Accounts Payable Manager

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We are inviting applications for the role of Manager, Accounts Payable

The Accounts Payable team is part of the Finance Operations pillar which is responsible for executing day-to-day operations (sourcing, procurement, accounts payable, payroll, general ledger accounting, and financial reporting) for our clients. We protect and lead all aspects of corporate assets by establishing a control framework and audit environment and ensure those frameworks are implemented and followed.

The Manager of Accounts Payable will coordinate the Accounts Payables processes and outcomes, directly leading the AP Associates and AP Project Associates. Lead the development of AP team by holding high standards and ensuring that Associates are set up for success and have/learn the requisite skills and abilities to do their jobs well. Design, propose and implement improvements and or streamline our processes and procedures independently and by collaborating with members of the firm and clients. The Manager of AP be passionate about supplying to growth and change, as this is a fast-paced environment that is a consistently growing and changing business, requiring evolution, and build out of our systems and processes to accommodate increased payables demand.

Responsibilities

• Hiring, training, motivating, and evaluating Accounts Payable staff members.
• Developing, implementing, improving, and enforcing budgets, policies, and department controls to increase accuracy and efficiency.
• Building and maintaining relationships with employees, clients, vendors, and lenders
• Performance reporting; liaison with client on regular basis to discuss updates/issues (Governance)
• Maintaining high rigor to achieve defines process SLAs
• Very Good accounting concepts
• High level attention to detail and accuracy
• High customer service orientation
• Coach & mentor, the team to manage their work effectively.
• Ensure yearly goals are set, communicated and followed through to get desired result
• Ensure team is trained on all corporate/process and skill-based trainings.
• Career path for the team and leads.
• Maintain attrition at the lowest level as per corporate target
• Develop and run metrics that measure the activities performed by AP and present them in a synthesized way.
• Develop and maintain a catalog of reports that enable clients to handle their inputs into the Accounts Payable processes in an effective way and without bureaucracy.
• Responsible for overall process results.
• Subject Matter Specialist for the process
• Ensure to meet Service Levels Agreement results (daily/weekly/monthly)
• Ensure process controls are appropriately established, communicated to employees and timely audited.
• Pro-actively Advance in case of issue identified or resolution not received
• Lead monthly process dashboard calls or weekly/fortnightly process related calls with client
• Plan & execute people movement during high volume or attrition
• Ensure knowledge retention and improvement in the team.
• Establish & Handle client relationship through regular engagement with the client
• Pro-actively identify the issues or client needs and take action

Qualifications we seek in you!

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s/master's degree with a major in Finance and Accounting.
• Experience with Accounts Payable or Finance is must
• AP tools and Oracle/similar ERP, concur exp is must
• Candidates must clear the Speech X and AP WASP tests as per Genpact’s standards to be eligible to proceed to further rounds.

Preferred Qualifications/ Skills

• Experience in team handling of minimum 10 employees

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