Accounts Payable Team Leader

at  Kiwa

Job Summary: Kiwa UK is looking for a Accounts Payable Team Leader to join our innovative Finance Team. In this role you will provide support to the AP team, ensuring compliance with all accounts receivable activities, including accurate posting, VAT compliance, sound working capital management and and Capex management. This role can be based at either our Cheltenham or Aylesbury Office with hybrid working. Kiwa, is a global top 20 leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification. Our company motto is: We create trust. We want you to trust us with becoming your employer of choice. We offer excellent training and development opportunities, the freedom to do your job as you see fit and we are a respectful and diverse company that employs over 10,000 Kiwans worldwide. About the role:

• Oversee the AP Team, ensuring a faultless level of governance and stakeholder customer service
• Act as an escalation point for any supplier or team clarifications
• Approve journals produced by the AP Team
• Deputise for the Accounts Receivables Team Leader as required
• Complete weekly accounts payables reports for distribution to the Transaction Services Manager and Group Financial Controller
• Reconcile accounts payables balances at month end
• Process F/X revaluations for AP balances at month-end
• Support prepayments and accruals adjustments as required
• Support monthly intercompany accounts payables confirmations
• Minimise unallocated cash balances and ensure all entries are resolved within 30 days of receipt
• Support capex activities, including approval forms, depreciation posting and running the impairment review process
• Oversee the admin process for credit cards and expenses acting as first-line support
• Support the delivery of internal and external audit documentation (such as invoice copies, proof of customer payment etc.)
• Inspire a high-performing team to deliver outstanding results
• Bring a dynamic, driven and motivated approach to the company and support the introduction of changes in culture required to maintain Kiwa at the leading edge of our field

Do you have what it takes?:

• Strong people management skills and proven experience
• The ability to deliver to tight timescales and deadlines consistently
• Excellent day to day planning and organisational skills
• Dynamism, aptitude for problem solving and teamwork, practicality, reliability, flexibility, and results oriented
• Exceptional communication skills and interpersonal relations at all levels
• The ability to engage and influence colleagues to achieve common goals and objectives
• Sound knowledge of accounting principles
• Sound knowledge of AP and AR control environments
• Experience of working in an international corporate environment beneficial

What can you expect from us in return?:

• £35,000 per annum
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• 37.5 hours a week, Mon-Fri
• Hybrid Working
• Family Leave - generous enhanced maternity/adoption/shared parental leave - first 6 months full pay maternity/adoption and shared parental leave & 2 weeks full pay paternity leave
• Milestone Recognitions: Holiday allowance increases, certificates of recognition, unpaid and paid sabbaticals, charity donations, personal gifts, and retail vouchers
• Holiday Buying Scheme
• Welcome pack with goodies
• Salary Reviews
• Company Bonus Scheme
• Enhanced Pension
• Life Assurance (4x Annual Salary)
• EAP - Free, independent Employee Assistance Programme, offering confidential information, support, advice and counselling, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
• 24 hour GP Service
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers

Job Summary: Kiwa UK is looking for a Accounts Payable Team Leader to join our innovative Finance Team. In this role you will provide support to the AP team, ensuring compliance with all accounts receivable activities, including accurate posting, VAT compliance, sound working capital management and and Capex management. This role can be based at either our Cheltenham or Aylesbury Office with hybrid working. Kiwa, is a global top 20 leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification. Our company motto is: We create trust. We want you to trust us with becoming your employer of choice. We offer excellent training and development opportunities, the freedom to do your job as you see fit and we are a respectful and diverse company that employs over 10,000 Kiwans worldwide. About the role:

• Oversee the AP Team, ensuring a faultless level of governance and stakeholder customer service
• Act as an escalation point for any supplier or team clarifications
• Approve journals produced by the AP Team
• Deputise for the Accounts Receivables Team Leader as required
• Complete weekly accounts payables reports for distribution to the Transaction Services Manager and Group Financial Controller
• Reconcile accounts payables balances at month end
• Process F/X revaluations for AP balances at month-end
• Support prepayments and accruals adjustments as required
• Support monthly intercompany accounts payables confirmations
• Minimise unallocated cash balances and ensure all entries are resolved within 30 days of receipt
• Support capex activities, including approval forms, depreciation posting and running the impairment review process
• Oversee the admin process for credit cards and expenses acting as first-line support
• Support the delivery of internal and external audit documentation (such as invoice copies, proof of customer payment etc.)
• Inspire a high-performing team to deliver outstanding results
• Bring a dynamic, driven and motivated approach to the company and support the introduction of changes in culture required to maintain Kiwa at the leading edge of our fiel