Location: Guildford (Hybrid Working Available)
Sector: Public Sector
Ref: 8281
Rate: £30.00ph PAYE (flexible holiday pay options)
Contract: Interim Contract, 8 months
Working Pattern: Full Time
Hybrid Working: Yes
The Role
Our client, a large public sector organisation, is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable Team Lead to oversee a high-performing transactional finance function. This is a key leadership role responsible for the delivery, performance, compliance, and continuous improvement of AP and AR services across a complex operational environment.
You will lead a team of AP and AR professionals, ensuring service standards, financial controls, governance requirements, and performance targets are consistently achieved. Acting as the lead point of contact for AP/AR matters, you will support operational excellence while driving efficiencies, developing staff capability, and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships across finance and corporate services.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, manage and develop a team of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable specialists, including workload planning, resource allocation, mentoring and performance management.
- Monitor and report on service KPIs, ensuring operational targets, customer service standards and financial controls are consistently achieved.
- Act as the primary escalation point for complex AP/AR queries, risks, issues and service challenges, resolving matters promptly and effectively.
- Lead month-end and year-end activities across the purchase ledger and associated control accounts, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Oversee AP/AR governance, compliance, data quality and policy adherence, including VAT and CIS compliance across transactions.
- Produce management information, performance reports and ad hoc financial analysis to support cash flow management, budget monitoring and decision-making.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to enhance processes, efficiency, controls and service delivery.
- Act as the lead owner for AP/AR systems, maintaining and administering finance platforms, managing access controls, configuration requirements and system-related issues.
You Will Need (Essential Requirements)
- Significant experience in Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable operations, including leadership responsibility within a finance environment.
- Proven experience managing and developing teams, including performance monitoring, coaching, mentoring and resource planning.
- Strong understanding of financial controls, governance, compliance requirements, and KPI-driven service delivery.
- Experience leading month-end processes, reconciliations, control account management and financial reporting activities.
- Advanced Excel skills with the ability to analyse data, produce reports and support operational decision-making.
- Experience working within a local government, public sector or similarly regulated environment.
- Knowledge of VAT and CIS regulations and their practical application within transactional finance.
- Experience administering finance systems and acting as a system owner or super user.
- Experience producing management information and performance reporting for senior stakeholders.
- Knowledge of process improvement methodologies and service transformation initiatives.
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AP/AR Team Lead in Guildford employer: Triumph Consultants Ltd
Triumph Consultants is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of Greenwich. With a strong focus on community engagement and housing development, employees benefit from meaningful projects that directly impact local residents. The company fosters a collaborative culture, providing ample opportunities for professional growth and development while ensuring a supportive atmosphere for all team members.
