Americas I2P Operations Lead

The primary goal of this role is to enable operational effectiveness through partnering with stakeholders and deliver strategic processes that enable consistent, efficient, and standard service delivery in alignment with Mars Five Principles. This role is responsible for leading Accounts Payable functional performance, measuring and improving the process, leveraging automation, and continuously improving performance. This role serves as a business partner and copilot responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders of Accounts Payable (upstream & downstream functional teams, business unit, 3rd party partners, etc.).

What are we looking for? 

Accounts Payable work is focused on administering, designing and ensuring compliance with accounts payable processes including: •Invoice charge verification (including applicable discounts) vs. purchase orders •Verification that goods and services purchased have been received •Confirmation of purchase approval •Payment authorization and processing •Reconciliation of accounts payable ledgers to identify improper charges, validate transactions, and ensure accurate and timely payment of amounts due.

What will be your key responsibilities? 

• Business Partner driving Operational Effectiveness
  • Provide guidance to business partner organization, monitors & drives performance as well as collaborating on initiatives that drive overall health of LATAM AP processes, with specific focus on invoice-to-pay, disbursements, logistics exception handling and vendor master data audit.
  • Direct the reporting and analytics team members to design operational metrics and dashboards; oversee scorecard results and work with key leaders to ensure business results stay on track.
  • Direct complex ad hoc financial analysis and make recommendations to business challenges
  • Ensure team is partnering with local stakeholders to drive improvements, reduce aged balances, and deliver insights
• Delivers Results through Offshore Team
  • Delivers results through offshore team members while not having a direct reporting relationship.
  • Owns on-going coaching to drive awareness of the Mars culture (Five Principles) and leadership competencies required to be successful within the global shared service organization
• Continuous Improvement
  • Continuously upskills to align with the S&F Capability Framework
  • Lead standardization and documentation efforts across supported processes.
• Controls & Governance
  • Drive FinOps to sustainable compliance by assessing the effectiveness of internal processes, controls and risks
  • Provide control insight and framework to address execution issues and gaps in existing control environment

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.