Manager, Accounts Payable

What you'll be doing:

• Provide leadership and management of the Non Media AP Team, responsible for recruitment, training & motivation and development needs of the team.
• Managing the payable process; responsible for monitoring and overseeing the payables and T&E teams ensuring the accurate matching and reconciliation of payable activity in order that vendors are paid to contracted terms and by the specific country industry deadlines.
• Ensure that invoices and statements are fully reconciled to a timely and consistently high standard.
• Reporting of Payable progress throughout the month, particularly where the region adopts Pay when Paid, disbursement forecasts, month end Group AP, query reports and KPI reporting.
• Participate in the design, implementation, and also maintenance of various systems to improve on service automation and streamlining.
• Review and ensure the integrity of payment files, approvals and encryption.
• Oversee the accurate and timely reporting of queries derived from account reconciliations and Liaise with the applicable Business Unit contacts in order to resolve queries and issues quickly and efficiently.
• Manage Operational Performance offshore team.
• Perform annual staff appraisals & objective settings as directed by senior management.
• Assist the Head of Financial Operations Manager, where required, with employee annual salary reviews based upon performance.
• Ad-hoc projects as directed by the senior management team.
• Provide holiday and sick cover for colleagues as directed to do so.
• Conduct one to one meetings with each team member to review objectives and performance.
• Ensure monthly (at least) review meetings are being actioned effectively between the SSC and the Business Unit and Head of Financial Operations Manager.
• Maintain contact and good working relationships with all Business Unit Finance Directors and CFO’s through regular review meetings and conference calls to ensure optimum service is being provided aligned to the SSC SLA.
• Discuss problem areas that are impacting payables.
• Full preparation of monthly reporting commitments consolidated into Group reporting packs, KPI and AP Ageing.
• Report all DEBIT balances providing explanations for the DEBIT. For material DEBIT balances, escalate to the Business Unit FD/CFO and the SSC Head of Financial Operations.
• Work to tight deadlines to achieve monthly Group targets set.

What you'll need:

• Have a minimum 5 years AP Manager experience within an international organization.
• Energetic, detailed oriented, able to adhere to deadlines in a timely manner.
• Strong communication skills for negotiation & reconciliation.
• Proven track record in leadership and control to manage and motivate a payable team.
• Commercially focused with a strong service approach.
• Calm under pressure.

Who you are:

• You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views.
• You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.
• You're extraordinary: We are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

• Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work.
• Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.
• Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?