Posted: 27 Oct 2009
Location: Malaysia
THINK PLACE
BHP Billiton Shared Services Centres perform leveraged, transactional activities at central locations, allowing our diverse businesses around the world to benefit from cost and time efficiencies. The Kuala Lumpur centre will function predominantly as a transactional back-office facility for BHP Billiton’s global operations providing HR Payroll, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Card Services, Cash Accounting, Inter-company Accounting and Sundry Receivables services, running on SAP. The aim of this new centre is to be world class through offering the right people outstanding development opportunities.
THINK OPPORTUNITIES
As a global employer, our employees are exposed to opportunities in BHP Billiton worldwide - cross function mobility, extensive learning and development programs and many more.
THINK POSITION
We seek a well rounded professional with a strong finance background to perform a supervisory role to ensure the smooth operation of the respective shared service function. Reporting to the Payment Services Manager, the Team Leader is responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate processing of payments, reimbursements, disbursements and reconciliations for the BHP Billiton Payment Services team based in Kuala Lumpur. The successful candidate should possess strong leadership qualities to lead the team in achieving performance targets, as well as champion ongoing process improvement initiatives.
Core accountabilities will include:
* Focus on continuous global process improvement initiatives, and working collaboratively with internal stakeholders across geographical locations to ensure global process standardisation
* Effectively lead a team by setting expectations, developing technical competencies of team members, evaluating and managing performance through coaching to ensure that targets are achieved
* Manage the smooth transition of the Shared Service Centre operations to maximise efficiency and effectiveness
* Report on operational and management key performance indicators
* Ensure documentation relating to relevant procedures are maintained
* Timely and accurate management of high level queries and issues
* Timely distribution of process work and redefining of priorities where required
* Identify risks and provide input into planning and actioning risk assessment
* Ensure issues for internal controls are detected, reported and working as required.
* Monitor and ensure adherence for improved controls implemented
THINK REQUIREMENTS
The successful candidate should possess:
* Degree in Finance or Accounting or related disciplines, with significant years of professional experience in established organizations
* Previous management experience with proven track record in developing the competencies of the team members
* Working knowledge of process improvement processes and methodology, as well as root cause analysis process
* High level of communication skills and interpersonal abilities to build effective relationships with internal customers across functions and geographical locations
* Good attention to detail, result driven, excellent analytical and problem solving capabilities
* Demonstrated project management experience
* Familiarity in Microsoft Office Suite and SAP preferred
* Knowledge of risk management principles and compliance. Familiarity with supply and purchasing processes will be an added advantage
* Comply with BHP Billiton Safety policy and procedures
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