Accounts Payable Lead

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The Accounts Payable Lead will be responsible for coordinating and supervising the full Accounts Payable process, ensuring compliance with accounting, tax, and internal control policies. This role will act as the main liaison between the AP team, vendors, and internal departments, guaranteeing efficiency, accuracy in accounting records, and timely payments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the Accounts Payable team, ensuring proper workload distribution.
• Supervise the recording, validation, and reconciliation of supplier invoices.
• Ensure compliance with payment deadlines and company policies.
• Review and approve accounts payable reconciliations and aging reports.
• Manage relationships with key vendors, resolving billing disputes or discrepancies.
• Monitor AP KPIs (aging, processing times, discounts captured, etc.).
• Ensure compliance with tax regulations and audit requirements.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and support automation or digitalization projects.
• Report periodically to the Head of SS on the status of accounts payable and cash flow projections.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related fields.
• Minimum of 4–6 years of experience in accounts payable, with at least 1–2 years in leadership or supervisory roles.
• Solid knowledge of accounting principles and local tax regulations.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP systems (NetSuite).
• Advanced English.

Core Competencies

• Leadership and team management.
• Organization and planning skills.
• Analytical thinking and attention to detail.
• Results-oriented and KPI-driven mindset.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Adaptability and continuous improvement focus.

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About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry's best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world's trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek's Fastest Growing lists , ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger's Programmatic Power Players list every year In addition to being named Adweek's first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year , won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.