Position: AP / T&E Manager (English & Japanese Skills)
Location: Dalian
BRIEF JOB PROFILE DESCRIPTION:
The Accounts Payable and T&E Manager is a member of the leadership team of Global Financial Shared Services Asia (GFSS-ASIA), providing financial transaction processing and accounting support for all Company businesses in Asia. In this role, the manager will be responsible for the management, coordination and delivery of all aspects of third party supplier invoice and employee expense claim processing, from transaction registration through to payment execution. The Process Owner is required to support the Global Process Owner for continuous improvement of GFSS Financial processes globally. In addition to these responsibilities, the manager will be responsible for overseeing receipt of work migrated from the markets across Asia into Global Financial Shared Services Asia. The manager will be expected to facilitate the set-up of the new organization by being involved in staffing, establishment of policy and procedure, interface with markets, etc.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Work Planning and Resource Allocation
Define and manage long term and short tem strategic and operational goals for the regional team ensuring global objectives are incorporated
Provide Strategic guidance and direction for the GFSS-ASIA Accounts Payable, and Support Functions
Appropriately staff the process, including development of resources for long term stability of operations and future business needs
Policy/Strategy Development
Develop and monitor Accounts Payable and T&E policies and procedures, and resolve functional issues
Develop the processes required for a steady state operation for AP/T&E
Functional/ Technical
Ensure consistent delivery of the Accounts Payable and T&E processes at a regional level that maximizes reporting, analysis, and interpretation capabilities while achieving Company’s cost reduction objectives
Monitor system performance of daily transactions working to facilitate the identification and resolution of system errors
Staff Training and Development
Continuous Improvement
Customer Service
Audit/Controllership
Migration/Transition:
Requirements
Strong understanding of F&A and Accounts Payable and T&E best practices and requirements, international finance preferred
Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and work in an unstructured, global, and virtual environment
Excellent oral, written, negotiation communication skills
Understanding of cultural differences in global geographies for F&A
Fluent with Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools
Global project management experience
Project management, change management, and strategic imperative implementation skills, including best practices for accounts payable and purchase-to-pay process.
Strategic thinking with insight to understand and act on customer/Business Unit needs.
Qualification
Bachelors Degree or above, major in finance or accounting
At least 10+ yrs of Accounts Payable and T&E or related business experience with increasing responsibility, the later half In leadership roles, at least 2 years experience with a Finance BPO
Proven track record implementing large scale, global transformation efforts for standardizing Accounts Payable processes
Good written and verbal English skills, with CET 6 or TEM 4 (CET- Colleague English Test; TEM – Test for English Major), good written and verbal Japanese skills at least International Japanese Test I
Process excellence background and / or certifications (Six Sigma etc a plus)
This role will participate the establishing of a Global Financial Shared Services Asia, we welcome the qualified candidate to apply for this position through hr-dalian@orangetreeconsultancy.com |