Banking Operations Team Leader

Context:

If you have a high potential and your inner quality is an enthusiasm that describes your attitude as a going beyond one, then check this new career opportunity within BAT.

You will find yourself within this role, if you are a people-oriented leader which equally fulfills both the coordination part and the operational part.

Coordinating responsibilities:

• Conduct frequent performance evaluation and review against performance objectives set, to manage team’s performance.
• Supervision of BAT GBS Procure to Pay staff and processes, ensuring procedures are adhered to.
• Ensuring internal communication within the team, holding team meetings, keeping team up-to-date with changes that affect them, ensure the training process when requied, getting feed-back and following up actions as required.
• Manage complex escalation related to payments and raise awareness to the Banking Ops Manager.
• Involve in recruitment of new employees; taking care of the new starters, introducing them to the team and their tasks/role.
• Being responsible for the training process and for the onboarding process.

Operational responsibilities:

• Perform payments process analysis, release payments, identify gaps and propose opportunities for optimization
• Bring value to the process by implementing improvements
• Make sure that process manuals are up-to-date and complete.
• Work with team to propose and implement process improvements that will improve the overall efficiency of the Payments process and/or improve the control environment.

Requirements:

• Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure
• An innovative approach to problem solving
• 2-4 years of expertise in Accounts Payable/Finance
• Stakeholders management skills
• Clear and effective at all level of communication
• Highly organized and self-motivated
• Maintain a positive attitude
• Be able to assess risks and be aware of these, if not able to complete target on time
• Proficiency in English 
• Previous experience in a similar role is an advantage
• Banking Operations/Treasury background is a plus 
• EU work permit is mandatory