Accounts Payable Team Leader

 

JTI Poland is part of Japan Tobacco International, a leading international tobacco company. We operate in 130 countries, employ over 46,000 people worldwide and our product portfolio includes world-renowned brands such as Camel, LD, Winston and Logic, available on the Polish market.

In Poland, we employ over 2,300 employees and we are the 3rd player in the tobacco industry. Since the beginning of JTI’s operations in Poland in 2007, we have been the fastest growing tobacco company: our market share has more than quadrupled and our production volume has grown more than 10 times.

But our business, isn’t just business. Our business is our people. Their talent. Their potential. We believe when they’re free to be themselves, grow, travel and develop, amazing things can happen for our business. That’s why since 2010 JTI is one of the Top Employers in Poland. Every year, we are distinguished and ranked in the highest positions, and in 2017, 2019 and 2020 we took 1st place.

 

In 2023 we have been also recognized with esteemed Friendly Workplace title, which furtherly confirms our high standards with regards to creating friendly atmosphere and taking care of employees’ wellbeing.

 

Sounds interesting? Join us today and write your own history in JTI!

 

 

Accounts Payable Team Leader

 
Position purpose:
 
The position of AP Team Lead focuses on supervising the daily activities of a team, developing team's capabilities and driving continuous improvement agenda in operations.  The objective of the role is to achieve multiple goals set up according with business priorities in multiple areas (talent management; projects & resources; following operational foundations set up for a department; implementation of steady-state governance & Customer focus).                                                            
 

 

What will you do – responsibilities:

 

• Talent & Team Management 
Keeping high engagement & motivation in a team, building new team capabilities and creating a succession  & back-up  plan for key positions; developing team-members through mentoring & coaching practices. Creation & implementation of retention strategies. Creation of supportive team culture based on reliability, trust and collaboration; support with implementation of well-being practices.

 

• Daily Operations
Supervision of AP operations executions in order to deliver the processes according to established KPIs & business requirements. Coordination of MEC and YEC activities. Supervision of proper operational & JSOX controls execution. Planning the operations and resources accordingly (capacity and workload management). Evaluation of performance and implementation of practices in order to improve productivity & effectiveness. Effective dealing with escalations & issue resolution.                                  
      

• Transitions, transformations and projects
Initiation and coordination of transitions and transformation projects, driving and implementing process improvement through standardization and automation initiatives, best practice introduction.                                             
                                                

• Stakeholders Management 
Driving & leading different discussions/negotiations with multiple stakeholders. Focusing on customer intimacy by fostering partnership with GBS customers and proactively plan together. Creating strong relationship & establishing effective cooperation with other departments.                                           
 

 

Who are we looking for – requirements:

 

•   University Degree
•   5+ years of experience in Accounting, preferably in P2P
•   Fluent English level (C1)
•   Ability to lead and develop a diverse teamt, as well to create a culture of strong teamwork through relationship-building, reliability, trust and collaboration.
•   Effective Communication, Organizational and coordinating skills; ability to build strong interpersonal relationships

•   Stakeholder management, capability to adapt to dynamic and fast changing environment. Ability to work under pressure and against challenging deadlines

•   Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to problem solve and take calculated risks that achieve business objectives; issue resolution skills

•   Ability to coordinate multidimensional projects with multiple stakeholders

•   Project Management skills, lean and operational management

•   E2E P2P process knowledge

•   Good SAP system knowledge

 

Recruitment process:
 
Thank you very much for your interest in the role. You are welcome to apply.