Manager, Accounts Payable

Job Description

Grace is seeking an Accounts Payable Manager to lead our Accounts Payable team! This role reports to Senior Finance Manager, Finance Service Delivery, based in Manila. 

The Accounts Payable Manager will be responsible for leading the Accounts Payable team that manages the day-to-day invoice to pay global process for Grace, including, but not limited to, receiving invoices, processing, and posting invoices to ensure payments are made in a timely manner and in compliance with Source to Pay policies ensuring that the function is consistently meeting all relevant key performance metrics. This individual will be working closely with various stakeholders across the Source to Pay and Finance organization to carry out their key responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Support Grace’s safety culture by demonstrating leadership as it strives to achieve an accident-free environment.
• Promote Grace’s vision of striving to be a premier specialty chemicals and materials company and demonstrate and integrate its core values into daily activities.
• Support the global framework and roadmap for Accounts Payable created by the Senior Finance Manager, Finance Service Delivery and the Source to Pay Global Process Owner (GPO).
• Execute and translate a global process and ensure the GBS Accounts Payable teams understand and are properly trained in the processes and the tactical actions required to promote compliance.  
• Create key metrics to drive continuous, incremental, and where possible, step-change improvement to achieve leading edge performance while delivering cost reduction and avoidance productivity
• Manage daily accounts payable operations, ensuring that all key deliverables are met consistently.
• Lead and coordinate process improvement initiatives, together with the AP Supervisor and Finance workstreams such as Vendor Master Data, S2P Helpdesk, Procurement Team and Cash Management teams.
• Secure metric and reporting system – generates operational reports, analyzes and provides input to improve process efficiency.
• Work closely with Senior Finance Manager, Finance Service Delivery in delivering quality and productivity targets.
• Work with cross functional and regional teams to understand complex business processes, problems and opportunities, analyze requirements, and produce creative solutions for both new systems development and improvements to existing system functionality.
• Foster a team environment that develops strong business and professional relationships with key internal stakeholders and external partners, through coaching and mentoring that created a venue to provide feedback on performance
• Resolves any escalated issues from the various stakeholders relating to the team’s processes and performance
• Upkeep of operational work instructions making sure update in process are properly documented and signed off on a timely manner
• Other duties and projects as assigned by the Senior Finance Manager, Finance Service Delivery

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, or other related courses.
• At least 5 years’ relevant experience at the same level or capacity
• Experience in Shared Services / Business Process Outsourcing industry, preferably with multinationals.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite applications, especially Excel.
• Relevant experience in SAP is a must.
• Solid knowledge in the S2P Invoice to Pay process

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge in Ariba preferred but not required.

Benefits

• Guaranteed 14th month Pay
• Above-market Retirement Plan Design
• LinkedIn Learning Access
• Established Performance Incentive Program
• HMO coverage for employees on day 1
• Free HMO coverage for up to 3 qualified dependents
• Educational Assistance