Team Lead - Freight (Accounts Payable)

Aditya Birla Chemicals; Gujarat; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Aditya Birla Chemicals in Vadodara, Gujarat, seeks a seasoned professional for the role of Team Lead - Invoice Processing (Freight). The candidate should have 10-12 years of work experience, CA Inter and MBA Finance, and strong people management abilities to guide a high-performance accounts payable team.

The role emphasizes freight bill validation, timely postings, and governance through SOPs and compliance with tax and corporate regulations. Prior experience in vendor management is preferred.

Qualifications

• CA Inter with MBA Finance is required.
• Experience in accounts payable and freight invoicing.
• Strong leadership and people development skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage account payable operations including vendor invoice processing and payment processing.
• Ensure timely compliance with statutory provisions and SOPs in AP processes.
• Lead, develop and mentor the AP team; coordinate with HR for staff development.
• Oversee freight bill processing, validation, posting and reconciliations.
• Prepare and review AP reports and provide management with insights.

Skills

People management

Team leadership

Vendor coordination

Education

CA Inter, MBA Finance

Job description

Job Title: Team Lead - Invoice Processing (Freight)

Work Experience: 10- 12 years

Job location: Vadodara, Gujarat

Qualification: CA Inter, MBA Finance

Job Purpose

Manage account payable operations which include vendor invoice processing, payment processing and other related activities for all plants

Key Result Areas

KRA (Accountabilities) Supporting Actions

KRA1 People Development

• Set performance targets & KRAs and conduct performance assessment, training need identification of team members and communicate role clarity to each one


• Maintain discipline and grievance handling of the team


• Inculcate in team the group values/policies/ vision/ mission & objectives


• Motivate employees for stretch targets through team building and two-way communication


• Develop the team members for retention and provide the team with technical support on various issues


• Coordinate with HR team for monitoring the development

KRA2 Statutory compliances

• Ensure TDS/TCS certificates are received from vendors on timely basis


• Ensure compliance of legal provision & procedure of Income tax, Custom & GST across the assigned activities


• Ensure compliance of company law matters, SEBI Guidelines & other various Govt. Statutory provisions


• Implement SOPs to ensure Corporate Governance and regulatory compliances

KRA3 Compliance of SOPs & Delegation Manual

• Review Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to identify gaps in the process wrt to SOPs


• Ensure implementation of provisions specified in Business delegation manual


• Coordinate with other teams to ensure effective gap analysis & implementation of SOPs

KRA4 Vendor Management & Reporting

• Validate the vendor data for updating the vendor master data


• Review reports for Accounts payables such as Variance report, ageing report etc.


• Prepare adhoc reports related to accounts payable as required by management from time to time

KRA5 Freight Bill Passing

• Ensure that freight invoices are accurately validated for any scanning errors and then recorded into accounting system within agreed turnaround times with approval by authorized staff


• Reviewing inward and outward freight invoice posting for deductions by verifying the lorry receipt copy, sales order, freight master and other supporting documents and reverse the documents as required


• Allocate the vendor bills among team as per priority and load balance


• Review the freight clearing, GR/IR clearing, vendor clearing, debit balance as required


• Review the collected data from unit F&A for provisions, prepaid entries


• Coordinate with concern unit team (Technical & Finance) for any discrepancy in Vendor bills and other details related to invoice processing


• Ensure balance confirmation of vendors are updated on timely basis and coordinate with vendor in case of any deviations during reconciliation