Accounts Receivable Team Leader

Overview

To proactively develop relationships and work with services and support functions to ensuring proper processes are being followed and being a point of contact for relevant Head of Service/Directors and suppliers. This also includes continuous improvements in business support, communication, process design, dispute resolution and automation of tasks.

• Lead and develop a proactive team of staff that take ownership, personal responsibility, accountability, are customer focused and work in a collaborative manner with others in and outside of Finance to ensure outcomes are delivered.
• Take proactive responsibility for the development of financial competence and awareness of the correct exchequer processes for end users to use within the Council, including compliance from them.
• Lead, develop and drive the changing role of finance in becoming a service that is proactive, takes ownership and maximises benefit from technological changes, focuses on becoming a data led, value adding professional advisory and support function whilst also ensuring appropriate controls are in place in relation to transitional processing.
• Detailed understanding of local government (or other appropriate public sector body) exchequer services, including payable and receivable and income control. Including working relationships with other council services and suppliers.
• Proven knowledge of the requirements of delivering excellent financial performance in a large, complex service organisation.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain (verbal and written) complex financial information and processes to non-experts, including of strong stakeholder management with colleagues across finance, procurement, business support, ICT and services.
• Have a clear understanding of the framework of financial control and good practice within statutory and professional requirements. Understanding of the statutory requirements of the Council and local government. Understanding of requirements of procurement and payment legislation including VAT law.
• Experience of leading and working at a senior level of local government exchequer services, including managing staff effectively; taking responsibility for recruitment, performance management and engagement of staff.
• Demonstrable advanced skills in IT applications used by the Council. This not only includes purchasing and accounts payable modules but extends to other finance system applications including the general ledger but also other aligned financial modules (such as Mosaic). This also includes demonstrable advanced skills in outlook, word and excel.
• Demonstrable ability to lead and coach a team to ensure the service offer is optimal. Furthermore, demonstrable ability to lead a training culture to ensure services use the purchasing and accounts payable processes efficiently and effectively.