Team Lead Accounts Payable Payments

If you are a Team Lead Accounts Payable Payments you will play a critical role in leading payment operations ensuring timely and accurate vendor payments and driving continuous improvement across the Accounts Payable this role you will oversee a team of Accounts Payable professionals while remaining actively involved in end-to-end payment operations issue resolution audit support reconciliations reporting and process optimization initiatives. You will collaborate with global stakeholders identify opportunities for operational excellence and help shape a high-performing customer-centric team.

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In This Role Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Oversee end-to-end payment processing activities ensuring timely accurate and compliant vendor and business payments.
• Review and approve payment proposals payment registers and supporting documentation prior to payment execution.
• Monitor and resolve payment exceptions rejected transactions duplicate payment risks and other payment-related issues.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for payment inquiries and collaborate with internal stakeholders vendors and banking partners to drive resolution.
• Ensure compliance with company policies SOX requirements internal controls and audit standards across payment operations.
• Monitor team performance against SLAs KPIs and operational targets and implement corrective actions when needed.
• Support account reconciliations reporting audit requests and payment-related data analysis to ensure financial accuracy.
• Lead process improvement automation and transformation initiatives that enhance payment efficiency controls and customer experience.
• Manage workforce planning workload distribution training and resource allocation to ensure business continuity and operational success.
• Lead coach and develop a team of Accounts Payable professionals to drive engagement performance and service excellence.

Who You Are:

You build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. You make sound and timely decisions while balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment. You provide clear direction prioritize work effectively and hold yourself and others accountable for delivering results. You build collaborative and high-performing teams develop talent communicate effectively and remain resilient and adaptable through change and operational challenges.

For This Role You Will Need:

• At least 6 years of working experiencein Finance and Accounting Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable.
• At least 4 years of relevant experience in Accounts Payable function specifically end-to-end global payment operations including payment execution account reconciliation and coordination with internal and external stakeholders to resolve payment-related issues.
• At least 2 years of experience in handling people.
• Experience in handling vendor inquiries stakeholder and account reconciliation.
• Experience in handling external and internal audits.
• Practical knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems (e.g. Oracle SAP JD Edwards etc.).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word Advanced Excel and PowerPoint).
• Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX).

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

• Experience working on a night shift schedule.
• Basic knowledge in Power BI and Power Apps.

Our Culture & Commitment to You

At Emerson we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued respected and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation collaboration and diverse perspectivesbecause we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship training or leadership opportunities we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing competitive benefits plans a variety of medical insurance plans Employee Assistance Program employee resource groups recognition and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal) vacation and holiday leave.

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