Team Leader - Accounts Payable and Payments

Robert Walters

Dubai, UAE

Ref: NP316-199

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

As an Accounts payable Team Leader you will be responsible for the migration of the work stream into a Shared Service Center globally. You will be accountable for timely and accurate processing of invoices, employee expenses and payment process for all of the company’s entities.

- Ensure proper recording and verification of vendors invoices for goods and services. This will support timely and adequate responses to vendor queries.
- Ensure vendor invoices are accurately scanned, coded, and routed for approval so that all Invoices are processed and enclosed as per Company policies.
- Maintain, analyze, and reconcile accounts payable ledger accounts, financial statements, and reports to ensure the financial data is correct.
- Forecasting and managing A/P cash flows to ensure adequate availability of cash for paying the vendors.
- Assuring root cause analysis (RCAs) of errors and non compliant invoices (NCIs) have been performed and corrective actions have been implemented to enahance the efficiency in the process.
- Proactively look for improvements to current processes in order to maintain productivity.
- Ensure equal allocation of work within team and efficiently manage daily volume of Invoices and supplier or staff queries.
- Prepare payment baches in ERP system as per the schedule so that all vendors are paid as per agreed terms
- Conduct audit checks to ensure the payments are booked to the correct vendor a/c
- Execution of payments in the Bank site with Zero defects/Duplicate payments to avoid cash leakage
- Resolve bank rejections to ensure all vendor payments are made as per agreed terms
- Perform Bank reconcilaition activity to ensure the cash forecast and accurate
- Helpdesk - Handling payment related queries & resolving the outstanding invoices/expense reports
- Perform Supplier statement reconciliation to ensure the accounts are update
- Create urgent and non urgent payments to vendors and employees whenever required in the process
- Audit Checks and verify that transactions in Accounts Receivable process comply with financial policies and procedures.
- Partner with the team and management by quickly bringing issues to their attention, working to understand the root cause and offering potential solutions.

Requirements

- Minimum 4 years professional experience in P2P with at least 2 years in invoice processing is a must
- Preference for degree in accounting
- Good written and spoken English
- Extensive Knowledge in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)

About the Company

Robert Walters is one of the world's largest specialist professional recruitment consultancies with 53 offices spanning 24 countries.

We've helped thousands of professionals find permanent, contract and interim roles with leading global corporations, small to medium sized companies and innovative start ups. Our specialist recruitment focus includes: accountancy and finance, banking, engineering, operations, legal, IT, sales, marketing, procurement & logistics, HR and support/administration.

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