Global Director - Accounts Payable
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JobgetherProfessional services
Based in GermanyFull-TimeDirector
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Job Details
- Experience
- At least eight years of experience in procurement, accounts payable, Procure-to-Pay operations, shared services, accounting operations, or finance process leadership.
Requirements
- Have at least eight years of experience in procurement, accounts payable, Procure-to-Pay operations, shared services, accounting operations, or finance process leadership.
- Bring demonstrated experience managing financial or procurement processes across multiple countries, legal entities, or complex organizational structures.
- Have a strong understanding of the full P2P lifecycle, including supplier onboarding, purchasing controls, purchase orders, invoice processing, payment workflows, expense management, and vendor governance.
- Have experience with ERP systems, procurement platforms, workflow automation, vendor master data management, and technology-enabled financial controls.
- Be able to establish financial controls, enforce purchasing policies, prevent fraud, manage payment risks, and support compliance requirements.
- Have experience leading process improvement, standardization, centralization, and automation initiatives.
- Be able to manage shared services performance using service levels, productivity indicators, quality metrics, turnaround times, and escalation procedures.
- Bring strong problem-solving and analytical skills to identify inefficiencies and implement sustainable improvements.
- Be able to align stakeholders across Finance, Legal, Tax, Treasury, IT, and Operations.
- A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, or a related discipline is preferred.
- Experience integrating procurement, accounts payable, vendor data, and financial workflows following acquisitions is advantageous.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end global Procure-to-Pay operations, including procurement requests, purchase orders, supplier onboarding, invoice processing, payments, exceptions, vendor inquiries, and month-end accounts payable activities.
- Develop and implement global procurement and accounts payable policies, procedures, approval matrices, purchasing thresholds, service-level agreements, and performance metrics.
- Maintain controls over vendor selection, supplier master data, segregation of duties, bank detail changes, duplicate payments, fraud prevention, approvals, payment authorization, and records retention.
- Lead process centralization, standardization, and automation initiatives to improve accuracy and operational efficiency.
- Drive improvements to ERP-enabled controls, procurement intake tools, vendor portals, OCR, purchase order matching, approval workflows, and travel and expense integrations.
- Monitor shared services productivity, processing accuracy, invoice aging, turnaround times, purchase order compliance, work queues, and escalations.
- Oversee corporate card administration, spending limits, approval controls, transaction reconciliation, expense policy compliance, and employee reimbursements.
- Coordinate with Legal, Tax, Treasury, Accounting, IT, Operations, and local Finance teams on vendor compliance, tax documentation, payment accuracy, contracts, and systems.
- Lead procurement and accounts payable integration for acquired businesses, including vendor record migration, workflow alignment, policy implementation, and operational stabilization.
- Ensure AP records are accurate and current, and identify opportunities to improve governance, reduce risk, and scale processes.
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