Senior Manager Accounts Payable (UAE National preferred)

Senior Manager Accounts Payable (UAE National preferred)

Now is the time to join Etihad with a clear vision and exciting strategic plans in place. We are looking for an experienced and highly competent Senior Manager, Accounts Payable leader. In this role, you will focus on managing Etihad's centralized Accounts Payable function, requiring a strong knowledge across all AP processes and a track record of delivering operational excellence, ideally in a medium/large scale shared services environment. The day-to-day role will be focused on managing the accounts payable process aimed at bringing in more automation and efficiency improvements and implementing these through management of the wider team.

Accountabilities

• Manage a large AP team to ensure operational excellence in the delivery of day-to-day activities and long-term strategic goals. Ultimate accountability over delivery of AP team KPIs e.g. one-time payments %, ageing profiles, and staff productivity.
• Ownership of all AP accounting processes, ensuring books are up-to-date and show cost accuracy. Month closing, including submission of all key schedules and vendor reconciliations must be done as per agreed timelines.
• Primary contact for Senior internal and external stakeholders. Must be comfortable presenting at senior meetings (C-Level), have a strong ability to empathize, and a keen focus on providing an excellent customer experience.
• Responsible for bringing AP functional costs down whilst retaining/improving operational quality. Must be able to drive design, implementation, and refinement of large-scale transformation projects across people, process, and systems.
• Owner of all external and internal audit points relating to AP. Continual communication with the Audit to report on progress and support requirements.
• Ownership over all training and development needs for AP, including supporting the creation of development plans, involvement in the succession planning process, and management of underperformers.
• Accountable for all AP controls: must prevent duplicate payments, mitigate fraud risk, and ensure regulatory requirements are met (e.g. Tax compliance).
• Develop a strong understanding of the operating costs within the AP team.
• Strong experience on ERP systems and other allied operating software.

Education & Experience

• Finance related bachelor's degree as a minimum / Finance qualification highly preferable.
• Minimum of 10 to 12 years of related experience required, with at least 5 years of middle management.
• Preferred CA or CPA equivalent or MBA Finance.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, was formed in 2003 and quickly went on to become one of the world's leading airlines. From its home in Abu Dhabi, Etihad flies to passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. Together with Etihad's codeshare partners, Etihad's network offers access to hundreds of international destinations. In recent years, Etihad has received numerous awards for its superior service and products, cargo offering, loyalty programme, and more. All this ties into Etihad's ambitious Journey 2030 strategy. The airline plans to double its fleet size and triple the number of customers over the next six years as it sets out to be the airline everyone wants to fly!