Accounting Team Lead - Italian Speaker (M/F/D)

Accounting Team Lead - Italian Speaker (M/F/D)
Santa Maria da Feira
Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro, Portugal

Your new Company:

A global industrial company is expanding its Global Business Services (GBS) operations and establishing a regional GBS satellite in Portugal to support Europe operations. This centre plays a strategic role within a
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- spoke model alongside the global hub in India and satellite operations in Asia.

This is your opportunity to join at the ground level and help shape GBS from the inside out!

Your new Role:

As Accounting Team Lead, you will oversee and support components of the Purchase to Pay process and team to ensure efficient operations where suppliers are paid in time and the T&E process runs smoothly.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Building, managing and motivating a team, while supporting development, career progression and setting/monitoring clear performance targets.
• Ensuring SLAs are met or exceeded, and managing complex/escalated cases, including workload oversight and tactical performance improvements.
• Supporting employee onboarding and training, conducting regular performance reviews and administering rewards.
• Developing and documenting procedures and processes, acting as a subject matter expert and participating in project work when required.
• Deputise for the department manager where required.
• Handle and resolve vendor inquiries in a timely manner. Invoice and payment queries.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to support efficient
  -
  - end accounts payable operations.
• Validate and maintain the accuracy of vendor master data, including primary details.
• Ensure that all R2R processes at the regional level are in adherence to accounting standards (GAAP/IAS) to achieve reliability and integrity of financial data.
• Ensure that the R2R internal controls/SOX requirements are performed on time.
• Preparation, review, and
  - off of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with accounting standards and internal controls.
• Develop, track, and maintain master data KPIs, including data accuracy, completeness, and turnaround time, to support performance monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Provide input on the design of new processes that will enhance the efficiency and productivity of the R2R process.

What you will need to be successful:

• 3 to 5 years’ combined experience in P2P & R2R function.
• 2+ years’ experience in managing people.
• Strong command of verbal and written English & Italian.
• SAP knowledge.
• Proactive, responsive and action‑oriented, with the ability to work in a constantly changing process environment and a strong focus on quality aligned with company values.
• Strong people development, coaching and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with and influence all stakeholders while understanding business policies and procedures and their impact on business activity.
• Ability to plan, manage and prioritise own and others’ workload, while collating, interrogating and managing data to create strategic direction based on data analysis.
• Desire to progress within the organisation.

What the Company can offer you:

• Be at the heart of enabling global GBS operations;
• Work in a multicultural, global team environment;
• Shape the employee and customer experience agenda in a growing organization.

Next Step:

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send us your updated CV. If you are looking for another type of professional challenge, please contact us to discuss other career opportunities, always in complete confidence.