Location: Warrington, WA3 7PB – Hybrid working available after successful probation
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum plus excellent benefits
Schedule: 37.5 hours per week
Ready to impact a better future?
As a P2P Accounts Payable Team Leader in our AASC team, you’ll lead the delivery of purchase to pay activity, ensuring invoices, payments and processes are handled accurately, compliantly and on time. Your work will help maintain strong financial control while supporting operational delivery across the business.
In this role, you’ll play a key part in shaping how financial operations run day-to-day. By leading a team of specialists and driving consistent, right-first-time processes, you’ll contribute to trusted services that support communities and deliver positive outcomes. Your leadership will help create efficient, reliable systems that underpin essential public services and make a meaningful impact.
What you’ll do as a P2P Accounts Payable Team Leader
You’ll be entrusted to:
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Lead the day-to-day operational delivery of purchase to pay and accounts payable activities
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Ensure invoices, purchase orders and payments are processed accurately and within agreed timelines
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Monitor KPIs and service levels, addressing performance issues and driving continuous improvement
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Oversee invoice reporting, managing aged and unresolved items to reduce risk
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Maintain strong financial controls, ensuring compliance with policies and audit standards
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Lead, coach and develop a team of P2P specialists to deliver high performance and engagement
Does this sound like you?
You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have…
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Strong knowledge of purchase to pay and accounts payable processes in a complex organisation
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Proven experience leading and developing a team to achieve targets and service standards
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Confidence working with financial systems such as SAP and analysing data to drive decisions
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Excellent attention to detail with the ability to identify risks and resolve issues proactively
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Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build trust
Vetting and checks:
This role requires BPSS clearance, which involves identity verification, employment history, and criminal record checks to meet government security standards. An Occupational Health Questionnaire will also be required to ensure we can offer appropriate support for your wellbeing and performance.
Discover all you need to keep growing
We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.
What we offer
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Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays
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Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
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Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
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Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
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Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
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Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
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Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.
Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.
About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.
By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.
Apply
Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.
