Manager, Accounts Payable
BIC® products are recognized all over the world for their quality, safety, affordability and ease of use. The ballpoint pen, the pocket lighter, and the shaver are all part of the daily lives of millions of consumers. These products make BIC® an iconic international brand, present in more than 4 million retail outlets in more than 160 countries around the world.
BIC’s founder, Marcel Bich, understood that to succeed, BIC needed hands-on team members who were willing to take measured risks and assume responsibility for their role in a team. Today, we provide our more than 15,000 team members in 61 countries with the opportunity to invent BIC’s future – together – while honoring our past achievements. We are committed to our team members’ development and empower those who wish to discover different areas of our business or acquire international experiences.
- As Manager, Accounts Payable, you will manage the Accounts Payable (AP) service line for BIC's global shared service center based in Sofia, Bulgaria. Your responsibilities include:
- Motivate and encourage the development of team members
- Serve as advanced escalation point for complex transactions and business queries, supporting team to resolve issues whenever possible and liaising with other appropriate teams as required, resolve critical topics
- Participate in various group projects related to the P2P process, including new systems/tools implementation and their enhancement
- Team KPIs and continuous improvements:
- Monitor performance dashboards for all in-scope services/activities to support service governance
- Deliver to agreed SLA’s regarding time and accuracy, working directly with key stakeholders to identify and address issues where required
- Review monthly metrics/KPIs and trends to identify opportunities for continuous improvement
- Lead process simplification and improvement initiatives
- Drive collaboration with Group Finance and local Finance teams to identify and implement process improvements
- Share best practices and cross-fertilize, align regularly on activities in scope with other colleagues in the Finance Service Line – Conduct lessons learned
- Compliance with group guidelines, procedures & policies:
- Stay up-to-date on the latest BIC policies and procedures as well as legal constraints and new trends in financial management / accounting and related systems and technology
- Assist with implementing and maintaining internal financial controls and procedures
- Be the counterpart for the Finance Service Line GBS with third parties such as Tax Authorities, External Auditors, Chartered Accountants, etc.
- Drive Business / Local Finance adoption of the new Finance Target Operating Model, coaching local Finance to use the right channels and Finance teams to receive the support they need
- 2 to 5 years' experience in a similar function and experience in a SSC or finance industries
- In depth knowledge of Accounts Payable management
- Fluent English, another European language is a plus
- Technical and practical application experience in accounts payable procedures and controls is desirable
- People management experience
- Excellent project management and communication skills
- Able to deal with and enhance complex, computerized business systems - BIC is using multiple internal tool and systems (JDE, ECM COMARCH, Ivalua)
- Capacity to challenge the status quo
- Excellent decision making and team-work skills
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