P2P Payments Team Lead

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As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

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The P2P Payment Team Lead supports and oversees global P2P payment Activities and all aspects of payment management in the Elanco Solutions Center (ESC). Team lead will oversee an internal team, partner with Line Manager, business counterparts and other business stakeholders. It will ensure compliance with applicable regulation and controls for the P2P processing activities. Location: Elanco Solution Center (ESC) in Warsaw, Poland.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables:

Leadership

• Be able to take charge of, inspire and influence a team of approximately 10 employees.
• Actively connect with your people by regular one-on-ones, team meetings or other and champion employee engagement
• Develop top talents in the team, with support of the Line Manager, by succession planning process, having robust performance /coaching conversations, and facilitating development sessions.
• Set the goals for the team supporting delivery of ESC Strategy in operational area.
• Work as part of the ESC management team to make the ESC a great place to work for all employees.
• Identify and recruit top talents
• Lead by example in line with Elanco Values (Integrity, Respect, Excellence).
• Act as a backup for Line Manager

Process, Governance, Stakeholder Management

• Leads payment team in an effective and efficient manner to ensure compliance with relevant policies, procedures, systems, and financial controls - Oversees daily operations for team of approximately 10 people.
• Act as the point of escalation to resolve invoice processing, posting and issues in a timely manner and ensures all queries are dealt with correctly and efficiently (SPOC)
• Support General Accounting’s month-end/year-end closing procedures including general ledger reconciliations and accruals, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance and financial audits - Establish strong collaboration and relationships with business counterparts, vendors, Global Process Owners (GPO), and other partners of the ESC organization
• Identify and implement process change improvements (in coordination with the P2P GPO)
• Ensure processes and policies are being followed by performing routine reviews and audits of the teams as they provide services to customers
• Execute the governance process to evaluate and implement localization / customization
• Support internal and external auditors during audits and other data inquiries
• Understand system architecture, including ERP, add-ons, enablers, and interfaces
• Coordinate and support system implementations and testing with transactional resources
• Support the team with Operational tasks as it is required on a daily basis

Skills & Capabilities

• Knowledge and understanding of P2P functions with a minimum of three years experience in a similar role, preferably in a SSC organization
• Strong knowledge of SAP and Ariba Procurement platform, experience and knowledge of several of the Ariba modules including Sourcing, Contracting, Supplier Lifecycle Management and Performance, Procurement and Spend Reporting
• Excellent understanding of the critical success factors for ESC as reliable, effective and efficient business service provider
• Operational awareness of all applicable US SoX & operational controls for the area and abiity to deomonstrate a strong compliance oriented mindset
• Demonstrate excellence in all interactions with internal customers & business partners
• Actively work with core team members, internal customers/business partners, and distribution team members to build effective working relationships
• Build and maintain a strong knowledge of Elanco’s product lines within the market
• Demonstrate a strong Continuous Improvement oriented approach

Requirements

• University degree (Bachelors or equivalent)
• Lean/Six Sigma exposure or equivalent desired
• Experience in SSC environment
• Ability to work in global team environment and communicate effectively with both internal business partners of all levels & disciplines as well as external team members
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills with ability to build effective relationships and influence peers and key stakeholders.
• Ability to proactively & effectively resolve people, process and technology problems
• Ability to effectively prioritize and complete key tasks and deliverables
• Able to respond flexibly to customer needs, effectively managing expectations
• Attentive to details to ensure compliance and accurate reporting.
• Experience of working to tight deadlines and analysing multiple entities.
• Flexibility in adapting to a non-routine and fast paced environment.
• Strong SAP knowledge, Councur and Ariba – is a plus
• SAP implementation experience is a plus
• Proficient in MS Office tools – advanced in Excell,
• Proficient in English is mandatory; multi-lingual is a plus, but not required

We offer

• Career at one of the leading global animal healthcare companies
• Hybrid work type
• Office located in the center of Warsaw (Rondo Daszynskiego)
• Extra days off
• Flexible working hours
• Sports cards (Multisport), private medical care, life insurance
• Employee Referral Program
• Open and inclusive environment which is supportive and welcoming of all diversity strands
• Animal-Friendly office
• Theatre tickets discounts
• Language learning platform

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status