Accounts Payable Lead - West Yorkshire, United Kingdom - Corporate Travel Management (CTM) UK

Description

Now boarding: Your career in travel is ready for take-off.

Corporate Travel Management (CTM) is undergoing an exciting period of growth as worldwide travel returns. If you're ready to embark on a career with a global leader in business travel, we want to hear from you.

At CTM, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We know that our diverse team is the reason CTM is the award-winning TMC we are today, which is why recruiting like-minded travel enthusiasts is an important part of our business' success and growth.

About CTM

CTM is an award-winning provider of travel service solutions spanning corporate, events and sports markets. Headquartered and founded in Australia, CTM has offices all around the world, including Europe, Asia, North America, Australia and New Zealand.

About the Role

The role of the Accounts Payable Lead is a key role in the EU/UK Financial Operations team, bringing technical knowledge and managerial experience to ensure that all aspects of Purchase Ledger processes are completed in a timely and accurate manner. The Accounts Payable Lead will ensure that the workflow of processes is managed, tasks / systems are improved where appropriate, and staff are developed to ensure that the team as a whole provide a high level of customer service to both internal and external customers. Managing the interaction with the outsourced team at WNS will be key to success in the role.

Skills & Experience

· Experience of managing a Finance Team. Ability to motivate and develop members of the team.

· Significant Purchase Ledger experience, as in managing a multi-threaded AP process.

· Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

· To demonstrate a strong cross functional knowledge of various finance processes as used by CTM.

· A good understanding and working knowledge of banking, billing, AP, AR and reconciliation processes as relevant to CTM.

· An understanding of the booking and finance systems used by CTM, including Traveller, Protas, ProFin, Consta etc would all be an advantage.

· The ability to work with offshored support and drive the best value from this team.

· Good communication skills and experience of working with non-Finance colleagues.

· Previous involvement with system implementations / changes would be an advantage.

Required of all CTM Positions

· Embrace CTM's core values of Exceed to Service, Innovate to Generate, Trust to Succeed, Empowered to Achieve, Collaborate to Perform, Recognize to Reward, Play to Win.

· Professional, collaborative, and supportive interaction with employees, clients, suppliers, and vendors.

· Work independently and as part of a team.

· Professional written and verbal communication.

· Meet deadlines, handle, and prioritize simultaneous requests.

· Creative and analytical thinking with strong problem-solving and consultative skills.

· Demonstrates calm under pressure – is a proactive contributor and eager to learn.

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

· Basic math.

· Read and interpret information.

· Attention to detail.

· Regular and reliable attendance.

Why CTM?

Reward & Recognition

CTM's annual reward and recognition programme, CTM All Star Awards, takes our peer voted 'All Stars' on an incentive trip to destinations all around the world. Previous trips have included: Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Paris, Abu Dhabi, Queenstown, and Dallas.

As part of a strong and stable company, CTM will support you in your career development plans with a very strong history of promoting from within. CTM's High-Performance (HiPo) programme has excelled the professional development of many CTM Leaders.

Employee Wellbeing and Flexibility

The physical health and mental wellbeing of our CTM employees is something we take very seriously. To promote these amongst our teams, CTM provides each employee with access to a well know wellbeing platform, free independent advice across a range of topics, ability to increase annual leave and more.

Sustainability Focus

CTM is committed to a range of initiatives that enable a socially responsible, long-term and sustainable mindset within CTM. Underpinned by our four Sustainability Pillars; Principles of Governance, People, Planet, and Prosperity, CTM's Sustainability Strategy identifies material issues and outlines initiatives to achieve this. Some initiatives include:

• Annual Volunteer Day Leave to support a charity/cause of your choice
• Offsetting all CTM employees' travel
• Partnership with South Pole – supporting sustainable community projects (local & global)
• Paperless office initiatives & recycling options

If you're considering a career in travel, or a return to the travel industry, CTM is your number one choice. Your career in corporate travel is ready for take-off. Get on board today.

Please Note : This Job Description is intended to serve as a guide for your performance of the role outlined above. As these are guidelines, we may re-visit them from time to time, updating or making changes as needed.

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