Purchase Ledger Team Leader

Purchase Ledger Team Leader | South Leeds – hybrid | £38,000

Are you an experienced Purchase Ledger professional looking for a role where you can take ownership, lead a small team and make a real impact?

We are recruiting for a Purchase Ledger Team Leader to join a successful and growing business in Leeds. This is a hands-on, end-to-end role with responsibility for a small team, key client relationships and multiple UK and international entities.

You will take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the Purchase Ledger function, ensuring invoices and payments are processed accurately and efficiently, whilst supporting the team and wider business.

Key responsibilities will include:

Managing and supporting a small Purchase Ledger team
Taking ownership of the end-to-end Purchase Ledger process
Managing key client and supplier relationships
Processing invoices, payments, reconciliations and resolving queries
Working across multiple UK and international entities
Monitoring workloads, deadlines and team performance
Producing regular reporting and providing accurate information to the wider business
Supporting process improvements and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency
Playing a key role in a new system upgrade and implementation
Supporting the wider finance team with ad hoc projects and improvements

We're looking for someone with solid Purchase Ledger experience who is confident taking ownership of a busy function and supporting others.

You'll ideally have:

Strong Purchase Ledger experience
Previous experience of supervising or leading a small team
Good understanding of the full Purchase Ledger process
Experience working with multiple entities would be advantageous
Strong communication and relationship-building skills
Excellent attention to detail and organisation
A proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement
Confidence working with systems and supporting system changes/upgrades
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Purchase Ledger professional who wants to step into a Team Leader role with genuine responsibility, whilst being involved in business improvements