Typical Accountabilities

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Working alongside their line manager to ensure KPI’s are achieved, this is done by governing and supporting the service provider’s teams responsible for the region.
• Identifying improvements and implements change with clear outcomes of improvement
• Demonstrating strong ability to resolve issues partnering with the service provider to implement change as required.
• Leading KPI improvement for own area and can demonstrate measurable improvement year on year.
• Clear focus on end to end process performance across the enterprise. Builds and maintains strong enterprise partnership for delivery

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience (including accounting processes)
• Subject Matter Expert knowledge in are of Accounts Payables
• Manages the process service delivery to global KPI’s through the service provider. Driving performance to objectives, providing management and ensuring delivery through the service provider’s organisation.
• Identify improvements and implement change with clear outcomes of improvement and standardization.
• Ability to resolve issues partnering with the service provider to implement change as required. 
• Clear focus on end to end process performance across the finance organisation. Collaborates with IT, procurement and the wider business for delivery.
• Provide expertise for and support delivery of transformation and process improvement projects - ranging from small process improvements through to major projects.
• Will need to work regionally across time zones and cultures.
• Strong problem solving ability and mind-set
• Owns process improvement for own area and can demonstrate measurable improvement year on year
• Proficiency in the use of SAP in space of Accounts Payable and Vendor Master
• Microsoft Excel skills in advanced level

Desirable

• Accounting fundamentals: Payables, Receivables, Cash, Costing
• Basic project management skills
• Experience in ARIBA, , in invoice or purchase orders processing willingness to learn and support COUPA implementation,
• Delivers message confidently and is consistent, ability to remove blockers to success

Date Posted

Closing Date

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.