme and SAGE 200.
• Finance qualifications (in part or full) – AAT, CIMA, ACCA, Finance Degree, etc.
• The admin team take customer calls, so contact centre experience is beneficial.

In return for your commitment and expertise in this role, you will get:

• A good salary of £34,840 depending on experience in a secure, successful company, plus an annual bonus.
• No weekend or evening working – great hours Monday to Friday (37.5 hours a week).
• Amazing employee discounts with major supermarkets and retailers with phsPerks.com.
• Training available to expand your skills. We offer accredited ILM training through external and in-house training.
• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays (31 days in total), plus a Buy / Sell holiday scheme.
• Free Parking onsite so no parking costs.
• Other benefits such as improved parental leave, a 24-hour wellbeing helpline, cycle to work scheme, pension scheme, life assurance and more…

Does this sound like the career for you? If so, we’re very keen to meet you – Apply now.

About us: At Direct365, our vision is to be the UK’s number one provider of essential workplace products and services for small businesses. We value helpfulness, reliability and innovation within our employee base, and believe in giving everyone the freedom to do what they do best. Our aim is to combine our buying power with friendly expert advice for everyone’s peace of mind that the job’s well done. Direct365 is part of the wider phs Group. At Direct365, we pride ourselves on our diverse workforce, and ensuring we have an inclusive environment for all our staff. We remain committed to ensuring our teams can bring their true selves to work without risk or fear of discrimination.