Title:  ACCOUNTS PAYABLE TEAM LEAD

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Accounts Payable Team Lead

What this position is about - Purpose: 

The position of AP Team Lead  focuses on supervising daily activities of a team, developing team's capabilities and driving continuous improvement agenda in operations. This position is responsible for team performance in multiple areas represented by quality of work, proper workload division, effective issue resolution, process efficiency. This role is advocating for team's needs and represents team in front of wide range of stakeholders whenever needed. The objective of the role is to achieve multiple goals set up according with business priorities in multiple areas (talent management; projects & resources; following operational foundations set up for a department; implementation of steady-state governance & Customer focus).

What will you do - Responsibilities: 

• Talent & Team Management: Keeping high engagement & motivation in a team, building new team capabilities and creating a succession & back-up plan for key positions; developing team-members through mentoring & coaching practices. Creation & implementation of retention strategies. Creation of supportive team culture based on reliability, trust and collaboration; support with implementation of well-being practices
• Daily Operations: Supervision of AP operations executions in order to deliver the processes according to established KPIs & business requirements. Coordination of MEC and YEC activities. Supervision of proper operational & JSOX controls execution. Planning the operations and resources accordingly (capacity and workload management). Evaluation of performance and implementation of practices to improve productivity & effectiveness. Effective dealing with escalations & issue resolution
• Transitions, transformations and projects: Initiation and coordination of transitions and transformation projects, driving and implementing process improvement through standardization and automation initiatives, best practice introduction
• Stakeholders Management: Driving & leading different discussions/negotiations with multiple stakeholders. Focusing on customer intimacy by fostering partnership with GBS customers and proactively plan together. Creating strong relationship & establishing effective cooperation with other departments

Who are we looking for - Requirements: 

• University Degree and 5+ years of experience in Account Payable
• Fluent English (C1)
• Ability to lead and develop a diverse team; to create a culture of strong teamwork through relationship-building, reliability, trust and collaboration
• Stakeholder Management
• Effective Communication skills and ability to build strong Interpersonal Relationships
• Organizational & coordinating skills; Capability to adapt to dynamic and fast changing environment
• .Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to problem solve and take calculated risks that achieve business objectives
• Ability to work under pressure and against challenging deadlines, and to coordinate multidimensional projects with multiple stakeholders
• Risk assessment and issue resolution skills
• Project Management skills
• Lean and operational management
• Comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end P2P process
• Strong proficiency in SAP systems

What we offer:

• Competitive pay and attractive annual bonus
• On-going development opportunities in multinational environment, wide variety of projects, ambitious goals and independence in achieving them. Promoting from within culture
• Freedom with responsibility (we trust your competencies, ability to manage your time and your scope of work)
• Lot of flexibility in terms of work arrangements (work from office or from home)
• Private medical care (various options to choose) and life insurance
• Employee pension and savings programs
• JTI Family Leave Benefit – including extended paid paternity leave and fully paid maternity leave
• Multisport card, foreign languages classes
• Wide variety of trainings, webinars and professional courses on our e-learning platforms, including sponsored certification programs (for employees fulfilling the admission criteria)
• Modern office with traditions (Art Norblin Factory) in convenient location, equipped with a library, mindfulness zone, spacious kitchen, garden terrace, massage chairs and underground bicycle parking
• Working in a diverse and inclusive organization of over 40 different nationalities

Are you ready to join us? Build your success story at JTI. Apply now!

Next Steps:

After applying, if selected, please anticipate the following within 1-3 weeks of the job posting closure: Phone screening with Talent Advisor > Assessment tests > Interviews > Offer. Each step is eliminatory and may vary by role type.

At JTI, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive work environment. As an equal-opportunity employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you need any specific support, alternative formats, or have other access requirements, please let us know.

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