Accounts Payable Lead

SC Johnson has been leading with purpose for 140 years, building high-quality products and iconic brands found in homes, schools and businesses in virtually every country worldwide – including OFF!®, Raid®, Glade®, Windex®, Scrubbing Bubbles®, Ziploc®, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day®, method®, Autan®, Baygon®, Mr Muscle®, Duck®, Lysoform® and more.

The 13,000 people of our global, fifth-generation family company are committed to making the world a better place today and for future generations.

• Accounts Payable Lead
• Cairo, Egypt

Role Overview

You will be part of a wider/expanding EMEA Shared Service Centre (SSC) team that are based in the UK, South Africa, Egypt and Turkey. The whole of the SSC is around 230 people across 3 different functions - Finance, Credit & Collections and Supply Chain. We support over 20 countries and speak around 40 different languages.

Responsibilities:

People Management

• Provide clear leadership, direction and empowerment to a multicultural team through a combination of objective setting, one-to-one coaching and training, so they can perform to the expected standards
• Continuously build capability within the team through coaching and development
• Help to build an environment to stimulate creative thinking and innovation towards continuous improvement using LEAN methodology
• Foster a “great place to work” environment
• Active participation and accountability on recruitment and onboarding processes for new
• starters.

Functional Leadership

• Strong accounts payable technical knowledge to support the team quality and integrity of financial information provided by the SSC
• Ensuring compliance with SOAR, global policies and local regulations, and that the appropriate controls are operational in order to maintain the quality and integrity of financial information.

Business Relationship Management

• Responsible for direct contact with business partners.
• To develop and sustain these relationships, understanding countries evolving needs and situations, while ensuring process compliance and effectiveness.

Performance Leadership

• Ensure that team processes perform to agreements levels and reach objectives and key performance indicators on monthly base.
• Perform query management, identification, problem solve and resolution of issues Performing ad-hoc analysis as required
• Ensure completion of Month End tasks and reporting, such as account analysis and KPI/Metric reporting
• Supporting the company in any projects designed to improve the SSC Accounts Payable or Procure to Pay process.

Process excellence

• To deliver effectiveness and efficiency process improvements using Lean tools and methodology
• To ensure through active role modelling that OPEX (Operational and Process Excellence) methodology is embedded in the DNA of the team

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Accounting bacilluria or other relevant qualification or studying towards diploma relevant qualification.
• Strong previous experience of working within/with an accounts payable department for a multi-national organization
• Previous experience of managing an accounts payable team would be an advantage and ideally in a multicultural company environment
• Experience in a multinational organization, preferably from the FMCG sector.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel + PowerPoint + Power BI + ideally SAP 4Hana.
• Fluent in English

Preferred Knowledge:

• Strong experience of working with SAP
• Experience of working to tight deadlines
• The ability to use initiative and be proactive in anticipating problems which may occur
• Accuracy – Strong attention to detail
• A sense of urgency
• Adopt a LEAN/OPEX mindset in all areas of the team

Skills & Behaviours you’ll need:

• Leadership skills
• High level of integrity
• Problem solving attitude
• High degree of initiative
• Easy relationship approach
• Excellent communication skills (via different media)

About us:

SC Johnson is a fifth-generation family company built on a spirit of adventure and winning the right way. We have been leading with purpose for over 130 years, building top brands such as Raid®, Glade®, Kiwi®, OFF!®, Windex®, Ziploc® and more, in virtually every country. Through these household names, we are making a positive difference to the world around us. But we only succeed with the combined vitality and strength of our 13,000 people who we truly value and support in their pursuit of individual and shared goals.

This position is not available for relocation assistance and candidate must be eligible to work in the country of application

Inclusion & Diversity 

We’re a global business, with people from every culture, ethnicity, race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, and ability. We recognize the breadth of human experience, and we work to celebrate it. It is our goal to build a diverse, inclusive, and supportive work environment where all people can thrive.  

We’re committed to ongoing efforts that help us attract, hire, and retain diverse talent who want to build a positive, inclusive environment. Read more about our ongoing initiatives at https://jobs.scjohnson.com/inclusion.