Accounts Payable Team Leader Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Accounts Payable Team Leader to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Willingly provides relevant information relating to financial and commercial matters to internal customers/stakeholders;
- Inputs invoices, credit notes, payments and undertakes ledger maintenance;
- Carry out month end procedures and ensure the ledgers are reconciled and posted correctly;
- Identify team training needs;
- Reviews intercompany invoices and payments, liaises with internal departments, associated Liebherr companies and management as required;
- Ensuring invoices are processed in a timely manner;
- Develops a rapport with third parties as and when required so as to be able to support the effective implementation of creditor policies;
- Controls and manages internal reporting timetables for month end close processes;
- Reviews and prepares payment proposals and bi-monthly settlement of liabilities via manual cheques, BACS and other e-banking software;
- Develop and review processes and controls for the Accounts Payable function;
- Ensure all queries are dealt with and escalated where necessary;
- Works beyond the roles boundaries so as to be able to support the whole function as and when required;
- Manages the Company’s Accounts Payable function; third party, intercompany and staff expenses payments;
- Process all supplier payments in line with agreed terms;
- Highlights important issues to departmental managers as necessary.
Requirements:
- Experience of working with multiple entities and multiple currencies;
- Embraces change, with a ‘can do’ attitude;
- Be able to work effectively to meet deadlines;
- Experience/knowledge in one or more process areas e.g. Accounts Payable or Travel & Expenses;
- Identifies and solves problems to ensure efficient and effective running of AP processes;
- Attention to detail with a commitment to high quality and accuracy;
- Understands one’s customers and uses that insight to provide value;
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills;
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast paced dynamic environment successfully managing multiple tasks & priorities;
- Ability to learn quickly, adapt to in-house systems and suggest improvements.