Supplier Accounts Payable Team Leader

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Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, recruitment process outsourcing and advisory services for businesses of all shapes and sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

We help organisations find the skills and solutions to reach their goals and assist talented professionals to power their unique potential.

We offer our people incredible career opportunities as well as an inclusive culture and flexible working.

What’s the overall purpose of the role?

We are seeking a strong team player with excellent administrative and communication skills for the role of Team Leader of the Supplier Accounts Payable team at Robert Walters. The Supplier Accounts Team Leader is responsible for supervising the team that processes and sets up payments for various countries across the Robert Walters Group. This role involves overseeing the entire accounts payable process, from invoice receipt and validation to accurate payment execution and record of payment on time. The position requires strong attention to detail, organisational skills, and the ability to work collaboratively within the finance team to maintain accurate financial records. The successful candidate must possess a strong "can do" approach while having the ability to work autonomously.

What are the responsibilities & accountabilities?

Leading the Supplier Accounts Team:

• Oversee the team’s daily tasks
• Prepare and maintain the reports and trackers used by the team
• Ensure best practice for running an efficient operation. Identify and highlight any inefficiencies in the current process to the Head of Accounts Payable.
• Post and pay confidential supplier invoices
• Involved in recruiting and onboarding of new team members
• Facilitate the onboarding of new business units, ensuring the process is implemented as intended and handed over to administrators after it runs
• Point of contact for internal/external auditors
• Handle query escalations for internal and external stakeholders
• Maintain organised records of all invoices and related documentation for easy retrieval and audit purposes.

Payments management:

• Maintain and update payment records in the accounting system, ensuring all payments are documented accurately.
• Schedule and approve payment runs, ensuring timely execution and appropriate authorisations are obtained for payment processing.
• Loading payments onto the relevant banking portals and ensuring the appropriate authorisation is obtained for the release of funds.

Account Reconciliation:

• Oversee monthly reconciliation of all creditor balances and assist in month-end closing activities.

Process Improvements:

• Identify opportunities to improve accounts payable processes for efficiency.
• Ensure adherence to company policies, procedures, and regulatory standards in all accounts payable processes.

Vendor Relations and Support:

• Act as the escalation point of contact for vendors on payment issues, invoice queries, and discrepancies.
• Resolve payment issues and respond to inquiries in a professional and timely manner.
• Maintain positive working relationships with vendors and internal departments.

Reporting:

• Assist in the preparation of accounts payable reports and metrics as required.
• Generate regular and ad hoc reports for management and auditing purposes.
• Maintain organised and complete accounts payable records for auditing and reporting.

How will I be successful?

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Accounts Payable, at least 2 years of which is team leader position ideally from a Shared Service Environment
• Good communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Self-starter with a proactive approach.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
• Cooperative and team player.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits:

• A unique opportunity to drive projects such as Employer Branding, Talent pipelining, Recruitment Innovation, Candidate Experience
• A track record of high performance and an ability to deliver excellent results consistently is key. In return for your hard work, you’ll be offered a competitive top salary and benefits package with bonuses/commission and fantastic incentives programme
• Private medical insurance
• A fantastic training and development programme
• Volunteer time off
• The opportunity to partake / qualify for our Global incentive weekend
• Employee wellbeing through various programmes
• You’ll have plenty of opportunities to progress your career, both in your country and other locations around the world. That’s the benefit of working for a large global organisation. One that is at the forefront of recruitment innovation, and a specialist in RPO and MSP

“As a Disability Confident Employer, Robert Walters is committed to offering a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process to all candidates. If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of a disability, impairment or health condition, please do not hesitate to let me know.”

Robert Walters - Global Talent Solutions

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