Senior Manager

Key Responsibilities and Requirements:-

Organizational and Management Responsibilities:

• Report directly to the Head of Transactional Accounting, taking full ownership of P2P tasks.
• Oversee career growth planning and development activities for department members.
• Provide timely and specific coaching to staff to support their growth and development.
• Foster an environment where team members are empowered to take ownership and make decisions.
• Make staffing recommendations, including hiring and terminations, and conduct annual performance evaluations for team members
  
  

Technical and Analytical Responsibilities

• Manage the accurate and timely processing of supplier registrations, contracts, purchase requisitions, vendor invoices, recurring payments, reimbursements, payments (checks, ACH, wires), and expense reports.
• Lead team management with responsibility and accountability for all defined SLA/KPI.
• Implement and monitor internal audit controls to ensure zero deficiencies.
• Create and interpret dashboards to identify, monitor, and resolve process inefficiencies.
• Develop reporting and analysis as required by the leadership team.
• Manage projects and drive process change; research and resolve compliance issues.
• Oversee month-end, quarterly-end, and year-end close processes.
• Serve as a resource to staff, department managers, and others for interpreting policies, procedures, and regulations relating to A/P.
• Ensure all customer service requests are resolved within the SLA agreement.
• Collaborate with leadership and others across brands to facilitate best practices for invoice approval and escalation.
• Identify inefficiencies in the Purchase to Pay process and lead initiatives to streamline workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and improve overall process efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement process improvements and drive operational excellence.
• Lead the analysis of data to identify trends, insights, and opportunities for optimization.
• Develop and implement data-driven strategies to improve purchasing efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance supplier performance
  
  

What You Bring

• 7-10 years of diverse experience leading Accounts Payable and Purchasing Teams.
• 3-5 years of experience leading and developing departmental staff.
• Ability to manage a large team (25+ FTE).
• Strong interpersonal skills, including persuasive written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid organizational and project management skills.
• Ability to effectively interact and communicate with all levels of staff and management to build partnerships with various departments.
• Experience interacting with internal and external auditors to ensure successful audits.
• Proficiency in performing ad hoc analysis using advanced Excel, including V-lookups, pivot tables, and other related software applications.
• Experience working with Ariba, SAP, Concur, etc.
• Ability to effectively communicate and influence key stakeholders to support proposed strategies, process improvements, and operational decisions.
• Critical thinker with resourcefulness and ability to devise, create, and communicate timely solutions to medium-to-complex problems.
• Passion for providing excellent customer service.
• Strong multi-tasker with the ability to prioritize and adapt quickly in an ever-changing environment.
• Ability to think creatively, work independently, and as part of a team to solve problems given limited resources and time, with a strong work ethic and adherence to deadlines.
• Effectively manage numerous projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
  
  

Profile Key Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

• Commerce Graduate/MBA Inter - CA/CMA
  
  

System Skills

• Intermediate or Advanced Excel skills.
• Previous experience using a general ledger system
  
  

Initiative

• Ability to undertake initiative and deliver quality results often with competing deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and autonomously while displaying strong teamwork ethics and attributes
  
  

Team Management:

• Ability to support and mentor team members in their tasks.
  
  

Other Skills:

• Strong listening, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to understand and assess accounting process issues.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet set deadlines.
• Ability to review and understand outcomes of work performed
  
  

Customer Service

• Provide exceptional customer service to internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong ability to build effective internal relationships at all levels of the organization
  
  

Language Skills

• English proficiency.
• A second language would be an advantage (French/German/Italian/Spanish)