Payments Team Manager

We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic individual to manage our Accounts Payable team. The AP team are responsible for processing all invoices and payments for the authority in line with our No PO No Pay Policy. As manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the team as well as focusing on process and system improvements to support payment performance. You will also support in data provision to the authority in terms of maintaining accuracy of data in the systems, and extracting and analysing data to information corporate decision-making.

We are looking for a motivated and organised individual with previous experience of managing staff and knowledge of key legislation that impacts payments to suppliers. As manager of the team, you will need the ability to manage change, leading and motivating others to implement process and system changes. Excellent customer service skills are essential to this role as you will need to communicate with internal colleagues, customers, and external partner agencies on a frequent basis.

The successful candidate will be able to work under pressure and possess a flexibility to adapt to changing workload demands. Organisation skills, including the ability to prioritise workload, and exceptional attention to detail are crucial to succeed in this role., Our employees' skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.