Accounts Payable Manager

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella, Tic Tac, Ferrero Rocher, Raffaello, Kinder Bueno and Kinder Surprise. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

About the Role:

The role is responsible for the supervision of all the activities and operations within the accounts payable function, including analysis of invoices and expense reports for accuracy and eligibility for payment. The role manages the BPO (PTP) provider, with the respective monitoring of KPIs, identifying bottlenecks, and making recommendations, ensuring timely payments of vendor invoices and expense reports and maintenance of the accurate financial records and control reports. 

Main Responsibilities:

Supervise and monitor BPO (PTP) to ensure the accounts payable processes are carried out according to group and local polices

Periodically review the operating procedures to ensure they are compliant with group and company policies

Review day to day PTP activities performed by the service provider to ensure accurate and timely accounts payable posting and payments, monitor BPO (PTP) KPIs, review reports and provide feedback, work on process improvement

Manage the Optical Character Recognition (“OCR”) workflow and users, providing related follow up on users queries, resolving outstanding workflows

Extract unresolved workflow listing and send reminders to users to action resolutions

Provide monthly reporting for late purchase orders and outstanding credit card reports

Manage corporate card/cash expense

Prepare necessary reports and reconciliations (ex: accruals, cashflow, intercompany, trade payables, end-month etc.) and follow up on the differences or aged invoices

Manage the monthly closing, present outcomes and manage respective issues

Supervise the payment run management, create payment run list/file, adding extra invoices to the list, loading the payment list into SAP and matching back to payment list

Create payment document, approval sheets and loading and releasing in SAP

Extract and analyze data and send out the PO listing to user for review and closing, follow up on feedbacks and update master sheet

Manage and review the vendor master data

Prepare documents/schedules as requested for external audit and follow up on queries

Who we are looking for:

University degree in Finance, Accounting or related field

5+ years of relevant experience with a good technical knowledge of General Ledger Accounting including Double Entry Accounting, application of GST rules, reconciliation, payables aged trial balance, vendor payment terms etc.

Experience in management of the 3rd party service provider

Strong business understanding and commercial acumen, FMCG Industry experience is preferred

High accuracy and attention to detail with a good time management and organization

Strong problem solving and collaboration skills, drive for result and continuous improvement, good time management

Effective interpersonal skills to develop robust business relationships, adaptability and flexibility

Ability to multitask in a high-speed environment

Advanced Excel and SAP knowledge

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world. 

Say hello to Denise, a passionate Transfer Price Specialist from Ferrero HQ in Luxembourg. Denise's natural curiosity has been part of her character since childhood. As a young girl, she had a special connection with Kinder Surprise toys, always curious to discover the surprises hidden within!