Manager Procure to Pay Operations - Night Shift-BAN00193 Working at Cargill is an opportunity to thrive—a place to develop your career to the fullest while engaging in meaningful work that makes a positive impact around the globe. You will be proud to work for a company with a strong history of ethics and a purpose of nourishing people. We offer a diverse, supportive environment where you will grow personally and professionally as you learn from some of the most talented people in your field. With nearly 150 years of experience Cargill provides food, agriculture, financial and industrial products and services to the world. We have 143,000 employees in 67 countries who are committed to feeding the world in a responsible way, reducing environmental impact and improving the communities where we live and work. Learn more at www.cargill.com.
Position Purpose :
Position is responsible for managing and providing oversight of Procure to Pay processes, which include Vendor Invoice Processing, Invoice Exception Resolution, Debit & Credit Memons, managing Order & Trade Settlement to Cash (OTSC) operations activities, which includes invoicing and billing, handling customer credits, performing cash applications, handling collections and dispute management and other period end close processing etc. etc. The PTP Operations Manager leads and coordinates activities of team members engaged in these processes and subprocesses.The responsibilities include efficiently and effectively lead delivery of the function for Finance Function globally / regionally and the BUs with the scope, KPIs, SLAs, lead and motivate the teams, timely submissions of the reports, ensure continuous improvement of processes, and absorbing new work from BUs into operations in order to deliver high quality/low cost services to BUs. This position will be integral part of building the site’s Finance operations team, supporting and developing staff. This role will require an influence, a commitment to the change effort of shared service, and preferably be a native of the country they are operating in. This role will be highly collaborative with others across the globe in Finance and other functions to ensure key learning and best practices.
Other areas of responsibility include: leads and provides strategic planning and direction, onboarding new services as part of the FSS strategy work intake process, oversees decision-making, problem solving and employee relations issues, administers annual budget process, report analysis, career development, performance management, salary administration and communication.
This role will report to the Finance Shared Services Lead in Finance Shared Services Bangalore, India
Principal Accountabilities
Lead, motivate, hire, train, support, and develop accounting staff. Manage staff planning and performance management for the PTP & OTC teams primarily and then on a dotted line level for other business towers as well. Develop capabilities to meet the changing needs of FSS and the Corporation. Assist supervisors in setting priorities. 40%
Ensure new business activities/processes are executed efficiently and effectively with appropriate controls, training and documentation 20%
Manage Procure to Pay operations supervisory responsibilities scanning, indexing, invoice processing of PO Invoices, Non PO Invoices, debit memos, credit memos, Month end Accruals, Invoice Exception resolution customer service etc. 20%
Build and maintain relationships with BU partners. Participate in any special projects 10%
Execute COSO training and participate in internal Value Preservation reviews. 10%
Essential Functions/Requirements
• Knowledge and familiarity with work performed in shared services as defined by the service catalog.
• Critical ability to deal with large level of ambiguity and large scale change.
• Ability to travel 10-30%
Education :
• Bachelor degree in Accounting or Commerce or Masters in Commerce
• Chartered Accountant / Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with relevant experience may be considered
Experience
• 8-12 years of experience in finance operation with good expertise in Procure to Pay, Order to Trade Settlement & Cash and related Finance processes
• Prior experience of managing a team with people management responsibilities
• Prior experience of doing onsite migration and experience in creation of effective desktop procedures/standard operating procedures
• Experience of working in shared service operations would be preferred
• Self-starter with excellent MS-office skills
• Strong team player and ability to handle tasks under pressure and in a timely manner with required quality Has worked on Transformation and Process Improvement projects
• Managing large teams
Skills
• High learning and people agility
• Demonstrated influence and leadership skills and ability to build and inspire high performing teams
• Proven ability to champion change
• Strong decision making skills
• Strong customer focus
• Managing large teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Risk and control identification and solution experience.
• Knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS
• Working knowledge on SAP is essential
• Strong work ethics, maturity and leadership qualities
• Resilience and Flexibility
• Aptitude for understanding and solving problems
• Project Management
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