Manager GBS Accounts Payable (M/F/D)

Purpose & Overall Relevance For The Organisation

Global Business Services (GBS) aims to provide globally unified services based on standardized and automated solutions across different functions and markets. This will enable us to drive operational efficiency, quality services, improved agility and better decision-making whilst reducing complexity and workload.

Accounts Payable is part of the S2P stream and split into Vendor Master Data maintenance, Invoice Processing, Payments and Expense Management

Key Responsibilities
• Professionalize AP tasks and how AP team communicate with stakeholders
• Supervise the daily operations by adhering to the agreed SLAs towards the business partners;
• Ensure good relationships with business partners and the global functional Team on a proactive basis;
• Develop and report relevant KPI’s for area of responsibility;
• Ensure that KPI’s are maintained, achieved and reported in a correct and timely manner;
• Generate ideas for process improvements with respect to the processes in scope and ensure high quality and efficient work;
• Problem analyses and proposal or assessment of solutions, and respective implementation.
• Build solid relationships with all stakeholders (other accounting functions, the business and suppliers)
• Ensure suppliers chasing overdue payments are dealt with in a rapid and intelligent manner
• Ensure open entries (open PO s, unmatched payment, etc.) are closed promptly

Key Relationships
• GBS senior leadership team
• S2P GPO team
• Finance teams in the markets

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
• Experience with SAP is an advantage;
• Experience in a Shared Service environment is an advantage;
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English in a business setting;
• Ability to pay close attention to detail and high degree of customer orientation;
• Problem solving and analytical skills;
• Self-motivated and self-directed individual;
• Good communication skills / good team player;
• Team management skills.

Qualifications
• 6+ years relevant work experience in the accounting / business area;
• Degree in Accounting, Business Management, Economics or related areas