AR Team Leader

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Location:Shepton Mallet

Salary:£25,000 per annum

Contract:Permanent

Working hours: 37.5 hours, Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:30pm

Our world class Local Government Services team supports local councils to improve outcomes and focus on what matters in their communities. We care about helping local councils to transform and make every penny matter to ensure front line services are protected as part of their citizens charter to ensure that people live and prosper.

Capita local Government Services provides finance outsourcing services to a number of local authorities. We are now seeking an Accounts Receivable Team Leader join our shared services function for the provision of accounts payable services in our offices in Shepton Mallet.

What you’ll be doing:

• To assist in the management of accounts and teams of colleagues within the F & A resilience services. To meet specific targets with regards to the debt analysis, MI and data and the collection of sundry debt as specified and other resilience areas such as Accounts Payable.
• To assist with improvements to the team in line with a strategy of growth within the F & A environment which includes AR ( & AP )
• To provide value to the team in terms of managing objectives, improving communication, mentoring colleagues and providing a good inclusive working environment.
• The post will be based in Mendip and the postholder will need to be able to work from this location.
• Lead and manage the resilience F & A in providing effective customer focused services in respect of accounts receivable and accounts payable, whilst promoting efficiency and continuous improvements.
• Develop, document and review where appropriate processes and procedures for the resilience service and also providing authoritative advice on its effect and implementation to staff and provide technical advice where needed.
• Identify, review and evaluate opportunities including growth of accounts, lean processes and solutions for our partner local authorities.
• Determine team priorities to achieve targets in line with performance management procedures.
• Ensure continuous service improvements, high standards of performance, quality and efficiency across the team and promote a culture of service excellence and continuity.
• Processing of cases across all disciplines as required based on the needs of the resilience service and our customers.
• Responsibility of results.

What we’re looking for

• Demonstrable leadership skills, ideally in an AR Function
• Demonstrable experience managing and motivating individuals to optimise performance.
• Commercial awareness of development, risk and return.
• Proven track record of successful implementation delivery and financial return.
• Ability to apply flexible thinking and thought leadership to encourage an individual’s performance.

What’s in it for you?

• 23days’ holiday (rising to 27)with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform
• Opportunity to work from home

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You’ll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

All interviews, assessments and background checks will continue to take place online, to completely remove the need for face-to-face contact. All Capita colleagues who can work from home should do so; and where it is not possible for colleagues to work remotely, we have taken important steps to protect those working from Capita’s offices. Social distancing, enhanced hygiene and safety measures are already in place at all Capita locations that are open to protect our colleagues and manage the risk of COVID-19. The welfare of our people is of paramount importance to us, and we’re doing everything we can to keep our colleagues and customers safe during this time.

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