Project Manager- Accounts Payable & Operational Excellence- 10+ years of proven experience

Bangalore, Karnataka
Permanent
Full-time

1 day ago

Meet the TeamWe are a dedicated team of 180 professionals, united by a strong ONE TEAM culture. Our primary focus is on optimizing cash flow, enhancing customer experience, and driving end-to-end Procure-to-Pay excellence. As a global organization, we deliver streamlined, scalable, and automated solutions with an emphasis on high-quality customer service. At the core of our operations is a commitment to best-in-class Accounts Payable capabilities-enabling touchless processing, high efficiency, and adherence to industry best practices.Your ImpactAs the Accounts Payable project manager, your responsibilities will include:

Responsible for Cash forecast and ensuring meeting with different stakeholders to understand how cisco business is impacting disbursement numbers!
Responsible and accountable for delivering projects timely, and meeting functional and quality specifications.
Facilitate meetings to address open questions or drive to consensus.
Create presentations and written deliverables to keep the extended project team updated on project activities and direction.
Create governance with our partner to generate idea and coordinate all UAT testing
Identify improvement opportunities for global disbursement team and also create Operational excellence reporting package.
Develop and distribute weekly project update communications to Project Sponsor and Key Stakeholders
Establish positive relationships with AP business partners and peers that build credibility, foster collaboration and empower the operation, compliance and Quality team
Maintain Project Plan to ensure successful delivery of project and associated outcomes;
Handle issues, risks, and changes using appropriate and agreed upon processes and tools established within the governance model;
Manage workstream leads and hold them accountable for achieving delivering project activities on time;
Schedule project meetings and develop and distribute associated meeting minutes;
Identify resources needed to complete work and collaborate with resource manager(s) to assemble appropriate skills/teams.
Strong research and analytic skills, including statistical and quantitative analysis
Ability to think through complex problems and multifaceted risk analysis
Monitor the control and compliance for US and Can operations
Build strong environment of ONE TEAM culture within team

Minimum Qualifications:

MBA Finance or Bachelor Degree
15+ years of experience
Green belt and Black belt certification
Should have led Delivery excellence role for at least 6 to 7 years with proven Record.
Knowledge of Accounts Payable process
Excellent verbal & written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong Accounts payable and project management skills
Strong analytical skills with 7 years of project management experience

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