Accounts Payable Team Lead

Purpose of Position The AP Team Lead in our Shared Service Operation is a leader within the AP team, ensuring strong communications / relationships with vendors, internal customers, and senior management. Provides supervision of the AP department for employees at entry or intermediate level as well as training and mentoring. Ensures correct and timely posting of invoices, maintains accurate financial records, and adherence to internal controls. Responsibilities Overall daily supervision of Accounts Payable team Review workload allocation and ensure timely completion of deliverables Monitors performance and ensures individual and team objectives are met Performs audit / quality controls Develop department metrics and ensure KPI / SLAs are met Provides performance feedback during coaching sessions, 1 : 1s Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement changes Implement best practices to improve KPI results Define action plans to mitigate errors on processing Ensure SOPs completion and changes are updated accordingly Responsible for compliance with internal controls Provide guidance to resolve complex issues, discrepancies Assist with efficient and timely month end closing Ad hoc responsibilities as assigned Minimum Skills Required Finance, Business Administration or related degree Excellent communication in English which must include oral, written, and comprehension skills At least 7 years of work experience Minimum of 5 years of experience in Accounts Payable Minimum of 5 years of experience in Shared Service Centers Minimum of 2 years of experience supervising or leading teams Experience managing teams utilizing Coupa Software Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Strong leadership and organizational skills Able to work independently, assess priorities, and meet tight deadlines Proven problem-solving abilities Excellent analytical skills Strong work ethic Preferred but not Essential Experience in Migrations / Knowledge transfer Knowledge of SAP, Oracle, Esker, and Readsoft (ProcessIT) systems