TL Accounts Payable

Job Description:

Main Responsibilities:

• Local transformation business cases and input to global business cases
• Achievement of agreed targets and SLAs for process performance relevant to local marketAchievement of local market legacy processes SLAs
• Review and drill down of process performance to brief stakeholders
• Maintain a strong and close relationship with VOIS teams.
•  Compliance with all local and group regulations including documentation and filing deadlines
• Regular engagement with senior leadership team across finance and commercial functions
• To promote continuous process design improvement
• identify AP processes improvements and lead projects to influence business performance and results.
• drive and integrate system changes enabling new functionalities and bringing value added to existing processes;
• supports and liaises with local finance departments and SCM (Supply Chain Management)/Purchasing and external suppliers on AP activities, practices and behaviours;
• provide local market support for EVO release;
• To drive process performance
• To be up to date on the status, issues and overall quality of  AP performance for the local market;
• Identify, escalate, address and resolve issues in the AP processes leading to improve performance and/or compliance; Manage the payment list;
• Share views on best practice with GPOs to collectively drive process performance;
• Utilise reporting tools such as SAP BI to support analysis of underlying issues;
• To support & ensure appropriate controls and compliance measures
• Ensure compliance with local regulations including tax, law and accounting and with Group policies;
• Ensure proper accounting treatments for all records and for all computations (especially such as: Manual accruals, down payments, prepayments, guarantees,  provisions etc)
• Providing support both to internal & external auditors
• Provide early guidance of any local regulatory changes to ensure processes/projects can be updated accordingly;
• Support the AP functions on outstanding invoices including the approval for withholding or offsetting invoice payments;
• Secure the proper accounting for S16 lease postings and monitor them properly 
• Lead the team of people being in responsibility, ensuring proper succession, team development 

Deliverables: 

• Accuracy of AP processes and month end reporting 
• Vendor’s management 

Competences, performance drivers:

• Education - University Degree, Finance
• Minim 5 years finance & accounting experience 
• Excellent written and presentation skills 
• Able to communicate finance issues to non-finance specialists and senior management
• Technical, professional expertise: 
• ACCA, CECCAR would be a plus