Head of Accounts Payable

Overview

Vista Global, the global business aviation group, integrates a unique portfolio of companies offering asset-light services to cover all aspects of business aviation, through its brands. The group's mission is to lead the change to provide customers with the most advanced flying services and the very best value, anytime, anywhere around the world.

As the Head of Global Accounts Payable, you will lead and inspire a global team, ensuring the Accounts Payable function operates with maximum efficiency and consistently meets key performance indicators (KPIs). You will also ensure that the teams remain agile and responsive to evolving business needs and market dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Leads, assists and supports the payables process for Global business by implementing policies/procedures, implementing efficiencies, monitoring processes, troubleshooting issues, and communicating effectively with internal and external customers.
• Develop and maintain productive business relationships with internal and external customers through timely and accurate payments and communications.
• Drive efficiency through standardization of transactional process by business area.
• Explore and lead innovative solutions and initiatives to eliminate highly manual tasks, and develop cross-training programs.
• Develop, implement and utilize appropriate measures to reflect best practices to include, but not limited to documented procedures and processes with formal management approvals for deviations and compliance to policies, prompt financial analysis, standard templates for repetitive work, leverage system technologies for internal controls and deductions.
• Lead process analysis ensuring an efficient and effective program of internal controls, communications and procedures exist for conducting audits to ensure associate compliance with corporate policies and procedures.
• Supervise the tracking and monitoring of the accounts payable aging.
• Act as a liaison between the company, vendors, purchasing, receiving and other internal departments to meet information needs and to ensure that proper information is maintained for historical purposes.
• Apply accounting principles, practices, regulations, and procedures as they relate to purchasing, accounts payable and financial reporting.

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of commercial & management experience, working in a similar accounts payable role.
• Experience in leading and managing cross-functional teams. You should have strong leadership qualities to motivate and guide your team towards achieving the company's AP goals.
• An experienced and emotionally intelligent leader that can deliver on day-to-day team management responsibilities, while simultaneously leading and motivating your team through change.
• You enjoy working in a highly pressured, dynamic, entrepreneurial environment and keen to 'muck in' as required by a growing business.
• Advanced Excel/modelling skills and strong analytical skills, with the ability to provide commercially focused analysis and commentary.
• Prior experience with Netsuite accounting software required. SAP experience nice to have.