Founder & MD at ANP HR Consultancy
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Head - Accounts Payable - FMCG/FMCD/Manufacturing Firm (10-15 yrs)
Must Haves :
- 4-5 years experience into HEADING the Accounts Payable function. Total experience required is 8-10 years
- Proficient in Tally
- Expertise in Invoice Processing/Vendor Management/Employee Claims/Payments Disbursement/Record Keeping
- Excellent Comm Skills
About the role :
- As GM - AP, you will be responsible for providing strong leadership to the accounts payable team and improving efficiency. You will ensure that the department operates smoothly, and maintains accurate and complete records regarding payments to suppliers, lenders, and employees.
- You will serve as a liaison between the AP department and external parties, including lenders, suppliers and related agencies.
What you will do day-to-day?
- Lead AP Function to drive end to end accounts payable process
- Driving Cost Saving Initiatives & doing 100% due diligence at the time of recording & verification of expenses
- Ensuring accuracy of the data being recorded in books of accounts & maintaining KPI performance dashboard
- Monitoring consumption, ensuring effective funds utilization with zero/minimal wastages.
- Expertise in Invoice Processing/Vendor Management/Employee Claims/Payments Disbursement/Record Keeping
- Driving monthly & annual closing of books of accounts, maintaining key Balance sheet schedules & MIS reporting's
- Proactive support for meeting requirements for Internal Audit & annual statutory audit
- Forecasting for Weekly/monthly payments plan
- Expense tracking, Fixed Assets management, Insurance management & Intercompany/Interbranch Accounting
- Active engagement with key stakeholders such as auditors, treasury, procurement, Finance and Operating Leadership
- Setting up KRA Metrics for the AP team and monitoring the same for evaluating team performance consistently
- Developing Process SOPs & implementing robust control against each & every accounting activity
- Driving systems developments , procedures and policies, including Accounts payable & General ledger accounting with adherence to company values & policies
What are we looking for?
- Education: Either B.Com/M.Com/CA/CMA/MBA (F)
- Experience: 10 to 15 years in AP role with Team lead exposure in Industry - Preferable FMCG, Consumer Durable, Manufacturing
- Expertise in end to end Procure to pay process for an Indian Conglomerate with operations across PAN India
- Strong Verbal and Written Communication
- A team player with strong leadership & Project management capability
- Knowledge of Tally/ERP & MS Office
- Well versed with India withholding tax laws (TDS, TCS) & GST