Finance Team Leader – Accounts Receivable

Description

Our local government clients in Lambeth, Southwest London, are recruiting for a Finance Team Leader – Accounts Receivable. To proactively develop relationships and work with services and support functions to ensure processes are followed, and to serve as a point of contact for relevant Heads of Service/Directors and suppliers. This also includes continuous improvements in business support, communication, process design, dispute resolution, and task automation. To lead and develop a proactive team of staff who take ownership, accept personal responsibility, demonstrate accountability, are customer-focused, and collaborate with others inside and outside Finance to deliver outcomes.

Responsibility

To take proactive responsibility for the development of financial competence and awareness of the correct exchequer processes for end users to use, including compliance with them. To lead, develop, and drive the changing role of finance to become a proactive, ownership-taking service that maximises the benefits of technological change, focuses on becoming a data-led, value-added professional advisory and support function, whilst ensuring appropriate controls are in place for transitional processing.

Qualification – Essential

• GCSE Grade (or equivalent) in English Language and Mathematics.
• CCAB (or equivalent) qualified or actively studying towards a CCAB qualification.
• Advanced – Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), social media and CRM.

Criteria to be Evaluated at the Shortlisting Stage - About You:

• Detailed Understanding of local government (or other appropriate public sector body) exchequer services, including payable and receivable and income control.
• 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 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 local government.
• Understanding of the 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 I.T. applications, including purchasing and accounts payable modules, finance system applications, general ledger and other aligned financial modules (such as Mosaic).
• Demonstrable advanced skills in Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Demonstrable ability to lead and coach a team to ensure the service offer is optimal.
• Demonstrable ability to lead a training culture to ensure services use the purchasing and accounts payable processes efficiently and effectively.
• Demonstrable consistency in dealing with suppliers and service users.
• Proven track record of financial control and advice in local government finance or a similarly regulated environment.
• Demonstrable experience in project management and successful implementation of projects, including change management and business process redesign.

Essential Compliance Requirements

• 3 Years References, including current employment
• Willing to engage in the mandatory pre-screening application process.

Diamond Blaque Group, a leading public-sector provider, is acting as the employment agency for this vacancy. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that values diversity and equal opportunity in the workplace.