MGF Order to Cash Team Leader

A.P. Moller - Maersk; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk is seeking a results-oriented AR Team Lead in Chennai. You will manage a team responsible for customer invoicing and cash applications, ensuring timely delivery within SLAs and KPIs. You will escalate complex AR disputes and drive improvements using Agile practices.

You will allocate work, mentor staff, and maintain SOPs while aligning with project teams and stakeholders on KPIs, controls, and audits. NFTP/S4H experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce, finance, accounting, or related field.
• Experience in OTC/Accounts Receivable operations and leading a team.
• Familiarity with Agile or continuous improvement practices.
• Strong stakeholder communication and change management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team responsible for customer invoicing and cash application activities, ensuring delivery within SLAs and KPIs
• Oversee customer invoicing and cash application processes
• Escalation point for invoice rejections, unapplied or short payments, and AR disputes
• Allocate work, plan capacity, monitor performance against SLAs and KPIs
• Coach, mentor, and onboard new joiners
• Lead continuous improvement using Agile methods and maintain backlog
• Analyze error trends and automation opportunities
• Foster collaborative culture and manage change
• Own SOPs and participate in end-to-end testing
• Align with project team and stakeholders on KPIs, ensure internal controls and audits
• NFTP/S4H experience

Skills

OTC & AR

Team Leadership

Agile Practices

Process Improvement

Stakeholder Management

Analytics & Reporting

Education

Commerce/Finance degree

Tools

S/4HANA

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team responsible for customer invoicing and cash application activities, ensuring delivery within SLAs and KPIs


• Oversee customer invoicing (creation, validation, issuance, exception resolution) and cash application (bank statement review, payment matching, posting of customer receipts)


• Act as the escalation point for invoice rejections, unapplied or short payments, and complex AR claims and AR disputes


• Allocate work, plan capacity, and monitor team performance against SLAs and KPIs, reporting performance and risks to leadership


• Coach, mentor, and develop team members, set goals, provide regular feedback, and onboard new joiners


• Lead continuous improvement using Agile ways of working (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) and maintain a prioritised improvement backlog


• Analyse error trends, process gaps, and automation opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, and service delivery


• Foster a collaborative, accountable team culture, and manage change and team engagement


• Own SOPs, process maps, and work instructions, and lead the team's participation in end-to-end testing


• Align with Project Team, GPLs, and stakeholders on KPIs and priorities, and ensure adherence to internal controls, compliance, and audit standards


• NFTP/S4H experience

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong understanding of Order-to-Cash (OTC), Accounts Receivable, Customer Invoicing, and Cash Application


• Proven team management and people leadership skills, including work allocation, performance management, and capacity planning


• Coaching, mentoring, and feedback skills to develop team members


• Experience applying Agile and continuous improvement methods (e.g., sprints, backlog, retrospectives, Lean/Kaizen) to lead teams


• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with effective stakeholder and escalation management


• Change management, conflict resolution, and strong communication skills, including reporting to leadership

Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field


• Relevant experience in OTC / Accounts Receivable operations, including prior experience leading or supervising a team; exposure to Agile or continuous improvement practices is preferred

Shift Timings

• US Shift

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