TL - Accounts

Position Overview The Accounts Payable (AP) Payment Processing Lead is responsible for managing end-to-end supplier payments, ensuring timely and accurate payment execution, and maintaining compliance with AP controls and audit requirements. The role involves overseeing payment operations, resolving payment-related issues, supporting invoice processing and reconciliations, collaborating with stakeholders, and driving process improvements and automation initiatives. The ideal candidate has strong Accounts Payable expertise, leadership experience, and hands-on knowledge of Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes and ERP systems. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Manage end-to-end supplier payment processing and payment run activities. Review and resolve payment exceptions, rejected payments, and escalations. Support invoice processing, vendor query resolution, bank reconciliations, and vendor account reconciliations. Ensure compliance with Accounts Payable controls, approval workflows, service level agreements (SLAs), and audit requirements. Monitor team performance, key performance indicators (KPIs), and overall process effectiveness. Partner with Finance teams and business stakeholders to ensure seamless payment operations. Identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities, and operational efficiencies. Key Success Measures Payment Operations – Supplier payments processed accurately and on time Accounts Payable Performance – Invoice processing, Vendor account reconciliations Compliance & Controls -Compliance with regulatory, financial, and audit Team Leadership & Productivity - AP team consistently meeting or exceeding KPI targets . Skills & Experience <B.Com>, <M.Com>, MBA (Finance), CA Inter/ ACCA Dropout Minimum 5 years of Accounts Payable experience, including at least 2 years of leadership experience in payment processing. Strong hands-on experience in invoice processing and end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) operations. Hands-on experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Ariba) and MS Excel. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for vendor and stakeholder management. Ability to work independently and meet deadlines under pressure. Analytical mindset for reconciliations and variance analysis. Prior experience in shared services or global AP operations preferred. Knowledge of automation tools is an advantage. Education -- <B.Com> / MBA / <M.Com/CA> Inter/ACCA dropout Shift Time – 12.30 to 10 PMIST/ 1.30 to 11.00 PMIST