Transaction Team Lead

Who We Are

Science In Sport Group is a world leader in sports and performance nutrition.

We have two highly regarded brands; SiS which combines world-class science and innovation to provide optimal performance nutritional solutions for professional athletes, sports and fitness enthusiasts and the active lifestyle community. This includes over 320 professional teams worldwide across a broad range of sports including Football, Rugby, Cycling, Athletics, Basketball, Netball and Swimming. Brand ambassadors include former track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, an eleven-time world champion and six-time Olympic champion, and Eilish McColgan, who won gold in the 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres.

PhD Nutrition is a premium, active-nutrition brand for the active lifestyle community wanting intelligent nutrition to help them achieve their goals. With over 20 years of research and development, our products are designed to maximise performance in and out of the gym. It’s an exciting time for PhD Nutrition as 2025 will kick off an entirely new line up of brand ambassadors, from hybrid athletes to qualified sports nutritionists.

The two brands sell through the phd.com and scienceinsport.com digital platforms, third-party online marketplaces including Amazon, as well as extensive domestic and international retail distribution.

In 2022 the company opened a state of the art 160,000 square foot manufacturing and logistics facility in Blackburn, Lancashire. Providing a significant advantage in product costs and customer response time and most importantly, allowing Science In Sport to lead the way for quality standards.

Science In Sport is the nutrition partner to globally recognised elite teams, including Tottenham Hotspur, Saracens Rugby, British Triathlon, Aquatics GB, British Cycling, England Netball and Loughborough Sports. As well as being the Official Energy Gel Provider of RunThrough and the Official Nutrition Partner of Ultra X.

The Role

The Transactional Team Lead will be responsible for managing the day-to-day performance of the transactional finance team. The role will ensure accurate, timely and controlled processing across supplier payments, customer receipts, customer and supplier master data, cash flow forecasting and working capital reporting. It will also support strong financial governance, efficient processes and effective service to internal and external stakeholders across the business.

• Contract: Permanent
• Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum
• Working Hours: 9am - 5.30pm
• Location: Blackburn
  
  

Benefits

• On-site gym
• Cycle to work scheme
• Product discount
• Birthday day off
• Pension scheme, employer contribution at 4%
  
  

The work - Your 4 most important responsibilities

• Lead, coach and support the AP and AR team, ensuring clear priorities, high standards of accuracy and delivery against agreed deadlines.
• Oversee accurate and timely supplier invoice processing, payment runs, customer cash allocation, credit control activity and account reconciliations.
• Own and improve customer and supplier master data processes, ensuring records are complete, approved and maintained in line with controls.
• Prepare and maintain short-term cash flow forecasts and working capital reporting to support business planning and decision-making.
  
  

Accountability – what you are responsible for delivering

• Delivery of accurate, timely and controlled AP and AR processes, including invoice processing, payment runs, receipt allocation, reconciliations and query resolution.
• Ownership of customer setup and supplier onboarding, including validation of key details, approval requirements, bank changes and fraud prevention procedures.
• Preparation and continuous improvement of short-term cash flow forecasts using reliable AP, AR and working capital inputs.

Monitoring and reporting of working capital KPIs, including debtor days, creditor days, overdue debt, cash collection and payment performance.

Maintenance of strong financial controls, audit-ready records, segregation of duties and timely issue escalation.

Ownership of the P2P system, including identification of process improvements, bottleneck resolution and consistent application of policies and procedures.

Capability - the skills and behaviours required to do this job well

• Experience in accounts payable, accounts receivable, transactional finance or a similar finance operations role.
• Ability to supervise, coach and coordinate the work of a team, setting clear expectations and maintaining high standards.
• Strong understanding of AP, AR, purchase-to-pay, cash allocation, reconciliations and master data controls.
• Confident working with finance systems SAP Business 1 is advantageous.
• Confident working with Excel spreadsheets.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to resolve queries and influence stakeholders across the business.
• Excellent attention to detail, organisation and ability to manage competing deadlines.
  
  

Performance – how you will know you are doing a great job

• AP and AR processes are completed accurately, on time and in line with agreed controls.
• Improvement in KPI metrics – fewer errors, more transactions posted, improvement in working capital metrics.
• Cash flow forecasts are reliable, regularly updated and clearly understood by stakeholders.
• Customer and supplier master data is accurate, controlled and compliant with approval requirements.
• Working capital KPIs are visible, monitored and actively managed.
• Team performance, engagement and service levels are maintained or improved.
  
  

Specific metrics will be set when in role and will be reviewed and built upon regularly. Alongside this, you will be supported with a personal performance plan that will enable you to continue improving your own performance and impact.

Attributes – experience and mindset that will enable you to do well in this role.