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Job Responsibilities
- Redesigning, standardising, and optimising the EMEA Accounts Payable operating model.
- Introducing automation, improved processes, stronger controls, and digital solutions.
- Influencing purchasers and stakeholders to adopt new ways of working across the Procure-to-Pay lifecycle.
- Leading, developing, and motivating a multi-location AP team, building capability and accountability.
- Fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Owning end-to-end invoice processing and supplier payment performance.
- Ensuring invoices are processed accurately, promptly, and in full compliance with policy, audit, and legal requirements.
- Driving performance against SLAs, KPIs, and operational excellence targets.
- Partnering with senior stakeholders across Finance, Procurement, GSBS, and the wider business.
- Collaborating with the Procure-to-Pay Global Process Owner to improve processes ahead of ERP implementation.
- Using data and insights to influence decision-making and drive behavioural change.
- Enhancing AP controls, governance, and compliance across all markets.
- Identifying and mitigating operational and financial risks.
Required Qualifications
- Proven leadership experience within Accounts Payable or Procure-to-Pay in multi‑market or multi‑location environments.
- Strong track record of driving transformation, standardising processes, and embedding new ways of working in complex organisations.
- Confident and credible influencer, able to engage effectively from operational teams up to senior leaders.
- Highly analytical and data‑driven, with the ability to build meaningful performance reporting.
- Strong people leader with high emotional intelligence and a passion for developing high‑performing teams.
- Curious, resilient, pragmatic, and able to operate effectively in a fast‑moving environment.
- Fluent in both Latvian and English (spoken and written).
- Experience of building and running a large, complex global AP function.
- Motivated by improving processes, inspiring teams, influencing change, and delivering exceptional service.
Desirable Qualifications
- Experience with finance or IT transformation programmes, particularly SAP.
- Experience integrating acquisitions and new business entities.
- Additional language skills.
Benefits
- Financial – pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
- Wellbeing – medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday/paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
- Lifestyle – transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts
- Spotlight – our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values
Company: RS Group
Location: Corby
Job Description:
Job Responsibilities
- Redesigning, standardising, and optimising the EMEA Accounts Payable operating model.
- Introducing automation, improved processes, stronger controls, and digital solutions.
- Influencing purchasers and stakeholders to adopt new ways of working across the Procure-to-Pay lifecycle.
- Leading, developing, and motivating a multi-location AP team, building capability and accountability.
- Fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Owning end-to-end invoice processing and supplier payment performance.
- Ensuring invoices are processed accurately, promptly, and in full compliance with policy, audit, and legal requirements.
- Driving performance against SLAs, KPIs, and operational excellence targets.
- Partnering with senior stakeholders across Finance, Procurement, GSBS, and the wider business.
- Collaborating with the Procure-to-Pay Global Process Owner to improve processes ahead of ERP implementation.
- Using data and insights to influence decision-making and drive behavioural change.
- Enhancing AP controls, governance, and compliance across all markets.
- Identifying and mitigating operational and financial risks.
Required Qualifications
- Proven leadership experience within Accounts Payable or Procure-to-Pay in multi‑market or multi‑location environments.
- Strong track record of driving transformation, standardising processes, and embedding new ways of working in complex organisations.
- Confident and credible influencer, able to engage effectively from operational teams up to senior leaders.
- Highly analytical and data‑driven, with the ability to build meaningful performance reporting.
- Strong people leader with high emotional intelligence and a passion for developing high‑performing teams.
- Curious, resilient, pragmatic, and able to operate effectively in a fast‑moving environment.
- Fluent in both Latvian and English (spoken and written).
- Experience of building and running a large, complex global AP function.
- Motivated by improving processes, inspiring teams, influencing change, and delivering exceptional service.
Desirable Qualifications
- Experience with finance or IT transformation programmes, particularly SAP.
- Experience integrating acquisitions and new business entities.
- Additional language skills.
Benefits
- Financial – pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
- Wellbeing – medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday/paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
- Lifestyle – transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts
- Spotlight – our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values
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Posted: May 20th, 2026