Team Lead- PTP

Team Lead - PTP. Experience (years): Team Lead - Graduate or Postgraduate with 8 to 10 yrs of experience. Location: Mumbai (Airoli), Pune and Bangalore. Working Hours: 8.5 hours/day (Australia Shift). Role Requirements: This position currently requires Work from Home during Early Morning Shift as per project needs. The candidate must be flexible to travel based on business requirements during this period. There may be a prepone in shift timing, which will be reviewed post-transition. Following the transition, the role will shift to a Hybrid Work from Office model, in alignment with company guidelines. Essential: Have worked in SAP environment having T-code knowledge. Experience in shared services / customer facing environment. Have fair knowledge of the Procure to Pay Process. Understanding of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP/DTP). Good Word, Excel & PowerPoint skills. Good verbal and written communication skills. VIM-SAP working knowledge will be added advantage. Well-in Confidence to handle multi-tasking ability and well-verse into it. Overall Project/Task description: Ensure timely and accurate processing of vendor invoices, including PO and non-PO invoices. Oversee scheduled payment runs and ensure payments are made within agreed terms. Review and resolve discrepancies between vendor statements and company records. Act as the point of contact for resolving complex vendor issues and disputes. Collaborate to resolve PO mismatches, GRN issues, and payment delays. Provide necessary documentation and support for internal and external audits. Validate payment proposals before release to ensure accuracy and compliance. Ensure proper documentation and archiving of invoices, payment proofs, and reconciliations. Track performance metrics like invoice turnaround time, payment accuracy, and vendor satisfaction. Identify inefficiencies and lead automation or optimization projects. Work with treasury or finance teams to align payment schedules with cash flow forecasts. Verify payable information in the system & highlight any data discrepancy. Responsible for documenting bounced and fraudulent payments and notifying the proper authorities as and when such documents are created. Managing escalations from vendors including periodical reconciliation of Statement of Accounts. Assist on month end closing end to end. Ensuring the SLA on timeline for processing AP Invoices is met. Publish Monthly/ weekly reports of the BU that is supported. AP Ageing Knowledge to ensure debit balance are timely taken care. Transition of new activities, build effective SOPs & train team. Good understanding on the end-to-end AP cycle. Handling the queries from business stakeholders and helping other team members to resolve the quires. Additional Information: Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

Ensure timely and accurate processing of vendor invoices, including PO and non-PO invoices; Oversee scheduled payment runs and ensure payments are made within agreed terms; Review and resolve discrepancies between vendor statements and company records; Act as the point of contact for resolving complex vendor issues and disputes; Collaborate to resolve PO mismatches, GRN issues, and payment delays; Provide necessary documentation and support for internal and external audits; Validate payment proposals before release to ensure accuracy and compliance; Ensure proper documentation and archiving of invoices, payment proofs, and reconciliations; Track performance metrics like invoice turnaround time, payment accuracy, and vendor satisfaction; Identify inefficiencies and lead automation or optimization projects; Work with treasury or finance teams to align payment schedules with cash flow forecasts; Verify payable information in the system & highlight any data discrepancy; Responsible for documenting bounced and fraudulent payments and notifying the proper authorities as and when such documents are created; Managing escalations from vendors including periodical reconciliation of Statement of Accounts; Assist on month end closing end to end; Ensuring the SLA on timeline for processing AP Invoices is met; Publish Monthly/ weekly reports of the BU that is supported; AP Ageing Knowledge to ensure debit balance are timely taken care; Transition of new activities, build effective SOPs & train team; Good understanding on the end-to-end AP cycle; Handling the queries from business stakeholders and helping other team members to resolve the quires

Requirements

8 to 10 years of experience; Graduate or MBA/Post Graduate bachelor’s in commerce; Work from Home during Early Morning Shift as per project needs; Flexible to travel based on business requirements during this period; Prepone in shift timing, which will be reviewed post-transition; Following the transition, role will shift to Hybrid Work from Office model; Have worked in SAP environment having T-code knowledge; Experience in shared services / customer facing environment; Have fair knowledge of the Procure to Pay Process; Understanding of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP/DTP); Good Word, Excel & PowerPoint skills; Good verbal and written communication skills; Confidence to handle multi-tasking ability and well-verse into it; Excellent communication skills

Nice to have

VIM-SAP working knowledge will be added advantage