Senior Manager – Accounts Payable

Job Description

Description

Key Responsibilities:

  • Team Management : Lead a team of 10-15 members, including goal setting and conducting performance reviews.
  • Escalation Management : Manage and resolve escalations, and maintain stakeholder relationships within a multicultural environment.
  • Process Transition : Handle accounts payable process transitions effectively.
  • SOPs and Trackers : Create standard operating procedures (SOPs), error trackers, customer complaint logs, and process updates.
  • Analytical Support : Prepare analyses and reports for the accounts payable team; recommend changes to methods and processes based on analyses.
  • Statistical Reporting : Prepare statistical reports and resolve moderately complex accounts payable issues.
  • Relationship Building : Build and maintain relationships with other finance disciplines and work teams.
  • Special Projects : Execute special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Education : College, university, or equivalent degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related subject is required.
  • Experience : Minimum of 10-12 years of experience in the accounts payable domain.

Responsibilities

  • Competencies :
  • Action Oriented : Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
  • Collaborates : Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
  • Communicates Effectively : Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
  • Customer Focus : Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
  • Drives Results : Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
  • Instills Trust : Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
  • Nimble Learning : Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
  • Self-Development : Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.
  • Values Differences : Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
  • Business Partnering : Collaborates with stakeholders and develops partnerships to drive performance that aligns with organizational goals and strategies.
  • Financial Analysis : Interprets financial data by analyzing trends, variances, opportunities, and risks to provide insight to stakeholders regarding financial impact to drive business improvement.

Qualifications

Skills and Experience:

  • Team Leadership : Proven experience in handling a team of 10-15 members, including goal setting and performance reviews.
  • Communication : Excellent communication skills in English.
  • Escalation and Stakeholder Management : Experience in managing and resolving escalations and maintaining stakeholder relationships in a multicultural environment.
  • Process Transition : Hands-on experience in handling accounts payable process transitions.
  • SOPs and Trackers : Experience in creating SOPs, error trackers, customer complaint logs, and process updates.
  • Analytical Skills : Ability to prepare analyses and reports, and make recommendations for process improvements