P2P Team Leader ( INTERNAL ONLY) in Warrington

As a P2P Team Leader you will lead a team of Accounts Payable Analysts driving the accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices and payments across the team. You will play a key role in delivering the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the accounts payable function. A successful P2P Team Leader will ensure that strong relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders are always maintained and provide coaching, guidance and support to more junior colleagues.

P2P Team leader key responsibilities:

• Delegate tasks appropriately to ensure that your team processes high volumes of supplier invoices in an accurate, compliant and timely manner.
• Review and Approve (or reject) payment runs (BACS, CHAPS, cheques).
• Support internal and external audits by overseeing the provision of necessary documentation.
• Ensure compliance with VAT and other relevant financial regulations.
• Regularly review team progress via reporting and KPI's, identifying and praising superstars whilst supporting those not quite hitting the mark.
• Give feedback (positive and negative) in a constructive manner to direct reports.
• Clearly and accurately delegate instructions within your team.
• Demonstrate confidence when robustly engaging with Seniors, 3rd parties and Suppliers.
• Be able to defend a position in a discussion/debate.
• Manage any internal or external escalations in a timely and professional manner, ensuring clear and concise communication is always maintained.
• Demonstrate flexibility in transitioning between sub-teams as needed.
• Be able to coach less experienced members of the team through challenging/non-standard business scenarios.
• Verify & validate the effectiveness of proposed process improvement solutions by other team members.
• Be prepared to plan and lead the implementation of solutions as and when required.
• Be able to present corrective actions/solutions as a business case to seniors and non-AR colleagues.
• Perform quality checks on corrective actions taken by Analysts.
• Good knowledge of Excel and the ability to perform advanced data analysis (e.g. Pivot, Filter, CONCAT, IF, VLOOKUP, graphs).
• Good knowledge of Outlook and Word, ability to produce advanced Power Point presentations.
• High working knowledge of SAP (ECC6 or S/4) and VIM, OR equivalent ERP system.
• Good knowledge of payment methods and terms, and their impact on suppliers and company cashflow.
• Good knowledge of tax reporting, the need for accuracy and its impact on Culina's position with HMRC.

As part of our drive to make Culina Group a great place to work, we are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers. Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives. Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave - Competitive holiday entitlement of 25 days plus the bank holidays.
• Company Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When we achieve our goals you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Private Medical Cover - This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa.
• Car Allowance.
• Pension scheme - we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 5% employee and 8% employer.
• Life Assurance - x4 your annual salary.
• Wellness - Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Eye Care Vouchers - We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
• Reward & Recognition - We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!