Job Description

Position Overview

Our Company’s Global Business Solutions (GBS) organization is responsible for the design, governance and execution of global processes. Within GBS, the Source to Settle (STS) organization is responsible for the execution of the following processes: Vendor Master Data, Supplier Onboarding, Purchasing, Invoice Entry, Accounts Payable Management, Settlements and STS Support.

Reporting in the Manager or Senior Specialist, Global Accounts Payable, the Specialist, Global Accounts Payable, is ultimately accountable to ensure our supplier invoices are ‘Paid on Time’. The Specialist will focus on specific activities within one of the following functions: Accounts Payable Defect Resolution, Accounts Payable Control Execution, Accounts Payable Governance or Accounts Payable Strategic Overdue Management. They will be responsible for the global execution of their activities. They will be part of a team of professionals who are located in one or more of our company’s Business Services Centers (BSC) based in Czech Republic, Costa Rica and Malaysia.

The work will involve delivering against operational performance targets, working as part of a team to ensure that our supplier accounts payable is effectively, timely and compliantly managed, ultimately ensuring we settle our supplier invoices on time. The Specialist is also expected to challenge the status quo, and put forward suggestions and ideas to improve the effective of our processes.

The incumbent is expected to build strong synergies within their team, to maintain a strong team environment across different geographies. They should also build positive relations across other teams and divisions, and demonstrate a global mindset, strong business judgement and effective communication.

Position Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

Part of a team of STS professionals executing the Accounts Payable Defect Resolution, Accounts Payable Control Execution, Accounts Payable Governance or Accounts Payable Strategic Overdue Management processes globally:

Defect Resolution : proactive identification and resolution of invoice defects to prevent overdue invoices and achieve paid on time KPI

Controls Execution : execution of Invoice Processing SOX and operational controls, as well as local market regulatory requirements

Governance : monitoring and maintenance of vendor accounts to ensure vendor ledgers are clean and up to date

Strategic Overdue Management : working with our suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure overdue invoices are settlement, and work strategically to eliminate the root cause and ultimately drive down overdue invoice volumes

Responsible for the global execution of their assigned activities

Ensure individual operational targets and KPIs are met, and contribute to overall team performance

Understands their role in the end-to-end design

Delivers high quality service to employees and suppliers

Effective collaboration with other Global Accounts Payable colleagues

Help development and maintenance of relevant process knowledge articles and training materials

Help ensure GBS Global Documentation reflects all details of the operational processes and market specifications, including SOX controls, is up to date, complete and relevant

Adherence to the global process design, policies and compliance requirements

Operate with ethics and integrity

Raise opportunities and pain points to help inform strategy for continuous improvement opportunities

Identify common trends and themes in invoice defects to identify and implement long term solutions, reduce defect volumes and drive efficiencies in daily problem resolution

Support with implementation of continuous improvement opportunities

Support with testing validation of new system enhancements

Strive to ensure employee and supplier satisfaction

Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related fields preferred

2 to 5 years of demonstrated work experience within a General Accounting and/or Finance Shared Services, and/or Source to Settle area

Fluency in English required

Strong understanding of Invoice Processing activities, and surrounding processes

Excellent attention to detail, problem solving and analytical skills a must

Strong technical understanding of our systems to enable resolution of complex invoice defects

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Strong organization and time management skills required

Continuous improvement mindset

Customer focused and results driven

Demonstrates initiative

Effectively work in a team environment – including sharing knowledge and expertise, and giving and receiving feedback, to enable a high performing team

Technical Skills Requirements

Proficiency in MicroSoft Office Apps (Excel, Word, PowerPoint at a minimum) required

Strong organizational skills

Strong written and verbal skills enabling effective communication

Ability to operate independently and remain focused through change or uncertainty

Strong customer service mind-set

SAP and Ariba experience required

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Requisition ID:R344593