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Mondelēz International • United Kingdom

Accounts Payable Lead Northern Europe

Employment type:  Full time

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top 3 scores:
90%

Hours flexibility

85%

Autonomy

85%

Salary

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Job Description

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.

Come and join Mondelez International as Accounts Payable Lead, Northern Europe based in Bournville!
In this role you will lead one of the largest Business Units in Europe, managing a small team, acting as the key liaison between Mondelez and the BPO, ensuring compliance with KPIS, SLAs and providing outstanding customer experience. You will drive continuous improvement, leading training and managing projects. As a senior Finance professional with extensive knowledge in Accounts Payable you will act as the subject matter expert in this area for your cluster.

In this role you will:

  • Manage approx.1.5 billion worth of payment with 165,000 Invoices in a Year

  • Manage approx. 500 million worth of Exceptions with 5,000 Invoices in a year

  • Lead stakeholder management for finance, procurement, and suppliers

  • Manage the relationships between Accenture and Mondelez and will possess excellent relationship management skills.

  • Manage 3 Accounts Payable resources

The role

  • Manage stakeholders for one of the biggest Business Units in Europe
  • Build local proximity with suppliers in given BUs to streamline experience for all strategic suppliers and help procurement to negotiate better.
  • Exceptional Accounts Payable Subject Matter Expertise
  • In-depth transaction level SAP knowledge
  • Handling Accounts Payable exceptions & query management
  • Handling day to day fire fighting from internal and external stake holders
  • BPO Operations experience to work with service provider and to improve customer experience.
  • Monitoring Service provider KPI, SLA & manage Accounts Payable processes within Industry / Mondelez compliance frame.
  • Manage Payment Term law across European Countries as the European Union have decided to apply the Payment term law.
  • European Geography knowledge with local VAT & Tax laws
  • Drive continuous improvement with Service Provider for your respective cluster and Europe.
  • Stakeholder management with Internal Procurement, Finance, Mdlz plants and Suppliers to build a strong work relationship.
  • Knowledge cascading including training others and creating process documentation.
  • Open to take any additional responsibilities, all types of Project management support for the respective cluster, BU and region.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with judgment and decision-making capability and the ability to articulate ideas, actively listen, and read non-verbal communication.
  • Engaging, inspiring, and influencing people.
  • Analysing and synthesizing ideas to draw objective conclusions and to write concise reports.

This role is based in our Birmingham (Bournville) office. We operate a hybrid model - 3 days in the office and 2 from home.

Benefits

  • Annual Bonus
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy 5 extra days
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Contributory Pension
  • Discounts on a range of products and services
  • Free secure parking
  • Training and development opportunities

Relocation Support Available?

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

Our people make all the difference in our succes

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Excited to grow your career?

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

IF YOU REQUIRE SUPPORT TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION OR DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, PLEASE CONTACT THE RECRUITER

Job Type

Regular

Service Operations (Delivery)

Global Business Services

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Health insurance
Mental health platform access
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Adoption leave
Shared parental leave
Tax-free childcare
Cycle to work scheme
On-site gym
Faith rooms
Salary sacrifice
Life assurance
Annual pay rises
Annual bonus
Sabbaticals
Company car
Skilled worker visas
Volunteer days
Charity donation scheme
Lunch and learns
Enhanced pension match/contribution

We asked employees of Mondelēz International what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
83%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
90%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
76%
Employees are largely happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
81%
Employees feel that they can find the perfect balance of life and work
Role modelling
78%
Employees feel that most people work flexibly
Autonomy
85%
Employees feel they have complete autonomy over getting their work done

Additional employee ratings
(these do not contribute to the FlexScore®)

Diversity
73%
Employees feel that the diversity is good and there are continued efforts to improve it
Inclusion
76%
Employees feel that the culture supports equity and inclusivity well
Culture
76%
Employees enjoy the working environment
Mission
77%
Employees feel quite excited about the company mission
Salary
85%
Employees are very happy with their salaries and feel that it is well above the market average

Working at Mondelēz International

Company employees

4500

Gender diversity (male:female)

55:45

Currently Hiring Countries

Canada

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Slovakia

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