Job Introduction
Transactions Team Leader
Salary: £34,398 - £36,965 per annum plus excellent benefits
Location: Walsall, West Midlands
Contract: Full Time, Permanent, 37 hours per week (minimum two day in the office)
Closing Date: 26 July 2024
Interview Date: 7 August 2024
We have an exciting opportunity for a Transactions Team Leader to join our Finance team. In this role, you will ensure accurate and timely accounting in all Group companies of all income and expenditure transactions.
A great opportunity to be involved in a social business that has a clear set of values and objectives that are all about supporting people. And our inclusive culture and market-leading professional development opportunities have seen us achieve a Sunday Times ‘Best place to work’ award for 2024.
Main job responsibilities:
- Ensure that transactions are delivered to a high standard of excellence and in adherence to whg’s Standing Orders and Financial Regulations whilst maintaining the security and integrity of financial data.
- Ensure that all purchase invoices and sundry payments are processed in accurately and timely in accordance with the whg’s delegated authorities.
- Support the Transactions Manager to develop efficient procedures, maximizing the benefits of the finance systems, which are fully documented to ensure a consistent approach and continuity of service.
- Ensure that payments to suppliers and customers are timely and undertake regular analysis to enable compliance reporting with payment and procurement legislation.
- Ensure that all relevant accounting transactions and back-up information is accessible and secure and that access to any sensitive, confidential information is secure in line with general data protection regulations.
- To manage and lead a small high performing team through training and continuous professional development using whg’s Performance Management Framework.
- To use fraud detection techniques to identify potentially fraudulent activity including red flags such as unusual payments requests.
We're looking for someone who has:
- An appropriate accounting qualification (e.g. AAT) or significant relevant experience.
- Significant experience in a ledger processing environment.
- Significant experience of developing and maintaining effective administration systems including the reconciliation of accounts whilst maintaining data integrity, security and control systems.
- Excellent IT skills, which include the ability to confidently use all Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to use IT as an analytical and management tool for interpreting and analysing data performance information that translates into recommendations for improvement.
- The ability to work collaboratively with other teams, building rapport and trust through negotiation and discussion.
- A strong awareness of relevant fraud risks and appropriate ways to mitigate these.
What’s in it for you?
In return, you will receive a competitive salary, 27 days annual leave (plus Christmas shut down), a defined benefit pension scheme, health cash plan, a range of shopping and leisure discounts.
We are output focused and flexible and believe in giving colleagues the right balance of autonomy and support to enable them to work to their full potential. Despite the high expectation for performance and delivery, we are committed to ensuring colleagues have a healthy work-life balance and able to work in agile ways which support them.
About us
Our People Strategy presents a clear picture of how we will achieve our Corporate Plan aim, ‘Be an exceptional place to work that attracts, develops and retains talent’. The Strategy focuses on three key themes that help us support our colleagues to make a difference to our customers, the communities we serve and to themselves.
It is important to us that we have a diverse workforce, representative of the communities we serve. Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) to us means colleagues living our values, dedicated to doing the right thing and exercising good judgement. This will encourage a culture where all can thrive, acknowledging that everyone is different; what matters to us is that everyone can come to work and feel comfortable to be themselves.
We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer and ensure that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunity to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations while working with us. We want to make it clear that we welcome disabled applicants for all our roles. If in doubt look out for the Disability Confident logo.
We will ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, and we will interview applicants with a disability if they meet the essential criteria for a role. We will also support existing colleagues with a disability or long-term health condition enabling them to stay in work, making reasonable adjustments if necessary.
For more information, read the full job description and visit www.whg.uk.com