Team Lead-Accounts Payable

Description of Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of AP specialist, demonstrating great time management and multitasking skills.
• Strong People management and functional/ technical expertise in AP.
• Strong leadership skills in Quality management, compliance, baseline skills management. Regularly review and update policies to reflect changes in day-to-day audits
• Conduct regular audits and reviews to mitigate risks and ensure accuracy in AP audits
• Develop, implement and maintain systems, procedures and policies for AP processes to ensure adherence to company guidelines.
• Take ownership of a specific portfolio within AP processes and manage team operations
• Perform activities at your own like region-specific Expense audit, Tax region Expense audit & Corporate card reconciliation, Reporting etc. with high quality and timeliness.
• Continuously searches for improvements in Travel & Expense activities and analysis to automate and simplify.
• Develops and maintains strong business relationships with regional peers and business operations.
• Allocates and reviews work of staff and provides training, guidance and mentoring to the team members.
• Conduct regular performance evaluations and provide constructive feedback
• Manage the team of 6-9 members with technical support and people & performance management.

Essential Qualifications & Skills:

• Masters Degree in Commerce or equivalent (M.Com. / B.Com. + MBA ) with additional qualification in accounting / finance (

  diploma or certificate

  course)
• 9 to 11 years of experience in critical accounting and finance functions.
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in managing and leading staff sized minimum of 5-7
• Experience in

  Computerized Accounting

  systems
• Proficiency in

  Microsoft Office Suite

  (especially advanced excel skills, e.g. using pivot tables to analyse and report on large volumes of data).
• Strong analytical and mathematical abilities with attention to detail
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills
• Strong team and collaboration bias
• Willingness to learn and ask questions in a positive, non-confrontational manner
• Flexibility to perform diverse types of job as well as work with different time zones

Desired skills:

• Experience in using major ERP accounting & Expense software (iExpense Oracle & SAP Concur) , Oracle DocView software packages. Experience in Oracle EBS is a plus.
• Exposure to international accounting practices (US GAAP and IFRS)
• Experience in working with global teams and US multinationals; valid Visa to travel to the US a plus.
• Experience with documenting, standardizing and improving business processes; quality certifications (Six Sigma, ISO) a plus
• Ability to ensure compliance with company policies and industry standards.
• Proficiency in preparing weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for operations