Accounts Payable Team Leader

5 months ago


Midrand, South Africa SC Johnson Full time

**Accounts Payable Team Leader**
- Location: Midrand, South Africa
- Function: Shared Service Centre

**Overview**:
You will be part of a wider/expanding EMEA Shared Service Centre (SSC) team that are based in the UK, South Africa, Egypt and Turkey. The whole of the SSC is around 230 people across 3 different functions - Finance, Credit & Collections and Supply Chain. We support over 20 countries and speak around 40 different languages.

**About the role**

Reporting to the Finance Accounting Manager as part of the EMEA Shared Service Centre. You’ll be accountable for the leadership, management and performance of a team of Accounts Payable analysts. You’ll actively encourage and empower them to achieve high performance levels, as well as assisting the team in the resolution of internal business partners and external supplier queries. You’ll actively support the Finance organization in the identification and implementation of process improvements.

**RESPONSIBILITIE**S**

**People Management**
- Provide clear leadership, direction and empowerment to a multicultural team through a combination of objective setting, one-to-one coaching and training, so they can perform to the expected standards
- Continuously build capability within the team through coaching and development
- Help to build an environment to stimulate creative thinking and innovation towards continuous improvement using LEAN methodology
- Foster a “great place to work” environment
- Active participation and accountability on recruitment and onboarding processes for new starters.

**Functional Leadership**
- Strong accounts payable technical knowledge to support the team

**Quality and integrity of financial information provided by the SSC**
- Ensuring compliance with SOAR, global policies and local regulations, and that the appropriate controls are operational in order to maintain the quality and integrity of financial information.

**Business Relationship Management**
- Responsible for direct contact with business partners.
- To develop and sustain these relationships, understanding countries evolving needs and situations, while ensuring process compliance and effectiveness.

**Performanc**e Leadership**
- Ensure that team processes perform to agreements levels and reach objectives and key performance indicators on monthly base.
- Perform query management, identification, problem solve and resolution of issues
- Performing ad-hoc analysis as required
- Ensure completion of Month End tasks and reporting, such as account analysis and KPI/Metric reporting
- Supporting the company in any projects designed to improve the SSC Accounts Payable or Procure to Pay process.

**Process excellence**
- To deliver effectiveness and efficiency process improvements using Lean tools and methodology
- To ensure through active role modelling that OPEX (Operational and Process Excellence) methodology is embedded in the DNA of the team

**Experience you’ll bring**
- Accounting/book-keeping diploma or other relevant qualification or studying towards diploma relevant qualification.
- Strong previous experience of working within/with an accounts payable department for a multi-national organisation
- Previous experience of managing an accounts payable team would be an advantage and ideally in a multicultural company environment
- Customer Financials / Sales Finance experience in a multinational blue-chip organisation, preferably from the FMCG sector.
- Excellent knowledge of MS Excel + PowerPoint + ideally SAP R/3.
- Fluent in English

**Be**haviours you’ll need**
- Strong experience of working with SAP
- Experience of working to tight deadlines
- The ability to use initiative and be proactive in anticipating problems which may occur
- A sense of urgency
- Adopt a LEAN/OPEX mindset in all areas of the team

**What’s in it for you?**
- Competitive pay incl Profit Share
- Subsidized product allowance
- Excellent Medical Aid and Provident Fund company contribution

**About us**:
**SC Johnson is a fifth-generation family company built on a spirit of adventure and winning the right way. We have been leading with purpose for over 130 years, building top brands such as Raid®, Glade®, Kiwi®, OFF®, Windex®, Ziploc® and more, in virtually every country. Through these household names, we are making a positive difference to the world around us. But we only succeed with the combined vitality and strength of our 13,000 people who we truly value and support in their pursuit of individual and shared goals.



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