Supervisor, Accounts Payable

Work Schedule

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Job Description

Position Summary:

They supervise the Invoice processing team within the Procure to Payment (P2P) organization. They maintain the organization, integrity, compliance, timeliness, and accuracy of supplier’s data processing including creation, changes, report generation, and other related requests. Ensure accurate support for partners.

This role provides training, administration and oversight of business processes and contact management systems which serve employees and external partners.

This role also monitors, prepares and/or reviews all periodic statistics and reporting and ensures timely and accurate compliance with schedules and metrics.

They plan their team's work plan and evaluation. Also, handle workload to achieve the company goals through the guidance of the team

They will work with a broad number of external and internal business partners, such as Vendors, Warehouses, Distribution Centers, Product Management, Accounting, Rebate Teams, Compliance & Audit.

The focus is on driving a better process every day in their portfolio, using Thermo Fisher’s Accounts Payables system.

Main Responsibilities

• Supervise the team's operational performance, focusing on development and coaching of team members, while conducting FTE analysis as needed to ensure business continuity.

• Ensure critical metrics and service level agreements (SLAs) are consistently met by implementing regular processes such as meetings, audits, reports, and controls. Provide guidance on appropriate action plans when necessary to ensure adherence to all established procedures and metrics.

• Perform administrative and mentorship tasks, including but not limited to attendance management and career planning in accordance with established policies and procedures.

• Support the team members in resolving complex issues timely and accurately through wholistic approach and ensure complete and up to date documentation per process.

• Provide management with metric reports, financial reports, and other required reports.

• See opportunities for optimization and continuous improvement in procurement processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

• Perform ad hoc tasks as required by the company.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or Business Administration, or equivalent experience of 8 years in these fields.

• Minimum of 3 years of proven experience managing teams.

• Experience in a shared service environment is preferred.

• Proficiency in English at a B2+ level.

• Proficient in MS Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and intermediate to advanced Excel.

• Experience with ERPs (Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards, Mainframe) and familiarity with Coupa software, ServiceNow, and other financial tools is desirable.

• Strong experience in data analysis, reporting, and performance measurement based on metrics.

Competencies

• Put the customer first.

• Own your results.

• Find a better way every day.

• Develop high performing teams.

• Create successful work environments.

• Move strategy to action.