Sr. Manager, Accounts Payable

Employment Type: Full-time Work Schedule: Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions: Office

Position Overview

As a Sr. Manager Accounts Payable at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., you will play a key role in our Metro Manila team. You will coordinate invoice processing, ensuring outstanding accuracy and compliance. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a world-class organization that values innovation and excellence!

Key Responsibilities

• Provide daily interaction, training, direction, and oversight of staff activities to ensure coordination, accuracy, and timely delivery of work outputs.
• Complete all tasks related to invoice processing and troubleshooting daily.
• Monitor and troubleshoot invoice fallouts daily to ensure payment due date adherence.
• Coordinate the timeliness and accuracy of invoice processing.
• Support payment inquiries and manage daily workload distribution.
• Adhere to Internal Audit guidelines and provide reporting as requested.
• Ensure quality in customer service levels are maintained both internally and externally.
• Perform special projects and ad-hoc reporting as required within the functional area.
• Supervise and coordinate the development of staff members, including hiring, performance development, annual reviews, disciplinary actions, mentoring, personal development, and career advancement.
• Perform the first review/approval of disbursements for your area of responsibility.

Skills Required

• Proven ability to develop and maintain financial controls.
• Effective training skills and team-building capabilities for rapid functional task ramp-up.
• Demonstrated leadership skills; strong oral and written communication, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills.
• Experience leading continuous process improvement projects with significant time or cost savings.
• Ability to collaborate with all levels of management, tailoring messages appropriately.
• Capable of managing multiple assignments, prioritizing projects, and making timely decisions.
• Diligent, producing accurate work and consistently meeting deadlines.

Education & Experience

• Strong prior experience in Shared Services or Global Business Services in an Accounts Payable managerial function (5+ years).
• Proficiency in Oracle, JDE, SAP, Concur, and Accounts Payable Workflow tools.
• Proficient in English.
• Demonstrated Thermo Fisher Scientific values – Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.