Manager - AP

Job Purpose

Experienced F&A (AP) professional with global experience.

Job Description

• Supervise staff of payable specialists along with overall responsibility for vendor and employee account management.
• Monitor performance of direct reports. Provide prompt and objective coaching in accomplishing goals.
• Conduct performance reviews recommend salary increases and is actively involved in recognition and employee development strategies.
• Assures effective communication is maintained within the department and externally. Where appropriate, inform employees of company/department plans and progress. Conduct staff meetings at regular intervals.
• Supervise various duties for Accounts Payable function including processing vendor invoices, receipt matching to invoices, monitor Accounts Payable mailbox and ensure that POs and proper payment approvals are provided
• Ensure vendor invoices and check requests are paid in accordance with company’s cash flow and authorization policies.
• Ensure vendor statements are reconciled every month.
• Build solid relationship across all units at various accounting levels.

You are meant for this job if:

• You are Post Graduate/ Graduate in Finance with 12-15 years of experience
• You have excellent working knowledge of Global Business Finance Processes
• Managing service delivery of the day to day activities for all the existing and the new clients of F&A (P2P)
• Compliance with relevant Statutory, Internal control & Group / Corporate requirements
• Assuring compliance and quality control review
• Ensure process excellence, harmonization, and efficiency, Drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Drive lean/six sigma, best practices framework, case studies, benchmarking for making processes more efficient and effective
• Must have an end to end understanding on KPI’s and drive efficiency
• Align to customer goals and deliver on commitments consistently

Skills

• Implement best practices and process improvements
• Responsible for all in-scope vendor accounts
• Analyse and perform Month End Close tasks
• Lead and follow through to completion any assigned special projects
• All other duties as needed or required per business requirement
• Manual Journal review and approval
• Trade AP/ GRIR Reconciliation review and approval