Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Team Lead

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Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

• Manage a high performing team optimising performance and commitment by setting goals and agreeing objectives

• Supporting the adaptability and flexibility of workload and team movements to facilitate high levels of customer service across the SSC managing working hours where required to cover regional time zones

• Maintain close relationships with customer/stakeholder groups, monitoring and seeking feedback on team performance, providing resolution of issues and agreeing improvement plans as required.

• Support and input to a programme of continuous improvement delivery so that best practice is embedded, and efficiencies are delivered.

• Manage the performance of the P2P and Global T&E function ensuring that processes are standardised, documented and that KPIs are used to demonstrate delivery with service levels being met or exceeded

• Ensure all policy and legal requirements are adhered to by operating within a framework of compliance, which protects customers and the team and minimises risk to the business

• Ensure the integrity of financial records for all relevant entities, raising issues where there is any deviation

• Team activities include:

• maintain relationships with vendors ensuring that documentation is properly maintained from receipt to payment.

• processing and resolution of invoices including intercompany.

• key point of contact for suppliers. The daily duties will also cover performing month end closing activities and vendor statement reconciliation.

• travel and expense processing, payments and employee queries. Audit and compliance of expense claims

Skills, know-how and experience:

Must have:

• Strong sense of integrity always does the right thing and encourages others to behave in the same way.

• Experience in a Procure to Pay and the T&E environment

•  Proficient in utilising ERP systems and other P2P related software. Experience with SAP Concur or similar expense management systems

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to manage a team.

• Able to operate comfortably at a detailed as well as a Managerial level.

• Strong experience of understanding and interpreting control and operational risk

Preferred:

• Experience in managing a team preferably in a shared services environment

• Additional language skills

Technical / professional qualifications:

• Accounting or Business Administrations qualifications

• Strong MS Office, Excel and Oracle knowledge as well as experience in the Business and Accounting systems used in the functions

Direct reports:

• Direct Reports: Team of up to 12 Team members

Key Stakeholders:

• Process Owner – Procure to Pay

• Process Owner – T&E

• Regional finance team

• Procurement

• Internal Audit

• Service Management

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