Team Lead – Accounts Payable | Role Summary
Job Purpose Team Lead – Accounts Payable is responsible for overseeing the Accounts Payable team, ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices, payments, vendor reconciliations, and compliance with company policies. The role drives operational efficiency, supports team development, manages stakeholder relationships, and ensures high levels of accuracy and service delivery.
Required Skills & Experience
- Mandatory 3 years of Account Payable team handling experience,
- Strong knowledge of Accounts Payable processes, including invoice processing, vendor management, payment execution, and reconciliations.
- Experience working with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Workday, or similar financial platforms.
- Proficiency in analyzing operational metrics, identifying trends, and driving process improvements.
- Strong understanding of financial controls, compliance requirements, and audit standards.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and customer-service skills.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience leading teams in a shared services, finance operations, or accounts payable environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage daily Accounts Payable operations, ensuring timely and accurate invoice processing and payment execution.
- Monitor invoice workflows, resolve processing exceptions, and ensure adherence to payment schedules.
- Perform and oversee vendor account reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies.
- Maintain accurate financial records and ensure compliance with internal controls, audit requirements, and company policies.
- Manage team attendance, productivity, and performance against established service levels and KPIs.
- Conduct regular team meetings to review workloads, address challenges, and drive operational improvements.
- Review operational metrics and provide coaching, feedback, and development support to team members.
- Collaborate with Procurement, Finance, Treasury, and business stakeholders to resolve vendor and payment-related issues.
- Support employee engagement initiatives and foster a positive, performance-driven team environment.
- Identify process improvement opportunities and support automation and standardization initiatives within Accounts Payable.
