Team Lead, Accounts Payable
adidas
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Porto • 🇵🇹 Portugal
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Senior
About the role
- Ensure team’s management including coaching, training, hiring, motivation and performance appraisal guidance
- Supervise the daily operations by adhering to the agreed SLAs towards the business partners
- Ensure good relationships with business partners and the global functional Team on a proactive basis
- Act as the main point of escalation for suppliers and internal stakeholders, ensuring timely resolution of issues
- Develop and report relevant KPI’s for area of responsibility
- Support D2PO and PO2PAY system implementations and upgrades
- Ensure that KPI’s are maintained, achieved and reported in a correct and timely manner
- Monitor clearance and completion of activities such as bank interim accounts and Debit Balance, resolving non-payment issues and ensuring balances are accurate
- Perform regular controls and cross-checks to ensure accuracy
- Prepare and execute complementary financial reports (VAT, Tax, Supplier Debit Balance, Aging Report)
- Generate ideas for process improvements with respect to the processes in scope and ensure high quality and efficient work
- Perform problem-solving, propose and assess solutions, and drive their implementation
- Manage change effectively, ensuring smooth adoption of people, new systems and processes
- Ensure proper documentation of processes and maintain updated DTPs to support audits and compliance
Requirements
- Solid experience with SAP and Ariba
- Strong understanding of Procurement and Accounts Payable processes, including invoice posting and reconciliation, PO management, and vendor communication
- Experience in a Shared Service environment or similar
- Ability to read, write and communicate in English in a business setting
- Ability to pay close attention to detail and high degree of customer orientation
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Flexible working hours
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
SAPAribainvoice postingreconciliationPO managementvendor communicationKPI reportingfinancial reportingprocess improvementsproblem-solving
Soft skills
coachingtrainingmotivationperformance appraisalrelationship managementattention to detailcustomer orientationchange managementcommunicationsupervision