Grafton Banks Finance are currently working with a well respected commercial company with offices in Reigate to recruit an Accounts Payable Team Leader Reporting into the Financial Controls Manager your job will be to: Supervise and manage the overall function of the Accounts Payable team, ensuring all activities are completed in an efficient and timely manner. This will require the jobholder to undertake both a coaching and "hands on" approach to the necessary workloads. Manage the running of the Accounts Payable process ensuring adherence to all aspects of the robust functioning of the process including "cut off" deadlines, supplier terms, authorisation limits, and payment runs. Ensure appropriate segregation of duties are maintained within the team across the activities of Accounts Payable, Business Internet Banking payments and claims cheque issuing. Act as Accounts Payable contact, both internally and externally, investigating and resolving all purchase order, invoice and payment queries. . Responsible for the production of weekly/monthly Accounts Payable control reports and supplier payments report. Responsible for maintaining documentation to audit standard of all aspects of the team function's procedures and controls. Supervisory duties in respect of direct reports to include performance appraisals, monitoring staff attendance Inputting supplier invoices Ensure working practices and controls comply with company policies and procedures whilst pro- actively identifying working process improvements. Manage the daily cheque production print run of Claims cheques Preparation of complete & accurate monthly balance sheet cash account reconciliations. The successful candidate will have previous experience of working at a senior level within Accounts Payable and strong communication skills to be able to manage the purchase ledger function for the business. This is initally a contract role. We are looking for someone who is available wihtin one months notice.