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For our client, big, multinational, manufacturing company, we are currently looking for:
Job Title: AP Team Leader
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Overview:
The AP Team Leader will support and oversee global PTP payment activities and all aspects of payment management within the organisation. This role involves leading an internal team, collaborating with the Line Manager, business counterparts, and other stakeholders to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and controls for PTP processing activities.
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership:
- Lead, inspire, and influence a team of approximately 10 employees.
- Engage with team members through regular one-on-ones and team meetings
- Develop top talents in the team with the support of the Line Manager through succession planning, performance coaching, and development sessions.
- Set team goals to support the delivery of company's strategy in the operational area.
- Identify and recruit new team members.
- Act as a backup for the Line Manager.
Process, Governance:
- Ensure compliance with relevant policies, procedures, systems, and financial controls by leading the payment team effectively.
- Oversee daily operations for a team of approximately 10 people.
- Act as the point of escalation to resolve invoice processing, posting, and issues promptly, ensuring all queries are handled efficiently.
- Support General Accounting’s month-end/year-end closing procedures, including general ledger reconciliations, accruals, SOX compliance, and financial audits.
- Establish strong collaboration and relationships with business counterparts, vendors, Global Process Owners (GPO), and other partners.
- Identify and implement process improvements in coordination with the PTP GPO.
- Perform routine reviews and audits to ensure processes and policies are followed.
- 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.
- Coordinate and support system implementations and testing with transactional resources.
- Assist the team with operational tasks as required daily.
Requirements:
- University degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent).
- Experience in a similar role, preferably in an SSC organization.
- Strong knowledge of SAP and Ariba Procurement platform; Lean/Six Sigma exposure or equivalent desired.
- Operational awareness of applicable US SOX & operational controls and a strong compliance-oriented mindset.
- Demonstrate excellence in interactions with internal customers and business partners.
- Build effective working relationships with core team members, internal customers/business partners, and distribution team members.
- Maintain strong knowledge of the company’s product lines within the market.
- Demonstrate a strong continuous improvement-oriented approach.
- Ability to work in a global team environment and communicate effectively with internal business partners and external team members.
- Strong leadership and collaboration skills with the ability to build effective relationships and influence peers and key stakeholders.
Benefits:
- Career opportunities at one of the leading global animal healthcare companies.
- Hybrid work type.
- Office located in the center of Warsaw
- Extra days off.
- Flexible working hours.
- Sports cards (Multisport), private medical care, life insurance.
Hays Poland sp. z o.o. is an employment agency registered in a registry kept by Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship under the number 361.