Qatar Airways is seeking experienced professionals for the role of I2P Team Lead based at our Global Business Services (GBS) in Ahmedabad, India.This position will be primarily responsible to lead the Quality Check, Reconciliation, and Control Monitoring activities across the Invoice to Pay (I2P) process, ensuring accurate and compliant invoice and payment processing, strong control adherence, and audit readiness. The role involves managing a team, engaging with stakeholders, driving root cause resolution, and supporting continuous improvement in control effectiveness.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of analysts responsible for invoice QC, reconciliations, and compliance reviews.
- Set team priorities in alignment with monthly close timelines, audit cycles, and business requirements, with a focus on balance sheet and vendor reconciliation reviews, as well as ageing analysis.
- Review team output and ensure adherence to agreed SLAs, individual and team KPIs, and internal control frameworks for the team.
- Independently review the SLAs/KPIs for I2P and report to the management
- Provide coaching and on-the-job training to develop team capabilities, especially around control mindset and risk management.
- Conduct regular performance reviews and support career development initiatives.
- Monitor execution of invoice-level quality checks to ensure accuracy, completeness, and policy adherence.
- Oversee review of supporting documentation, tax treatment (e.g., WHT, VAT, GST), PO/GRN alignment, and approval compliance.
- Ensure alignment with internal control frameworks and requirements (SOX, Internal Audit, Risk policies,).
- Review and report findings of quality check audits, track common errors, and initiate corrective actions.
- Drive periodic reconciliations: vendor accounts, GRIR, blocked invoices, and suspense accounts.
- Review reconciliations prepared by team members and ensure appropriate follow-up actions are tracked to closure.
- Support month-end close activities including clearing of legacy balances and review of exception reports.
- Partner with Procurement, Tax, internal finance teams and Business Users to resolve aging items and system mismatches.
- Support internal and external audit request through providing accurate data and respond to inquiries in time.
- Maintain control tracker and ensure timely execution of all control activities within the I2P process.
- Lead internal control testing (e.g., SOX controls, operational risk checks) and ensure audit readiness.
- Prepare and submit audit schedules; coordinate responses to internal/external audit queries.\
- Identify control gaps and work with relevant stakeholders to implement preventive solutions.
- Act as the single point of contact for QC and month-end related activities within the I2P stream.
- Represent the team in governance forums, providing insights on recurring issues and risk areas.
- Collaborate with Master Data, Treasury, Procurement, and Business users to ensure cross-functional issue resolution.
- Escalate high-risk issues to management with appropriate impact analysis and recommendations
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Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.Together, everything is possible
Job Posting
Jul 24, 2025, 10:56:36 AM
Qualifications Required
- Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent with Minimum 8 years of job-related experience
- 5–8 years of relevant experience, with minimum 5 years in leading a team in a Global Business Service organization.
- Good working knowledge of Oracle ERP, or exposure to ERP systems such as JD Edwards, Microsoft AX, Business Central, CRMs, Vendor Reconciliation Systems, Dashboards, and reporting.
- Strong excel proficiency
- Strong understanding of leading practices in I2P/Accounts Payable processes.
- People management and team development skills.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
- Risk-aware, with a mindset for continuous process improvement
- Ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders
About Qatar Airways Group
Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.So, whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.
