Accounts Payable & Receivables Lead

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Location:

Hybrid home working / Didsbury, Manchester

Salary: £38,758 to £42,677

Employment:
Full time / 35 hours per week / Permanent

Agile working with 3 Days per week in the Office

Fully office-based throughout the training period

Southway Housing Trust is a committed and forward-thinking community focused housing association dedicated to providing excellent homes and outstanding customer care. With a vision of Thriving Communities, Southway manages over 6,500 homes across Greater Manchester. Southway strives to reduce child poverty, loneliness and isolation and increase employment, social connectedness and pride in neighbourhoods. Our REACH values of Respect, Equity, Ambition, Compassion and Honesty reflect Southway's culture, how we deliver our services, and our relationships with customers, colleagues and partners.

Southway values diversity in all aspects of its communities and operations.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Finance team for an Accounts Payables & Receivable Lead and for the right person we offer a 35‑hour week, competitive salary, excellent contributory pension scheme, and 25 days holiday increasing to 30 days.

The Accounts Payables & Receivable Lead will deliver Southway Group's financial processing of its invoices, including collecting sundry debts, completion and submission of CIS returns and supporting the general accounting functions. This will entail collaborative work with service managers in the effective use of the PO system, tracking outstanding orders and following up payment and receivable requests.

• Proven experience in an Accounts Payable/Receivable role with at least 2 years in a supervisory or leadership role.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong Excel skills, with a knowledge of a range of functions and their application.

• Manage the invoice processing and payables function for the Southway Group, liaising with external suppliers and internal teams.
• Support and train budget holders and other staff in the operation of electronic purchase order and invoice authorisation routines.
• Ensure all BACS supplier and payroll payments are suitably evidenced for approval by Directors, including matching invoices to open accounts and contractor orders, and checks to HR records.
• Design and operate reporting tools to support data validation and accurate information sharing such as NOPO reports, aged debtors/creditors reports.
• Prepare KPIs which monitor timely payment of supplier invoices, outstanding payments/receipts (by age and value).
• Oversee the processes for set up of new suppliers and amendment to existing supplier records, ensuring that proposed suppliers are verified at Companies House and that bank details are independently checked to avoid risk of fraud.
• Manage the allocation of open accounts eBIS licences for budget holders and other staff involved in purchase orders and invoice approval.
• Manage the accounts receivable function which raises and collects sundry debts, with relevant supporting information provided by colleagues.
• Oversee the timely preparation of cash book journals, postings to accounts payable and accounts receivable ledgers, and efficient month‑end close down routines of these ledgers.
• Oversee processing of the transactions for the subsidiaries, including raising invoices in the relevant companies, intra‑group recharges and loan draw downs. Assist in the reconciliation of inter‑company balances.
• Prepare and submit CIS returns and payments to HMRC.
• Contribute to improvement projects to identify, implement and embed more efficient operating processes within the Finance Team.

Closing Date: 16 January 2026

Interview Date: w/c 19 January 2026

For an informal discussion please contact Edwige Koundjou, Operations Manager

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community. All applicants who have a disability or are ex‑armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex‑armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form and let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview.

Seniority level:
Mid‑Senior level

Employment type:

Full‑time

Job function:
Accounting/Auditing and Finance