Working within the Finance Operations team and reporting to the Head of Finance Services Operations. The Accounts Payable Director is responsible for directing and delivering end to end Procure to Pay continuous improvement projects, driving key accounts payable processes by working across various internal and external teams and functions and directing the Travel and Expense activities. for the Group. The role is accountable for overseeing the day-to-day operations of all Accounts Payable Ledgers and Vendor Master Data Management globally and must ensure that a strong control and compliance governance framework is maintained.
The role is accountable for the functions shared service centre teams and a small group of SMEs that are based across the regions. The role works closely with key stakeholders across the Group to ensure that all supplier invoices are processed and accounted for appropriately and payments are processed in line with both internal and external expectations

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the global end to end purchase to pay processes for the Group
• Full ownership and accountability of Accounts Payable functions, deliverables and performance utilizing best in class SLA\xe2\x80\x99s and KPI\xe2\x80\x99s
• Leads and develops a world class team of high performing professionals with knowledge and expertise in Accounts payable processes for group
• Develop and support standardised and simplified processes ensuring automation driven efficiency
• Works with other leaders to improve processes to ensure that best in class service is maintained.
• Consistently maintain and improve the control environment
• Accountable for quarterly SOX attestations and support of the annual Finance Operations RCA review
• Manage the relevant Change Board (Community of representatives from the differing countries) \xe2\x80\x93 ensuring processes and procedures meet the local legislative requirements of the Group companies whilst still adhering to global best practice

• Lead Management of the supplier information management system and associated activities

• Enable delivery accurate and timely operational financial and non-financial information, including month end operational reporting and accounting period close activities

• Ensure integrity, timeliness and transparency of the data relating to relevant ledger operations accounts including both relevant financial data and KPIs

Candidate Profile / Key Skills

• Strong track record and experience in:
  • Purchase to Payables end to end process accountability and ownership and associated team management in a large global organisation
  • Understanding of accounting concepts and principles and reporting to tight deadlines
  • Managing teams and stakeholders through regular and robust KPIs
  • Implementation of cloud based ERP solutions
• Be a lead proponent of driving a collaborative culture and approach to working across finance and operations
• Strong planning and prioritising according to business needs.
• Experience of Oracle/SAP an advantage
• Experience of supplier information management tools an advantage

• Progressively responsible related work experience having led large teams with a multi-million-dollar budget.
• A track record of mentoring staff with a wide variety of backgrounds
• Proven interpersonal skills and ability to lead a matrixed team
• Rework existing plans to achieve operational goals in the face of changing organizational priorities.

Critical Competencies for Success

• Must have good operational skills as well as strategic understanding of business and AP requirements.
• Ability to manage and prioritize competing requests from different areas of the business.
• Business savvy individual who can understand the business objective quickly and easily.
• Very good communication skills with strong organizational capabilities and a strong results focus.
• Excellent attention to detail and quality orientation.
• Capable of planning and executing process and system changes to implement improvements in the timeliness, accuracy and efficiencies in all aspects of transactional processing and financial reporting.
• Demonstrated record of problem-solving and priority-setting in a fast-paced, complex, evolving industry. This person should have an analytical mind and be able to navigate challenging business issues.
• Demonstrate broad-based knowledge of business with the ability to understand how to drive profitable growth by working closely with the business teams.
• An ability to develop cross-functional (and cross-company) partnerships, evidenced by a track record of teamwork and collegiality in leading cross-functional teams and relationships.
• Ability to evaluate and identify opportunities from a strategic perspective including the ability to develop, prioritize and implement plans to meet the organization\xe2\x80\x99s core strategic goals.
• Understands best practices around structuring operational processes with experience implementing those practices.

At LSEG, we believe that creating a diverse and inclusive organisation is fundamental to the way we deliver on our promise of creating essential partnerships and open opportunities. Our open culture is central to how we deliver our purpose \xe2\x80\x93 driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth \xe2\x80\x93 in everything we do.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 70 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone\xe2\x80\x99s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants\' and employees\' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

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