Team Leader - Banking Operations

GBS (Global Business Services) provides financial, human resources, audit and IT services to the British American Tobacco entities. Our category expertise, large capabilities and international operation makes us a unique business partner who excels in financial leadership and, therefore, offers great shareholder value for BAT.

If you have financial or HR areas background; you thrive when faced with a challenge and you are highly motivated; you want to develop your career in an organisation that will not only recognise the unique attributes you bring but will support your development and reward your contribution,
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In the overall BAT Corporation, Global Business Services is one of the key actors for driving performance and success. You, as a Team Leader, can contribute and be part of a growing, agile and dynamic team.

For this job you need to have:

- Understand the impact of the accounting process and practice with focus on Key Controls;
- Understand the platforms and analyze reports, identify issues and challenges with in reports functionalities and data;
- Clear and effective at all level of communication;
- Highly organized and self-motivated;
- An innovative approach to problem solving;
- Maintain a positive attitude;
- Be able to assess risks and be aware of these, if not able to complete target on time;
- Proficiency in English;
- Minimum 2 years hands on experience in finance and accounting;
- Previous experience in a similar role is an advantage.

- Supervision of Global Business Services Procure to Pay staff and processes, ensuring procedures are adhered to;
- Coordinate and organize the team, to ensure daily, weekly and monthly activities are carried out in a timely and accurate manner and to promote a customer-oriented culture and within the internal agreement in place;
- Conduct frequent performance evaluation and review against performance objectives set, to manage team’s performance;
- Involve in recruitment of new employees; taking care of the new starters, introducing them to the team and their tasks/role; responsible for the training processInvolve in the recruitment of new employees; taking care of the new starters, introducing them to the team and their tasks/role; responsible for the onboarding process;
- Escalation of urgent issues to the Accounts Payable Manager;
- Ensure internal controls, software requirements and internal agreements are adhered to and provide support to audit process so that entity is able to manage the balance of risk and control effectively;
- Make sure that task level descriptions or process manuals are up-to-date and complete;
- Ensuring internal communication within the team, holding team meetings, keeping team up-to-date with changes that affect them, ensure the training process when requied, getting feed-back and following up actions as required
- Work with team to propose and implement process improvements that will improve the overall efficiency of the AP Process and/or improve the control environment.

Bring your enthusiasm, willingness to learn, fresh ideas and the most important thing to us, BRING YOUR DIFFERENCE!