Procurement And AP Manager

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Come join our growing Group Finance team in our Mumbai Centre of Excellence (CENX)!

The role reports to the Head of Finance for the CENX, who is based in London. The role is part of the Finance CENX Leadership Team. The role will establish a Procurement capability at YouGov, whilst also overseeing our AP function to ensure suppliers on time.

The role will bring together the end to end Procure to Pay (P2P) process, looking to optimize the AP processes that have recently been transitioned from regional Finance Teams across the world to our Shared Service Centre in Mumbai over the last year.

• Establishing a Procurement capability at YouGov


• Managing stakeholders both internal and external, getting involved in Procurement decisions to maximise value for money


• Leading a team of 7+ Accounts Payable Analysts


• Running the Procure to Pay process globally; across >20 geographies including the Americas, UK, Europe, MENA and APAC


• Designing and implementing process improvements such as effective controls, stakeholder outcomes and efficiencies


• Overseeing weekly payment runs


• Owning the Concur based expenses process


• Extending the rollout of HSBC Corporate cards across the world


• Ensuring purchases made on behalf of another group entity are input with the right intercompany matching transactions


• Creditor ledger reviews


• Support month end accruals analysis


• Rationalising the number of suppliers in use across YouGov


• Collaborate with OTC, RTR and Regional team on transactions clearing


• Defining and reporting key performance indicators for P2P


• Mitigating fraud risks arising from phishing emails & fake invoices

Knowledge and experience

• At least 5 years of Procurement and Accounts Payable experience


• Experience running or establishing Procurement processes and influencing procurement decisions / negotiating with suppliers


• Team management experience


• Attention to detail to ensure payments are made accurately


• Evidence of strong communication skills, written and spoken


• Strong service orientation/responsiveness


• Good Excel skills


• Experience working in a finance shared service team. (Preferred)


• Dealing with audit questions (Preferred)


• Using Lean Six Sigma to improve financial processes (Preferred)


• Experience in presenting data analytically (e.g. through Power BI). (Preferred)


• Previous experience of using NetSuite and Concur (Preferred)


• Strong IT skills – experience of any robotics software would be useful (Preferred)


• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related disciplines (Preferred)

Behavioural competencies

• Strong leadership, able to provide guidance to team members and the confidence to take a lead role in procurement conversations with internal stakeholders and suppliers


• Team player


• Ability to deliver results, meet deadlines/SLAs, ability to priorities and manage time effectively


• Trustworthy and adept in handling sensitive information and managing relationships


• Ability to work under pressure and demonstrate a high degree of tenacity and resilience

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