Team Lead, AP Operation

Founded in Japan in 1887, Kao is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives with our high-quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all – a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment.  As a company driven by purpose and strong corporate values, we pride ourselves to be listed among the World´s Most Ethical Companies since 16 consecutive years. Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do – acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation, and treating each other with trust and respect.

The role:

AP Team Lead is part of AP team within our EMEA Finance Shared Service Center. A person in this role will be taking responsibility of supervising a team of 4 AP specialist and 1 Sr Specialists, leading weekly team meetings to streamline operations and ensure issues faced by the team are escalated without delay. He/she will be responsible of setting measurable goals and encouraging professional development, supporting EMEA Accounting operations by timely processing of invoices across 18 legal entities, resolving queries from the business and suppliers, running monthly KPI and assisting in any necessary month end tasks.

What you will do:

• Managing daily operation and coordination within a sub group of Accounts Payable
• Managing team performance by handling one to one.
• Ensuring daily inflow is coordinated and managed to meet SLA's and KPI's within the sub group.
• Being main point of contact of escalations and ensure timely closure
• Preparing and participating in operational as well as management reporting in collaboration with AP Manager
• Leading and driving operational excellence in line with Kao corporate culture and vision.

What you will need:

• Completed Accounting degree at MBO (Dutch system) or higher
  
• 2-3 years of relevant experience (preferably in SSC international environment)
• Strong people and performance management skills, tracked record in coaching and leading a team
• Strong Accounts Payable, P2P operations knowledge at multinational companies 
• Customer- and service-oriented thinking
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to build effective working relationships
• Solid coordination and organizational skills
• Proactive approach to problem solving, ability to apply knowledge of process and policy when providing answers or solutions
• Experience in supporting innovation, continuous improvement in terms of technologies, processes, procedures, and tools

How we work: Having been selected among the World´s Most Ethical Companies for 16 consecutive years, we are a company with a purpose and strong corporate values. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. At Kao, each employee can actively shape their job and their career. We work collaboratively to achieve our common goals, always aiming to deliver the best for our customers.

What we offer: A friendly and flexible work environment with competitive salaries, benefits package, ongoing development and the opportunity to enhance your skills and deliver tangible results. At Kao your voice will be heard. Your opinion really counts. We believe that change comes from taking opportunities into your own hands, so we value and reward entrepreneurial thinking and innovation.

Hiring Process: Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community. 

Want to learn more: If you feel you are as unique as our products and want to find out why 33,000 people across the globe opted for a career with us please visit our Americas website (https://www.kao.com/americas/en/) or EMEA website (https://www.kao.com/emea/en/)

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