Payables Coordinator

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Job Summary: Lead essential processes and drive continuous improvement in the Accounts Payable area, ensuring efficiency, governance, and excellence while managing invoices and the team. Key Highlights: 1. Leadership of an 11-person team and essential processes 2. Promotion of continuous improvement and operational efficiency 3. Focus on governance, compliance, and financial accountability Do you want to join a strategic team, lead essential processes, and drive continuous improvement? Join our team as a Payables Coordinator—a key role to ensure efficiency, governance, and excellence in the Accounts Payable function within GBS. A Taste of What You’ll Do **Invoice Management and Oversight:** Ensure all invoices are accurately recorded, resolve pending items, and guarantee adherence to internal policies. **Process Enhancement:** Analyze, propose, and implement improvements to invoice registration and payment processes, promoting modernization and operational efficiency. **Reporting and Metrics:** Generate and disseminate reports to other departments, and monitor metrics and forecasts (annual, semi-annual, quarterly, and monthly). **Internal and External Stakeholder Engagement:** Interact with tax teams, suppliers, banks, auditors, and various business units to ensure smooth and high-quality information flow. **Team Leadership:** Coordinate a team of 11 people (analysts and trainees), assign tasks, ensure appropriate tools are available, and maintain team motivation. **Governance and Compliance:** Ensure procedures comply with corporate standards, avoid improper segregation of duties, and align with audit processes. **Financial Accountability:** Control OVH expenses for the GBS STP cost center and generate relevant data for operational cash flow. We’re Looking for Someone With Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related fields. Minimum 3 years of people management experience. Leadership skills, focus, resilience, proactivity, delegation ability, and strong communication skills. Adaptability, initiative, organizational ability, and capacity to handle multiple challenges. Knowledge of accounting principles, corporate tools, financial policies, and banking processes. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office. **Preferred:** Intermediate to advanced Spanish and English. Next Steps After applying, your application will be reviewed by a recruiter. This means it may take some time before we respond—please monitor your inbox for updates. In the meantime, visit our “How We Recruit” page to learn more about our recruitment process and what we offer. If you join our team, you’ll be rewarded for the impact you make. Our competitive benefits package supports you through life’s big and small moments. Visit our Benefits Page and don’t hesitate to ask your recruiter for more specific details. About Kellanova At Kellanova, we are guided by the vision of becoming the global leader in snacks—unlocking the full potential of our distinctive brands and people. Our iconic, world-renowned brands include Pringles, Cheez\-It, Pop\-Tarts, MorningStar Farms, Special K, Krave, Zucaritas, Tresor, Crunchy Nut, and others. Kellanova’s Best-in-Class Culture means giving our best in everything we do to achieve our vision of becoming the global leader in snacks. Our culture celebrates boldness and empowers our people to challenge the status quo, deliver results, and win together. Our focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion enables us to build a culture of belonging where every employee has a seat at the table and is inspired to share their passions, talents, and ideas. Mars has entered into an agreement to acquire Kellanova in a combination that will shape the future of snacking! The transaction is anticipated to close in the first half of 2025 (subject to approval by Kellanova shareholders and other customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals). The companies remain separate until the transaction closes. You can learn more at www.futureofsnacking.com, and our hiring teams will be happy to answer any questions if your application advances in the hiring process. The best brands. The best people. The best of you. Kellanova is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace—a place at the table for everyone—and embracing the diverse talents of its people. All qualified candidates will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, nationality, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. To learn more about our efforts to advance Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, visit our website here.