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Unilever Accounts Payable Team Lead UKI - Elida Beauty in London, United Kingdom
Accounts Payable Team Lead UKI - Elida Beauty
Work Location –Battersea/Milton Keynes (Hybrid)
Job Type- Full Time
Who we are…
Elida Beauty are re-founders iconic brands by remixing them for today’s generation, making them even bigger beauty hits than they were first time around.
Our remixes democratize beauty, because we want everyone on the ‘beauty dance floor’ with our top-quality products at a great value.
Driven by our colleague’s creativity, agility and close connection with consumers, customers and suppliers we are able to unleash the true potential of our loved brands with a fresh start. We ‘Re-Found’ them using a start-up mentality that always ‘finds a way’. Our ‘no silos’, one team approach drives both personal and business growth so that together we deliver outcomes that are music to the ears of consumers, customers, colleagues and the planet alike.
Your Role & Key Responsibilities
Your Role
Leading the Accounts Payable department, you will play a key role in ensuring the efficient running of this business, this could range from ensuring the on-time delivery of our next big innovation to building relationships with key suppliers to supporting the Elida Beauty growth plan. Day to day activity will include overseeing and coordinating processing and paying supplier invoices within payment terms, managing supplier accounts and partnering across the business to drive value through our supplier relationships.
Your Key Responsibilities
Leading team of 2 direct reports responsible for ensuring timely and accurate payments to vendors and suppliers
Play leading role in the development of new P2P processes across the business bringing increased automation and controls
Oversee the processing of high number of invoices accurately and efficiently within Oracle
Own the financial controls framework across purchase to pay to ensure only authorized invoices are available for payment
Drive process compliance and KPI improvement such as no. of orders with POs
Dealing with process escalations from suppliers and internal Elida Beauty stakeholders
Manage process improvement such as PO approval process and understanding within the business
Ad hoc journal postings and approvals
Review and clearing of Good Received not Invoiced accounts
Coordinate payment processing activities
Handle inquiries and resolve disputes related to vendor payments
Collaborate with other departments, such as procurement, finance or treasury to enhance cross-functional processes
Career & Development
Joining the Elida Beauty Finance team in this role gives you a platform to build both financial controlling and commercial finance experience. Working within an inclusive team you will have the opportunity to broaden your experience and build an exciting Finance career.
Requirements
A degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field
Familiarity with accounting principles and practices, more specifically with accounts payable processes and procedures.
Experience of leading and managing others
Interpersonal and communication skills with confidence to challenge and hold others to account
Highly proficient in MS Excel
Proven ability to innovate and manage change
Eagerness to learn
Join us…
To breathe new life into iconic brands.
Embark on a transformational journey.
Act with a Re-founder mindset.
Our Mission
We are committed to revolutionizing our manufacturing, packaging, and distribution processes to benefit our people and our planet. Our re-mixes democratize beauty by ensuring our products cater to all skin types and hair textures. We are for the many, not the few. Because we want everyone on the beauty dance floor.
Diversity at Elida Beauty
Diversity at Elida Beauty is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.
Excited about the Role?
Please apply online. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements, and we will be in touch to provide you with an update on the status of your application.
In December 2023, we announced that Unilever has received a binding offer from Yellow Wood Partners LLC to acquire Elida Beauty, subject to the usual closing conditions, regulatory requirements, and consultation processes. We expect the transaction to complete in mid-2024.
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