Global Payables Manager

Eaton; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global company based in Pune, India is looking for a Global Payables Manager to oversee the Accounts Payable process. This role involves managing teams, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, and driving process improvements within a high-volume environment. With 12-15 years of experience in a managerial role and expertise in Oracle and SAP, the successful candidate will be a pivotal part of the team focused on enhancing service quality and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• 12-15 years of people management experience.
• Led a team of 40+ FTEs.
• Knowledge of PTP cycle and payments.
• Proven delivery of process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Accounts Payable process in a fast-paced environment.
• Develop initiatives for customer engagement and satisfaction.
• Ensure compliance with SOX and audit guidelines.
• Mentor and develop potential team leads/managers.

Skills

Customer engagement and satisfaction

Leadership skills

Analytical mindset

Process improvement

Effective communication

Education

CA/MBA/ICWA

Tools

Oracle

SAP

Job description

Overview

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What You’ll Do

If you desire to be part of something special, to be part of a winning team, to be part of a fun team – winning is fun. We are looking forward to hire Global Payables Manager in Pune, India.

• This role is in Accounts Payable Process in a fast paced, high volume SSC environment that supports Eaton’s global business and operations that use Oracle and SAP for financial accounting and reporting. The position supports the design, governance and adherence to standard processes for the Purchase to Pay functions including processing invoices, indexing, payments, vendor master creation and maintenance, answering supplier queries, resolving customer queries, with a high degree of efficiency and quality for Eaton business units. This position is responsible for managing the PTP function and the development and deployment of the PTP strategy, and for managing key production metrics and activities associated with quality audits.
• Take accountability and responsibility for the day to day delivery of the Accounts Payable process for the ledgers that are on Oracle.
• Operational and functional responsibility: This position reports to the Process Lead – PTP with operation and functional responsibilities. It is operationally and functionally responsible for the Accounts Payables process for ledgers on Oracle and SAP. The primary task is to build a scalable and capable organization to deliver quality services at optimal cost. This position collaborates with other shared services to deploy organizational strategy and design. It provides functional expertise in support of end to end business processes/services in support of all sub AP processes such as invoice scanning, invoice booking, payments, vendor & inter‑company reconciliations, AP period closures, AP SL vs. GL reconciliations, GRNI & Hold resolutions, customer and supplier query management, and supporting internal and external audits and compliance (e.g., WHT).
• Customer Engagement: Build customer relationships across all customer segments and develop initiatives, schedule regular operational reviews to enhance service quality.
• People Management: Manage teams with responsibility for mentoring and developing potential team leads/managers. Build organizational capability and manage, motivate, and appraise the performance of a team of Accounts Payables professionals.
• Control & Compliance: Governance of standard processes with Process Leader/Peer Reviews/IA/SOX/EY audit coordination. Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and coordinate with statutory/internal auditors to facilitate the audit process.

Qualifications

Requirement:

• Experienced manager of people (12-15 years), preferably CA/MBA/ICWA
• Must have led a team of minimum 40+ FTEs
• Knowledge of ERP required – Oracle, SAP, MFG/PRo
• Strong process knowledge of PTP cycle and payments
• Knowledge of SOX/US GAAP/India regulatory/internal control
• Effective communication with ability to build successful teams
• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated process improvement and project leadership skills
• Ability to independently achieve consensus and bring forward new ideas to remove barriers
• Proactive work style
• Ability to work under pressure and balance many assignments at one time
• Proven record of delivery of process improvements
• Ability to own a project and bring it to a logical and successful completion
• Change management experience is preferred
• Analytical mindset and problem solver
• Core knowledge of AP – Purchase to Pay Cycle
• Strong organizational agility to respond to changing business requirements
• Intellectual rigor

Skills

• EBS culture: Implement EBS pull to the core
• Customer engagement and satisfaction: Drive customer engagement and satisfaction by meeting expectations, build customer facing KPIs, capture voice of customer and ensure timely resolution of queries/feedback
• Service delivery: Ensure service delivery aligns with agreed processes and procedures
• Service definition: Service level management, including reporting
• Documentation and audit trails
• Change control (with customers and suppliers)
• Process centric: Foster creativity and innovation as a process discipline
• Process standardization: Regularly review controls and govern standard processes to global SSC standards
• Process culture: Define controls and enforce standard AP processes across ISSC-Pune
• Strong control environment: Ensure SOX/compliance with internal audit guidelines
• Quality culture: Drive automation and process improvements using quality tools
• Continuous improvement: Improve standards and procedures with new technologies
• Supplier management: Address supplier queries promptly and drive resolution
• Project involvement: Participate in projects and provide financial practice guidance
• Risk management: Identify and report risks timely and appropriately
• Communicate SSC strategy within Eaton and align goals
• People management: Develop future leadership
• Understand business fundamentals and drive results for the organization and its customers
• Growth: Establish and grow the AP process to take end-to-end ownership of SSC Pune work

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Other

Industries

• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

Note: This refined description retains the core responsibilities and qualifications of the original role while removing extraneous boilerplate and duplications.