Payment Reconciliation Team Leader

British American Tobacco is a leading tobacco group, with brands sold in more than 200 markets. We employ more than 57,000 people and, with over 200 brands in our portfolio, we make the cigarette chosen by one in eight of the world’s one billion adult smokers. We hold robust market positions in each of our four regions – Americas; Asia-Pacific; Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Western Europe – and we are leaders in more than 60 markets.

British American Tobacco Romania is currently looking for an Payment Reconciliation Team Leader.

Essential requirements:

At least 1-2 years experience in a similar role.
Degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics.
Organized personality with attention to details, able to work simultaneously on different tasks.
Ability to handle customer on one-on-one basis, via e-mails and calls.
Good interpersonal and people/ team skills.
Good coordination and planning abilities.
Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure.
Demonstrated problem solving skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills – ability to interact at all organizational levels.
Ability to work and act independently.

Key Responsibilities:

Monitors the activities performed by the payment reconciliation team to ensure accuracy, completion on time and in accordance with accounting principles.
Identifies and drives process improvement opportunities, aligning projects with business initiatives and customer needs.
Drives standardization and productivity improvement within the team.
Attends meetings, gives presentations and supports projects in order to ensure smooth introduction of changes and satisfactory resolution of problems.
Acts as point of contact for all process/people related escalations.
Manages effectively multiple and conflicting priorities.
Builds strong communication and close working relationship with the key stakeholders.
Monitors on daily basis the staff performance and ensures their individual objectives are met.
Recognizes and rewards individual and team level achievements.
Identifies training, coaching opportunities and needs for all team members.