Accounts Payable Lead

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What you'll be doing:

• Support the Accounts Payable Manager in maintaining operational excellence during the transition of AP functions into the Shared Service Center (SSC), ensuring a smooth onboarding and offboarding process for business units.
• Collaborate with the Workday project team and business units to coordinate and deliver transition commitments accurately and on time.
• Train, mentor, and provide guidance to AP analysts, ensuring consistency in processes and knowledge transfer.
• Utilize Workday Financials to process supplier invoices, credit notes, and payments while ensuring compliance with global SLAs and approvals.
• Manage AP activities for assigned business units, including invoice processing, purchase order matching, and payment proposal preparation.
• Perform month-end activities, including closing purchase orders (POs), reviewing trackers, and confirming close procedures.
• Monitor processing volumes, address backlogs proactively, and resolve supplier queries efficiently, engaging stakeholders as needed.
• Maintain and update supplier master data records to ensure accuracy and alignment with contractual terms.
• Lead SOP updates, user acceptance testing (UAT), and operational validation training while serving as a Workday superuser.
• Review and validate work from AP analysts, including payment proposals, supplier reconciliations, and queries.
• Act as a backup for the Accounts Payable Manager and other AP analysts as needed, while coordinating with offshore teams and other departments.
• Provide coverage for colleagues during holidays and sick leave.

What you'll need:

• Experience: Minimum 5-7 years of Accounts Payable experience within a global organization.
• Finance Knowledge: Strong finance background with the ability to handle complexity.
• Communication & Relationship Management: Strong negotiation, reconciliation, and communication skills with confidence in building relationships both internally and externally.
• Organizational & Time Management: Well-organized with the ability to prioritize tasks, meet firm deadlines, and remain calm under pressure.
• Service & Commercial Focus: Commercially driven with a strong customer service approach.
• Adaptability & Problem-Solving: Flexible and results-oriented with the ability to navigate challenges effectively.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Experience training and mentoring AP analysts to ensure process consistency and efficiency.
• Work Ethic & Attention to Detail: Self-motivated, energetic, and detail-oriented with a commitment to accuracy and excellence.

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