AP Team Leader

For Linklaters Office in Warsaw we are currently recruiting for the Accounts Payable Team Leader role.

Your role

• Management of the team membersincluding setting clear objectives monitoring performance and providing regular feedback; setting priorities for daily workload appropriate delegation empowerment of the team-members to deliver;

• Issue or review payments as well as reconcile payments and accounts resolve any discrepancies advice on issues where solid accounting knowledge is required;

• Assurance of quality of service provided by the team be responsible for assigned KPIs (personal and team) to meet customer needs and SLA/KPI framework;

• Generate regular reports;

• Backup team members during their absence;

• Perform quality control checks to ensure consistent quality of work & follow Firms policies and guidelines cooperate with Internal and External audits;

• Initiate/participate in process improvement projects ad hoc financial projects implementation of tools/systems;

• Collaboration with Local Offices globally Stakeholder management;
  

Your experience

• Fluent English;

• University degree in finance or professional accounting course;

• 3-5 years of professional experience in accounting operations area preferably in a Shared Service/BPO;

• Customer focused and service oriented;

• Good understanding of Accounts Payable Travel and Employee Reimbursement Vendor Master Data process;

• Familiarity with SLAs KPIs SOPs process documentation;

• Experience in SAP background will be a plus;

• Continues Improvement Mindset;

• Ability to work efficiently under pressure;
  

Linklaters and the Team

Linklaters are a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative efficient agile entrepreneurial and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives but by fostering a positive supportive fair and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team with a common mind-set.

We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis and we will be happy to discuss this further.

Key relationships

LGS Finance Local Finance Teams

Key Benefits

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution youll be making to our success. These include:

• Private medical care

• Free in-house fitness centre

• Life insurance

• Worldwide travel insurance for business and non-business travel

• Benefit Multisport club card or subsidised travel card

• Wide range of training opportunities

What sets us apart

At Linklaters

• We offer a truly global work experience and the opportunity to be involved in strategic projects that drive innovation and shape the future of our business

• We belong to a firm that embodies its corporate social environment and governance responsibility commitments

• We celebrate diversity equity and inclusion so our people can bring themselves to work

• We advocate speak-up culture to empower our people in sharing their voices and an open-door policy to ensure they are listened to

• We invest in custom-fit career paths for our people in line with their talents and aspirations

• We provide agile working solutions to meet the changing needs of our people and our business

• We are committed to people first relationships based on mutual trust respect and appreciation

• We support the health and wellbeing of our people providing a safe space to talk about emotions and mental health with access to expert advice as needed

• We invest in developing leaders of the future who demonstrate emotional intelligence and a passion to discover coach and develop the talents of others

Technical Skills:

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. As such the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.