Supervisor, AP Accounting

As an Accounting Supervisor, you will lead a team of accountants supporting the P2P process and focusing on invoice postings, vendor management and month-end close activity such as accrual preparation etc. From an accounting perspective this is mainly in US GAAP.

Responsibilities:

People management

• Supervise the day to day work of the team including invoice processing, payment, accounting, collections, month end closing processes and account reconciliations under US-GAAP as applicable for the team led

• Initiate resource needs based on appropriate approvals

• Actively participate in recruitment and selection processes and employer branding

• Onboarding of new joiners and support their integration into the team and facilitate process induction

• Help develop an environment and culture that supports the attraction and retention of quality talent

• Support their team members to develop clear ownership and understanding of the processes and metrics necessary to continue financial activity including KPIs and other business metrics

• Proactively organize employee engagement activities and reward top talent

• Manages talent process for own team: Performance management, talent assessment, succession planning and development plan creation and follow-up

• Mentor and continuous coaching for team members

• Manage personnel-related issues within team

• Responsible for balancing team workload and ensuring month-end deadlines and other KPI targets are met for the team

• Create appropriate backup structure and cross-training to ensure continuous service levels

• Act as a role model for team and represent Flowserve values in daily behaviors, activities, and decisions

Process

• Build a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement

• Coordinate internal and external audit request

• In cooperation with process Subject Matter Expert and other teams in the BSC, supervise own team to transition responsibilities from sites into the BSC

• Ensure up-to-date process documentation, updating, maintaining process workflows

• Knowledge management, updating knowledge base for own team

• Work cross functionally to ensure BSC processes work within the assigned area of responsibility

Quality and legal compliance and controls

• Forecast and monitor the team’s workload and activities, holiday, overtime, etc. while ensuring legal compliance and quality control

• Implement, and maintain effective internal controls for own area

• Report activities of the team to stakeholders through regular and ad hoc reporting

• Monitor appropriate accesses for all team members in line with SOX, other legal and Flowserve process requirements

• Ensure compliance with FLS policies, US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) as defined by FLS, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and local statutory laws and regulations and that business is conducted within FLS ethical code of business conduct.

• Demonstrate thorough understanding of financial controls for local and SOX requirements.

• Provide advice as needed and ensure governance and internal control standards are embedded in the end to end processes and operations.

Stakeholder management

• Build partnerships with stakeholders internal and external to own team.

• Work with stakeholders to ensure accurate and controlled financial statements for own domain.

• Maintain a functional and healthy relationship with site leadership, procurement, finance, and other stakeholders based on need of cooperation.

Expectations:

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting for Supervisor roles required or economic/business studies (for all Finance Supervisor roles) preferred, Master's Degree is a plus

• Chartered Accountant, CPA or equivalent preferred (for Supervisor roles)

• 5+ years’ experience is required, (2+ years in a Shared Service center)

• US GAAP or IFRS knowledge required (for Supervisor roles) or preferred (for all other Finance Supervisor roles) based on team led

• Demonstrated ability to motivate and develop people

• Excellent verbal and written communication and negotiation skills in English

• Strong drive for action and proactivity in recognizing and resolving issues

• Confident user of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

• Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships with stakeholders

• Strong ability for action to proactively recognize and resolve issues

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