Accounts Payable Global Process Owner

Accounts Payable - Global Process Owner

OVERVIEW:

The Accounts Payable (A/P) team is part of our Global Shared Service Organization. Through strategic partnerships we enable our businesses to win and our employees to maximize their full potential.  We are driven to be the premiere global shared services organization and are looking for a passionate leader who is ready to be a part of something special.

The Accounts Payable Global Process Owner will be responsible for the global accounts payable strategy and internal control design.  This role will partner closely with our global Service Delivery Team who is responsible for accounts payable processing.  This role will work closely with vendors to identify process improvements, including new technology.

This role will be part of the Global Shared Service Organization, which provides global business and employee services to employees.  This role will provide the opportunity to own a global process, develop and implement a strategy and drive customer experience.  This role will have exposure to and interactions with various global leaders within the Company.  The role will provide people management experience, with one direct report.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Own the global Accounts Payable strategy and internal control design
• Manage vendor relationships
• Partner with Service Delivery team in Mumbai on service execution and process improvements
• Partner with IT and the Business on strategy and capability development
• Identify opportunities for technology and process improvements, and drive viable solutions to implementation
• Partner with Sourcing and Vendor Master to enable transformation, growth and efficiency in the P2P process

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors Degree
• 3 years of experience in Accounts/Payable for a large, global company
• Strong process orientation and expertise
• Financial Acumen / Control Mindset
• Service Orientation Mindset
• Ability to interact, communicate, and positively influence stakeholders at all levels
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally (if necessary)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• People management experience
• Ability to lead change, work cross-functionally and learn quickly
• Excellent organizational, planning, and prioritization skills
• Ability to take complex or detailed issues and understand, communicate, and act upon the main problem and resolution
• Self-managing, results oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously

DEVELOPMENT CANDIDATE WILL RECEIVE: 

• Service management mindset & capabilities
• Create and execute a strategy
• Stakeholder management
• Manage relationships with external vendors
• Experience leading and developing team members

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.