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Accounts Payable Team Leader

  • Cross sector
  • Permanent / Support Functions
  • Blackburn
  • United Kingdom
  • 15/10/25
  • On site
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⚡️💡 About Assystem


Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world. Every day, our 7,750 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy. We are a collective committed to making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.


🤝 Why Join the Community of Switchers?


Drawing on more than 55 years’ experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked in the top three in the world for nuclear engineering. We aim to ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all.


Job Description

🚀 The Job Mission

As an Accounts Payable Team Leader, you’ll lead a small finance team ensuring accurate, efficient, and timely processing of all supplier, contractor, and staff payments. You’ll support month-end routines and play a key role in maintaining financial accuracy across our UK operations.

⚡️ Lead and mentor a small team of Accounts Assistants
⚡️ Manage weekly contractor and expense payment runs
⚡️ Oversee monthly supplier payment runs and reconciliations
⚡️ Process sub-contractor timesheets, invoices, and purchase orders
⚡️ Maintain supplier ledgers, direct debits, and lease car accounts
⚡️ Manage intercompany invoicing and project accruals
⚡️ Verify staff expense claims in line with company policy
⚡️ Support the wider finance team with month-end and ad-hoc projects

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Essential Skills

🛠 Minimum 2-3 years experience in a Finance or Accounts Payable role 

🛠 Strong Excel user 
🛠 Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
🛠 Proven ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks
🛠 Experience leading or mentoring small teams
🛠 Ability to identify and resolve issues proactively

Desired Skills

✔️ Familiarity with staff expenses and HMRC guidelines
✔️ Experience within engineering or project-based organisations
✔️ Knowledge of ERP or finance systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle)
✔️ Analytical mindset with a continuous improvement focus

Benefits include:

  • Pension scheme (8% company contribution / 4% personal contribution)
  • 25 days’ paid annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy or sell days
  • Flexible working
  • Employee referral scheme

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

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