Director, Accounting - Purchase To Pay Operations

Job Title: Director - Accounts Payable Purchase to Pay Operations

Division: Corporate Finance - Accounting

Location: St. Petersburg, FL – North America Business Service Center

Reports To: VP

• FL Accounting Shared Services

Who We Are

For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.

What You Will Do

The Director of Accounts Payable Operations is responsible for overseeing the operational tasks of the Accounts Payable North America Team to ensure services are delivered on target and meet Group standards.

• Lead special projects as required.
• Ensures P2P is structured to facilitate growth and is scalable in a cost-efficient manner.
• Responsible for ensuring that service performance meets business expectations based on Group standards and KPIs.
• Manages the action engine in Celonis to ensure invoices are prioritized and dispatched to the AP team.
• Responsible for monitoring and resolving AP Aging and invoice backlog (parked and blocked).
• Accountable for analyzing specific areas in accounts payable, these include: CONCUR, SRM and GR/IR
• Manages vendor, affiliate and employee issues related to payments.
• Review existing processes, structures, and systems with a focus on simplifying, standardizing, and automating them.
• Develops, implements, and maintains systems, procedures, and policies, to ensure adherence to company guidelines.
• Responsible for achieving Group KPIs and drives activities and process improvements to reach 95% paid on time rate by utilizing available tools (Celonis, Power BI, etc.)
• Identifies, promotes, and supports process optimization, standardization, and improvement to deliver cost-savings and efficiencies across the organization.
• Sets operating policies to manage operational activities (peaks, procedure changes, etc.)
• Responsible for managing the overall tasks of Accounts Payable North America Team to ensure services are delivered on target and meet Group standards.

What We Are Looking For

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment
• Technical Accounting Expertise
• Advanced Microsoft Office Suite and Excel Skills required
• Public Accounting Experience
• SAP experience is preferred.
• 8-10 years of experience in a leadership role
• Must possess strong problem solving and leadership skills
• Must be willing and able to work extended hours during close
• 10-15 years of accounts payable experience, managing accounts payable processes and systems required
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or relative education

What’s In It For You

• Learning & Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
• Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)
• Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs
• Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)
• Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)
• Hybrid Work Policy (3 Days in Office, 2 Days Work from Home)
• Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)

Don’t meet every single requirement? At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

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