AP/AR Team Lead


Company:	Triumph Consultants Ltd
Salary:	£30 to £30 an hour
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Surrey
Job type:	Temporary
Posting date:	23 Oct 2026
Closing date:	19 Nov 2026

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Summary

What's involved with this role:

Job Title: AP/AR Team Lead

Location: Guildford (Hybrid Working Available)

Sector: Public Sector

Ref: 8281

Rate: £30.00ph PAYE (flexible holiday pay options)

Contract: Interim Contract, 8 months

Working Pattern: Full Time

Hybrid Working: Yes

The Role

Our client, a large public sector organisation, is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable Team Lead to oversee a high-performing transactional finance function. This is a key leadership role responsible for the delivery, performance, compliance, and continuous improvement of AP and AR services across a complex operational environment.

You will lead a team of AP and AR professionals, ensuring service standards, financial controls, governance requirements, and performance targets are consistently achieved. Acting as the lead point of contact for AP/AR matters, you will support operational excellence while driving efficiencies, developing staff capability, and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships across finance and corporate services.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, manage and develop a team of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable specialists, including workload planning, resource allocation, mentoring and performance management.

Monitor and report on service KPIs, ensuring operational targets, customer service standards and financial controls are consistently achieved.

Act as the primary escalation point for complex AP/AR queries, risks, issues and service challenges, resolving matters promptly and effectively.

Lead month-end and year-end activities across the purchase ledger and associated control accounts, ensuring accuracy and compliance.

Oversee AP/AR governance, compliance, data quality and policy adherence, including VAT and CIS compliance across transactions.

Produce management information, performance reports and ad hoc financial analysis to support cash flow management, budget monitoring and decision-making.

Drive continuous improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to enhance processes, efficiency, controls and service delivery.

Act as the lead owner for AP/AR systems, maintaining and administering finance platforms, managing access controls, configuration requirements and system-related issues.

You Will Need (Essential Requirements)

Significant experience in Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable operations, including leadership responsibility within a finance environment.

Proven experience managing and developing teams, including performance monitoring, coaching, mentoring and resource planning.

Strong understanding of financial controls, governance, compliance requirements, and KPI-driven service delivery.

Experience leading month-end processes, reconciliations, control account management and financial reporting activities.

Advanced Excel skills with the ability to analyse data, produce reports and support operational decision-making.

Desirable Experience

Experience working within a local government, public sector or similarly regulated environment.

Knowledge of VAT and CIS regulations and their practical application within transactional finance.

Experience administering finance systems and acting as a system owner or super user.

Experience producing management information and performance reporting for senior stakeholders.

Knowledge of process improvement methodologies and service transformation initiatives.

How to Apply

If you meet the essential criteria, please send your CV, rate expectation (in line with the above) and confirmation of Right to Represent confirmation to: toni.coates@tclrec.com

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.

Job Ref: 5308511

Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

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