Accounts Payable Team Leader

at  Airbus Portugal SA

JOB DESCRIPTION:

We are now recruiting a Accounts Payable Team Leader for our GBS team in Lisbon.

REQUIREMENTS

• Accounting / Accounts Payable background and a minimum of 7 years of professional experience in a commercial or industrial environment involving tight deadlines
• Team management experience
• Experience in escalating issue resolution, team building, training and team support.
• Good communication skills, rigor, conscientious
• Demonstrated ability to organize and coordinate multiple tasks, build strong cross functional relationships and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization,
• Proven ability to work in a team and independently
• Systems and tools – working knowledge of SAP desirable with a strong desire to develop further
• Languages: English - capacity to interact daily with native English speakers. Other European languages (French / German / Spanish) would be a plus
  This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL:

Professional

Business Operations Management

• Support and assist the Accounting Services Manager on management dimensions (assessment salary increase, promotion, management of competencies, training, development)
• Responsible for the AP team operational performance
• Propose recommendations and supervise the implementation of Accounts Payable policies and procedures
• Propose and implement process harmonization and standardization between the different legal entities and promote an end to end Procure to Pay approach
• Escalate back-office issues related to the AP process and applications
• Prepare reporting:
• KPIs to internal customers and stakeholders to display process performance
• Propose mitigation actions with internal customer and other stakeholders
• Ensure strict compliance with Finance, AP, Purchasing, and Supply Chain policies and procedures
• Propose and implement continuous improvement opportunities

Operations

• Monitor incoming invoice flows from suppliers
• Ensure payment of invoices in due time that respect full conformance with internal and external requirements
• Internal customer and external supplier query/claim resolution on a timely basis, including supporting to litigation topics
• Investigate and resolve blocking invoices issues
• Supervise Vendor Statement Reconciliations (VSRs)

Customer service and relationship

• Build and sustain a robust relationship with internal customers
• Be a focal point for customer relationships
• Work in close collaboration with internal customers to identify and implement solutions for problems encountered on a daily basis

Project management

• Support the Accounting Services manager on special projects (i.e systems evolution)