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Accounts Payable Team Leader
Hybrid in Britannia House·Full-time·Added yesterday (last checked 10 Nov)
Our summary
- Work mode
- Hybrid, Britannia House
- Contract
- Full-time
- Pension
- Pension matched up to 7%
Skills
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
Competitive salary plus benefits.
You will also get an excellent benefits package including:
Discretionary company bonus
Company pension up to 7% matched
15% colleague discount in store and online
Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
Asda Allies Inclusion Networks - helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.
The role
The Accounts Payable Team Leader is responsible for leading the day-to-day operation of the Accounts Payable function, ensuring supplier invoices are processed accurately and on time, payments are made in accordance with agreed terms, and service levels are consistently achieved.
The role manages a team of Accounts Payable professionals, drives process improvements, maintains strong supplier relationships, and ensures compliance with company policies, financial controls, and regulatory requirements.
Team Leadership & Management
What you'll do
- Lead, motivate, and develop the Accounts Payable team to deliver high levels of performance and customer service.
- Conduct regular one-to-one meetings, performance reviews, and coaching sessions.
- Allocate workloads effectively and ensure adequate resource planning to meet operational demands.
- Support recruitment, onboarding, training, and succession planning activities.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and collaboration.
- Oversee the end-to-end purchase-to-pay process, ensuring invoices are processed accurately and within agreed service levels.
- Monitor team productivity, quality, and performance against KPIs and SLAs.
- Review and approve supplier account reconciliations and resolve complex discrepancies.
- Ensure timely processing of invoices, credit notes, expense claims, and payment runs.
- Manage escalations relating to suppliers, internal stakeholders, and payment issues.
- Maintain supplier master data governance and controls.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with suppliers, trading teams, budget holders, and wider finance stakeholders.
- Act as an escalation point for supplier disputes and payment-related issues.
- Collaborate with Procurement and Purchasing teams to drive process compliance and improve supplier experience.
- Provide regular updates and reporting to finance leadership.
How you'll work
37.5
Job Title
Accounts Payable Team Leader
Location
Britannia House
Employment Type
Full time
Contract Type
Permanent
Category
Non Technical
Closing Date
23 November 2026
Everything you'll love
To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.
Hiring process
Apply online
Online assessments
Online test · Not every role
An online assessment for certain roles, to help you understand more about the role.
Interview and assessment
With a hiring manager
Getting to know how you align with Asda's values and the key skills for the role, in person or virtual depending on location and timescales; some roles go to an assessment centre, in one or two stages.
Offer or feedback · With a hiring manager
- Expect an update on your application within 10 days.
- Asda aims to interview 1-2 weeks after the closing date.
- Asda aims to give feedback within one week of your interview.
About Asda
Asda is a large retail business that describes itself as "Reimagining Retail", operating in the retail industry with a validated focus on retail, technology and head-office roles.
According to its careers site, it is "a big business" offering far more role types than the familiar customer-facing ones, and it says that "because our business is changing we're creating new roles all the time".
- Industry
- Retail, technology and head-office roles
In their own words
Additional information
We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves
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