Accounts Payable Team Leader

You will be responsible for leading and motivating a team of Accounts Payable Specialists.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead and motivate a team of Accounts Payable Specialists
• Exhibit positive role model behaviour, ensuring an environment that promotes a professional, open culture, fosters teamwork, flexibility, and enables continuous development of the team
• Identification of process improvement opportunities, and creation of action plans
• Create and monitor a system of controls, procedures, and forms for the recordation of fixed assets
• Ensure the timely and accurate processing of invoices/credits received including, coding and posting of invoices
• Ensure that non purchase order invoices obtain the necessary level of authorisation
• Reconciling supplier's statements to AP Ledger and GRNI (goods received not invoiced), ensuring all discrepancies are resolved
• Ensure accurate Supplier statement reconciliations
• Build excellent relationships with Suppliers and internal departments to resolve any queries on a timely basis
• Review suppliers and approvals for new suppliers
• Manage internal escalation of queries to ensure that they are dealt with in a timely manner and be the initial escalation point of contact for Construction and Fixed Assets AP team
• Communication, teamwork and collaboration are key, and you will be able to manage multiple priorities and competing demands.

Candidate Requirements:

• Demonstrate experience of working within similar Accounts Payable roles
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Previous experience of working with ERP systems
• Proficient administration, numerical, planning and organizational skills
• A comprehensive understanding of the 'purchase to pay' process
• Knowledge of general accounting procedures
• Proficient and accurate in data entry and management
• Accounts payable or general accounting experience
• Strong coaching and people management skills
• Analytical skills covering written, graphic, numerical & statistical information
• Hands on, forward thinking and trustworthy leader who leads by example
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise work load

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