Assistant Manager - Accounts Payable

Job Summary

Assistant Manager - Accounts Payable

JLL is seeking a seasoned Assistant Manager to join our Accounts Payable team. This position requires 8-10 years of proven expertise in P2P operations within a multinational organization.

Responsibilities

• Account Payable Operations: Process complex and high-value invoices; resolve three-way match exceptions; review payment proposals before release; complete vendor reconciliations; prepare close entries and accrual schedules
• Execute Withholding Tax (WHT), Tax Deducted at Source (TDS), Tax Collected at Source (TCS), Value Added Tax (VAT), and Goods and Services Tax (GST) calculations in compliance with country-specific tax regulations and requirements.
• Keep the process area stable through peaks, clear blocked items and keep close activities on schedule
• Stakeholder Management: Work directly with business, controllers, treasury, regional finance, GPOs and suppliers; keep them informed on status
• Supplier Management: Own resolution of escalated queries; build working relationships with key stakeholders, business; track recurring issues and agree fixes with associated individuals / teams
• Financial Operational Controls: Operate SOX controls and review team's evidence; prepare audit support; apply policy; identify control gaps and report risk
• Working capital management: Check payment terms against contracts; pursue discount and early payment opportunities within policy; explain the cash flow effect of payment timing to stakeholders
• People and Talent: Support recruitment and onboard team members, set goals and conduct performance reviews, develop teams skills, maintain engagement and retention, and prepare successors for key roles
• Performance objectives: Analytics and reporting: Build and refresh Excel or Power BI reports; analyse trends in exceptions, ageing and queries; run root cause analysis
• Continuous Improvement: Lead small lean or automation improvements in your area; update procedures; adopt digital tools
• Success metrics and KPIs: Operational: On-time payment %; invoice accuracy and productivity for the area; first-pass yield
• Quality: Error rate; defect rate; compliance score; audit findings closed
• Supplier/Requestor: Vendor satisfaction in the area; turnaround on escalated queries
• Financial: Discount capture; duplicate payment avoidance; accrual accuracy
• Transformation: Improvements delivered; automation benefits in the area

Requirements

• P2P domain expertise: Proficient across invoice processing, vendor reconciliations, payments and close; solid PO/Non-PO knowledge
• Systems: Proficiency in ERP systems (YARDI, MRI, Oracle, etc.) and case management tools (Zendesk or ServiceNow), as relevant to the assigned process; awareness of Banking Portals
• Analytics: Advanced Excel (lookups, pivots, filters)
• Control: Applies SOX and internal controls independently; prepares audit-ready evidence

Communication Competencies

• Written Communication: Writes concise status updates and root-cause summaries for managers and stakeholders
• Verbal Communication: Leads supplier and stakeholder calls and agrees on the next steps
• Business Presentation: Presents process-area results in team and stakeholder meetings
• Executive Presence: Talks with confidence and accuracy to controllers, leadership, etc.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Keeps regular contact with named stakeholders
• Conflict Resolution: Resolves disputes over invoice or payment status with facts and options
• Storytelling with Operational data: Explains trends in your area (what happened, why, what next) using charts

Experience Requirements

• Education: B. Com, M. Com, MBA Finance, CA Inter, or an equivalent degree
• Experience: 8-10 years in accounts payable operations including month-end close experience
• Preferred Certifications: Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt); ERP user training, etc.

Behavioral and Leadership Competencies

• Analytical thinking: Analyses exception data to find patterns and causes
• Problem solving: Resolves most operational issues independently and documents the fix
• Accountability: Owns outcomes for the process area and reports risks early
• Adaptability: Adjusts quickly to system, process and regional changes
• Collaboration: Coordinates with business, treasury, controllers and regional teams on shared issues
• Learning Agility: Learns adjacent processes and applies lessons across the area
• Resilience: Holds quality and tone through close deadlines and difficult stakeholders
• Influencing: Persuade requesters to follow the process by explaining the reason behind it
• Coordination: Align inputs across teams for payment runs and close
• Mentoring juniors: Onboard P1 colleagues, review team s work and give timely feedback

Location

Location: Hyderabad

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

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