Payables and Receivables Team Leader

Job Title: Payable and Receivables Team Leader

Salary: circa £30,000 per annum

Hours per week: 35

Location: At IOSH, we embrace hybrid working because we believe it's the key to achieving work-life balance, strategic success and fostering our collaborative culture. You’ll be required to work from our head office in Wigston, Leicester a minimum of 2 days per week. The remainder of your working hours will be undertaken from home.

Closing date: 19 October 2026

**About the role
**An exciting opportunity to lead our Payables & Receivables function and play a key role in delivering an efficient, customer-focused and cost-effective finance service. You’ll lead a team, drive high standards and help shape how we deliver our transactional finance activities.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you’ll lead and support a team of Payables & Receivables Officers, coordinating workloads, providing coaching and guidance, and ensuring work is delivered accurately and within agreed timescales. You’ll oversee key processes including purchase invoices, supplier payments, expenses, sales ledger, credit control, reconciliations and payment runs, while monitoring aged debt and supporting strong financial controls and cashflow management.

The role also offers the opportunity to make a real difference to how we work. You’ll act as a key point of escalation for finance queries, work closely with colleagues, customers and suppliers to resolve issues, and identify opportunities to improve systems, processes and ways of working.

What you'll bring

We’re looking for someone with a good understanding of general accounting principles and financial systems, alongside strong numeracy, organisational and problem-solving skills. You’ll be systematic and detail-focused, able to manage competing priorities and deadlines, and confident identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

You’ll also bring experience of working in a customer-focused Accounts Payable/Receivable environment, together with general finance, billing and invoicing experience. Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office and Excel, are essential, as is the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

Most importantly, you’ll be a supportive and collaborative team leader who can motivate others, build positive relationships and contribute to a culture of integrity, excellence, flexibility and continuous improvement.

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of general accounting principles.
• Understanding of financial systems.
• Ability to analyse data accurately for reporting and other requirements.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders by communicating clearly, face-to-face, virtually, by telephone and in writing.
• Experience of working in a customer-focused area of an AP/AR function.

How to apply
To apply, you'll need an up to date CV and some additional time to complete the application questions so we can find out more about you and your experience. Just click on the apply button below.

If you have any queries about the role or recruitment process please reach out to the recruiting manager or the People team.