Assistant Manager - Accounts Payable

Assistant Manager - Accounts Payables

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Job Title: Assistant Manager Accounts Payable

 

Business Unit: Finance – Accounts Payable

 

About JLL:

 

JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. Our vision is to re-imagine the world of real estate, creating rewarding opportunities and amazing spaces where people can achieve their ambitions. In doing so, we will build a better tomorrow for our clients, our people, and our communities. JLL is a Fortune 500 company with annual revenue of $16.6 billion, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of more than 96,000 as of October 31, 2021. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated.

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What this job involves:

• Responsible for handling 10 resources split across multiple teams, reports to Accounts Payable Manager

• Review and approve various types of account payable transactions, due diligence, and release of funds from bank within agreed turnaround time

• Ensure prioritisation & urgent payment requests are attended to promptly

• Ensure team's adherence to turnaround time and accuracy of activities undertaken including any transition in / Out or ad-hoc projects

• Participate / Lead governance and other stakeholder meetings as required by the Manager

• Effective management of internal & external stakeholders while nurturing a good relationship and ability to get things done with positive influence

• Work on standardization across teams and ensure escalations and process challenge are resolved / avoided through proactive actions and flagged to management on time

• Ensure 100% compliance to RICS & ISAE guidelines. No exceptions allowed

• Work with other Managers and Team Leaders in the project to create a culture of collaboration

• Drive career planning and employee engagement activities for direct and indirect reports

• Continuously strive to upskill team from an industry, domain and 'soft skills' perspective

• Drive process improvement initiatives using Lean and Six Sigma principles to create efficiencies

• Ensure relevant performance objectives for the team are defined, set up and tracked basis predetermined frequency. Ensure feedback mechanism is functioning effectively

• Manage teams’ productivity, efficiency and effectiveness to complement business objectives

• Regulate process controls effectively and proactively while continuously striving to improve control environment

• Coach and mentor team members to ensure all round development of individuals

• Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to lead and inspire the team to achieve success

• Improve and drive a strong MI system to map all KPIs and critical Accounts Payable metrics e.g., paid on time, PO compliance, Accounts Payable cycle time, exception rates etc. to enable best in industry benchmark scores

 

 

Sounds like you? To apply you need to be/have:

 

• Accounting graduate/M. Com/MBA with excellent verbal and written communication skills

• 8 – 10 Years of experience in F&A majorly in Accounts Payable, atleast 5 years of people management experience

• Excellent stake holder management and people management skills

• Experience in employee performance evaluation is a must

• Must have prior experience in process migrations

• Experience of real estate accounting would be an added advantage

• Understands UK banking platforms and accounting codes used in Accounts Payable

• Understand upstream downstream interactions of Accounts Payable with other accounting functions

• Well versed with Lean and Six Sigma practices. Green Belt certification will be an added advantage

• Ability to multi-task, work effectively under pressure, prioritise, and manage workload for team while meeting client needs

• Engage and communicate clearly, confidently and in a concise manner with internal and external stakeholders and see things from their perspective with solution-oriented approach

• Understand training needs. Ability to conduct trainings across a varied set of teams

• Demonstrate consistency in values, principles, and work ethics, must be able to inspire and lead a team

• Willingness to take on new challenges, responsibilities, and assignments

• Understanding of and commitment to client services, maintain confidentiality of client data

• A desire to work within a diverse, collaborative, and driven professional environment

• Ability to conduct difficult conversations and demonstrate transparency and fairness

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  Performance objectives

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  Ensure agreed KPI’s (Productivity, Quality and Turn Around Time) are met

  Achieve high employee and client satisfaction scores

  Ensure attrition rates are below industry figures

  Ensure succession planning of key resources

  Monitor exceptions processes and devise plan to reduce exception rate

  Minimise risk and able to show required efficiency saving, control improvement

  Zero RICS / ISAE audit findings during internal and external audits

  Ensure management reporting as per the pre agreed timelines

   

  What we can do for you:

   

  At JLL, we make sure that you become the best version of yourself by helping you realise your full potential in an entrepreneurial and inclusive work environment. We will empower your ambitions through our dedicated Total Rewards Program, competitive pay and benefits package.

   

  Apply today!

   

Location:

On-site –Gurugram, HR

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements.  We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

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