GS Finance Team Lead (Order to Cash)

It's more than a job

As a finance professional at Kuehne+Nagel, your work includes managing budgets, strategic planning, and overseeing financial operations. You also help make ordinary and special moments possible for people around the world. Because your financial diligence allows your colleagues across the company to stay focused on the core of their work, whether it's getting vital healthcare products to those who need them or fresh fruit to children playing in the park. Finance work at Kuehne+Nagel, means more than we imagine.

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Role

You will be responsible for ensuring an accurate, timely execution of O2C (Order to Cash / Accounts Receivable) transaction processing in Global Services Cebu to the countries based on agreed service levels (SLA) working towards achieving process efficiency. This role requires strong leadership, a deep understanding of accounts receivable operations, and the ability to optimize workflows while ensuring compliance with industry regulations.

How you create impact

• Manage, coach, mentor and drive the performance of O2C transactional team (GS)
• Oversee the processing of cash allocation across multiple channels, including Domestic and Foreign Wire, ACH, and other electronic incoming payment methods.
• Oversee the processing of COD/CCM release, electronic CLA creation (e-CLA) for all geographies
• Oversee the processing of account opening (AR/AP), GP mapping, CIP updates, streamline where necessary
• Ensure the process improvement, continuous improvement methods are implemented in order to improve the efficiency and productivity
• Proactive and highly motivated individual capable of independently managing tasks and projects with minimal oversight.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop a team of payment processing specialists.
• Measure your team performance and drive productivity improvements for your specific process working towards standardization.
• Adaptable and willing to extend working hours as needed to ensure timely and accurate execution of payments.
• Maintain proper documentation and audit trails for payment transactions.
• Identify and implement improvements to payment workflows and systems to enhance operational efficiency.
• Be part of a project team to standardize AP processes across the region leveraging automation + artificial intelligence to optimize payment execution and reduce manual efforts.
• Support reviews of current processes, ensuring compliance + alignment with corporate guidelines.
• Share + transfer financial knowledge to new team members ensuring a smooth onboarding
  
  

What we would like you to bring

• Bachelor's Degree related to Accounting
• Knowledgeable in end-to-end process of Accounts Receivable
• Profiecient in MS Excel
• Strong analytical skills and attention to details
• Project and stakeholder management
• Good and effective communication skills
• Strong leadership skills and ability to work independently
• Experience in performance evaluation, resource and succession planning
  
  

What's in it for you

We want to be the best company to work for + with. In collaboration with your team members, you will drive delivery of customer excellence + operational efficiency in processes. You provide unbiased financial insights, flag any potential risks + intervene to mitigate these risks. In close partnership with the business, you will establish a well-functioning business controlling mechanism in relation to account payable for the region. On a regular basis, you consult with key stakeholders to review progress, ensuring a focus on continuous improvement + high quality work processes while meeting service level agreements. Finally focus on best-in-class processes for better efficiencies + improved financial performance of the company. We offer you a challenging position in a vibrant work environment where development and progress are a priority. Additional to opportunities for professional learning, you will learn to work with cutting-edge IT systems.

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.