Accounts Payable Team Leader

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Lead to oversee and strengthen the company’s end-to-end expenditure and payment operations. In this role, you will ensure the accuracy, integrity, and efficiency of the accounts payable function while maintaining strong financial controls and supplier relationships.

As the key owner of the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process, you will play a critical role in ensuring timely payments, maintaining accurate supplier records, improving operational workflows, and supporting the business’s financial health.

Key Responsibilities

Payment Operations

• Manage the complete accounts payable cycle for both local and international payments, ensuring all obligations are paid accurately and on time.
• Minimize late payment risks while maximizing opportunities for early-payment discounts where applicable.
• Oversee payment processing across multiple banking and payment platforms, ensuring proper approvals and sufficient funding prior to release.
• Reconcile invoices, payment records, and bank transactions to ensure alignment with the General Ledger and internal financial records.

Supplier Data & Compliance

• Maintain ownership of the Supplier Master File, ensuring supplier information, banking details, and contact records remain accurate and up to date.
• Support supplier onboarding activities while ensuring compliance with company policies and financial procedures.
• Implement and uphold controls that safeguard against payment fraud and unauthorized amendments to supplier information.

Supplier & Vendor Management

• Serve as the primary escalation point for supplier concerns and payment-related disputes, ensuring timely and professional resolution.
• Conduct regular supplier statement reconciliations to identify missing invoices, duplicate payments, or discrepancies.
• Monitor supplier payment terms and identify opportunities to improve payment arrangements and optimize cash flow.

Team Leadership & Process Improvement

• Provide guidance and oversight to the team, including support for finance inbox management and company credit card administration.
• Manage the company expense platform, ensuring policy compliance and efficient employee reimbursement processes.
• Review and improve accounts payable workflows by identifying inefficiencies and implementing scalable process improvements and automation initiatives.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a detail-oriented and proactive professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys improving processes, solving problems, and driving operational excellence.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in an Accounts Payable Lead or Manager role, preferably within fintech, payments, or financial services industries.
• Strong understanding of the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) lifecycle and accounts payable best practices.
• Preferably from Fintech or Financial Industries
• Hands-on experience with accounting platforms such as Xero, NetSuite, or similar ERP/accounting systems.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets.
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to work accurately under pressure and meet deadlines consistently.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with a proactive and solutions-focused approach.
• A strong commitment to integrity, accuracy, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Due to the volume of applications, we regret only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Candidates will only be contacted by authorised Flat Planet’s recruiters via firm’s business contact number or business email address.