THG Ingenuity
Accounts Payable Team Lead
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About THG Ingenuity
THG Ingenuity is a fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, designed to power brands without limits. Our global end-to-end tech platform is comprised of three products: THG Commerce, THG Studios, THG Fulfilment.
Each represents a single, unified solution, overcoming challenges and taking brands direct-to-consumer. Our client portfolio includes globally recognised brands such as Coca-Cola, Nestle, Elemis, Homebase, and Proctor & Gamble.
Role
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Accounts Payable Team Leader to join our Finance Shared Services team. This is a hands on operational leadership role, responsible for supporting day to day activity of the Accounts Payable team and ensuring that key processes are completed accurately, efficiently and within agreed timescales. Particular focus will be on payment runs, ledger quality and continuous improvement of AP processes and controls.
The successful candidate will act as an important bridge between the operational AP team and management, helping to ensure issues are identified, resolved and escalated appropriately.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate and oversee regular AP payment runs, ensuring payments are processed accurately and within agreed deadlines
- Support, review and resolution of payment exceptions and issues
- Monitor day to day AP activity and ensure priorities are managed effectively.
- Provide operational oversight and key involvement during important processing periods, including month end.
- Provide day to day guidance and support and direction to the team
- Support allocation and prioritisation of workload
- Act as point of escalation for complex and unusual AP queries, with internal and external stakeholders, building effective working relationships
- Coach and support the team members to develop their knowledge, capability and confidence.
- Provide cover and operational support during periods of absence or increased workload.
- Monitor AP ledger to identify aged, blocked and outstanding invoices.
- Support regular ledger housekeeping and tidiness
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy and control within AP
- Support implementation and embedding of ne processes, controls and system improvements
- Participate in system testing and continuous improvement initiatives and help to ensure new processes are effectively embedded with the AP team
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We Are Looking For
- Experienced in Accounts Payable
- Confident in managing payment processes and resolving operational queries
- Organised, proactive and able to manage competing priorities
- Comfortable acting as point of escalation and making sound operational decisions
- A natural problem solver with strong attention to detail
- Able to build effective relationships with key stakeholders and colleagues
- Supportive and confident in coaching others
- Comfortable working in a fast paced environment driving issues through to resolution
- Interested in process improvement and finding better ways of working
- Advanced Excel skills
- Clear and professional communication skills
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THG Ingenuity is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.
THG Ingenuity is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG Ingenuity please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.
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