Accounts Payable Team Leader
About Candidate
Education/Qualification
- AAT Level 4 Diploma in Accounting
- AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting
- AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting
Systems used
- Microsoft Word
- Advanced Excel user – Pivot tables, Vlookup, data analysis
- In house systems
Key skills
- Team leadership
- Staff development
- Process improvement
- Compliance
- Financial reporting
Career Summary
Current Employer – Travel Agency (T/O c£1.1b)
Position – Accounts Payable Team Leader
Dates – 2021 – Present
- Manage a team of 22 Accounts Payable staff, including performance monitoring, absence/sickness management, one-to-one support, setting KPI’s and training.
- Oversee cashflow management and ensure accurate processing of payments.
- Handle supplier communications, including issue resolution, relationship management, and clearing overrides.
- Work closely with Bank Reconciliation and Management Accounts teams to align financial processes.
- Conduct reconciliation of bank transfers and VCCs (Virtual Credit Cards).
- Drive supplier process improvements, including statement management and payment method optimization.
- Manage insurance checks and ensure compliance with internal and external requirements.
- Ensure deadlines and targets are met across the team, implementing effective timeframe management strategies.
Previous Employer – Real Estate
Position – Legal Secretary
Dates – 2019 – 2020
- Sat in on meetings, dictated correspondence to clients and other professionals
- Took and passed on messages
- Kept files organised and up to date
- Updated employees on file status
Previous Employer – Bathroom Fixture Store
Position – Administrator
Dates – 2018 – 2019
- Admin work alongside of the director, helped and suggested for upcoming ranges for the showrooms
- Worked as a team with the factory staff and made sure they have supplies and are updated with any changes
- Took precise ‘made to measure’ orders
- Ventured out to work sites to check fitting jobs were going to plan
- Organised returns
- Used Excel software and a range of CAD design services
Previous Employer – Bathroom Fixture Store
Position – Showroom Assistant
Dates – 2010 – 2018
- Worked alongside the design and fitting teams
- Based at both branches which gave me the ability to keep up to date each day and efficient with my work
