Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You'll Do

Join us as we embark on a journey to transform BCG’s Finance organization. “Future Finance” is a multi-year journey to prepare the Finance function for the BCG of the future: a BCG that continues to grow, and one that has become more complex, more diverse and more interdependent. By rethinking structures and standardizing processes across geographies and business entities, we will make it simpler and more efficient to work together and flex to meet the needs of BCG. You will provide supervisory support and act as a Subject Matter expert of Accounts Payable (AP) for the respective region leading a team consisting of 6-8 direct reports to run the Accounts Payable (AP) process. You will be responsible for the supervision of activities and resources needed to support the day-to-day efforts of the Accounts Payable team to achieve the business plan by providing direction and expertise to team. You will act as a point of escalation for subordinate employees whilst providing excellent standards of customer service, helping to establish and maintain client relationships.

What You'll Bring

Education & Experience

• Minimum qualification B.Com, with excellent English language proficiency and communication skills

• 10+ years of relevant work experience, with at least six years in managing teams focusing on the Global Procure to Pay domain. An excellent understanding of shared services setup and delivery and process transformation

• Prior experience to help set up and run Global Accounts Payable or Source to Pay as a centralized function, in the role of Process Lead will be preferred

• Proven ability to lead teams through process improvements and implementation of standardized processes

Functional and Technical Skills

• Demonstrated deep functional Finance shared services expertise

• Deep understanding of Global Procure to Pay domain: Accounts payable preferred

• Ability to provide insights to streamline and simplify processes and deliver value

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize within a fast-paced, demanding environment

• Ability to independently resolve complex issues/problems

• Experience with Finance processes enabled by ERP and AI-based technologies

Interpersonal, Communication, and teaming skills

• Solid judgment to prioritize issues, autonomous ways of working

• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative style

• Ability to train and mentor your colleagues to enable their personal development and to help them maximize their potential

• Ability to work effectively with partners in a global environment

• Working in a diverse, international environment and able to operate at multiple levels

Who You'll Work With

We pride ourselves on a collaborative working environment and utilize digital tools to foster that collaborative environment across a global company. The Accounts Payables team is working to provide operations support to various BCG teams and managing external vendors. Your key stakeholders will include the Local Finance team located across the globe.

Additional info

YOU’RE GOOD AT

Roles and responsibilities

• Managing day to day operations in compliance with SLAs and laid down SOPs and other guidelines

• In-depth understanding of the following sub-processes:

➢ Invoice Processing

➢ Invoice Payment

➢ Vendor master activities

➢ Month-end Close

➢ Meeting the KPIs and SLA's

➢ Handle PO & Non-PO invoice processing.

➢ Vendor setup activities

• Effective Communication with our vendors and internal teams regarding changes to procedures, tools, and other items that may impact the processing of vendor invoices

• Effectively manage and direct the daily activities of the team members and guide them towards optimum performance

• Oversee the preparation of periodic reports and reconciliations as required, including KPIs for the Accounts Payable team & regularly share with Stakeholders

• Effective resolution of escalations and priority requests

• Ensure process remains harmonized and regularly collaborate with peer team leads and manager

• Ensure that the process is managed effectively to achieve service level agreement as agreed with various stakeholders

People Management

• Perform Root Cause analysis on issues, develop an action plan and ensure its implementation

• Responsible for daily work allocation and load balancing of the assigned team

• Provide training and review work of the team to ensure the highest level of accuracy

• Promote individual growth by ascertaining and communicating performance expectations, providing timely feedback on work performance, and sharing potential career development pathways.

• Cultivate a culture of respect and teamwork spirit in which all team members can work together and be respected regardless of their differences. Ensure the team is motivated to improve both individual and team contributions.

Stakeholder Management and Project Management

• Actively collaborate and communicate with internal customers to ensure that customer deliveries are being met or exceeded. Collate suggestions and feedback for continuous improvement opportunities. Also, be assertive to ensure the process is harmonized and always documented

• Maintain and build a relationship with internal and external stakeholders/vendors and any other third parties

• Be part of internal projects and process initiatives

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.\n
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