P2P Manager Permanent

P2P Manager

Responsibilities:

Roles and Responsibilities include Recognize, exemplify and adhere to the company values which centre around our commitment to People, Excellence and Compliance. As a key member of staff, the Manager is expected to embrace and contribute to our culture of continuous improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes adding value to our business and meeting customer/stakeholder needs.

Please note this role will support the US market, therefore, core hours of work will be 1pm – 9pm.

• Manage a Purchase to Pay (P2P) team of 8-10 individuals.
• Actively connect with your people and drive engagement by holding regular 1-1’s and team meetings.
• Coaching and developing a team to its fullest potential to contribute to overall GBS performance
• Develop top talent by participating in regular succession planning and having robust performance conversations.
• Recognise and reward excellent performance within the team.
• Create, Promote and Maintain Operational Excellence
• Work as part of the GBS management team to make the GBS a great place to work for all employees.
• Work in partnership with various cross-functional stakeholders to maintain efficient and compliant processes.
• Continuously look for ways to improve our service level for our customers /stakeholders
• At all times, provide input and recommendations into current process and ways in which it can be improved in terms of efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensure best practices are in place to achieve highest standards within daily operations.
• Analyse and translate data into key strategic inputs and insights to drive decision-making.
• Proven ability to work on high level value-add ad hoc projects while continuing to achieve routine goals
• Coordination and oversight of key Purchase to Pay processes within GBS for USA and EMEA affiliates.
• Build Strong Working Relationships with:
  –  CFO’s, Controller and all stake holders for supported affiliates
  –  Other GBS functions: GA, O2C, CMS, etc.
  –  Working with Global P2P Teams ensuring alignment on Global process
• Review Key performance metrics with impacted stakeholders
• Governance of the Outsourced Business Partner for Purchase to Pay and ensuring that service delivery meets SLA metrics.

Qualifications:

• ACA, ACCA, ACMA accountant or equivalent
• Strong People Management & Leadership Skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of Financial work stream with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a multinational environment.
• Self-motivated professional with excellent customer service and strong working/team building relationship skills
• Proven interpersonal and communication skills to interact with all levels of an organization
• Demonstrates good judgment and is solution orientated
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Strong organizational and multitasking capabilities
• Attentive to details to ensure compliance and accurate reporting.
• Clear and concise written skills.
• Experience of working to tight deadlines and analysing multiple entities.
• Flexibility in adapting to a non-routine and fast-paced environment.
• Systems Experience especially SAP is a plus
• Travel Percentage 0-10%