T&E Team Leader, Group Finance

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 3-10 Accountants to ensure day to day operational team duties are processed in a timely manner, with the highest quality and according to company policy, GBS procedures and accounting rules.
• Supporting the organization with professional accounting as well as other tasks related to the daily finance job, ensuring that service levels meet the requirements.
• Key tasks
• Set priorities and plan workload to meet deadlines and achieve the objectives of the department
• Mentor and coach team members and support workplace learning
• Motivate team members and initiate opportunities for skills development
• Provide feedback to employees regularly, including Performance Appraisal Process meeting
• Ensure that all T&E costs are expensed from the correct general ledgers in appropriate periods
• Ensure all accounts in T&E Team scope are reconciled for the end of the month and proper controls reported in the system
• Ensure accurate and timely month end processing
• Making sure all T&E outstanding transactions are reviewed regularly
• Responsibility for the transfer of new companies, proceses to GBS and from GBS
• Assist in systems testing for upgrades and future improvements
• Initate and lead various projects including stabilization and optimization projects
• Support internal and external audits, other authorities
• Approval of payments in bank system
• Serving as the main administrator for SAP Concur, managing user roles, system configurations, and policy settings
• Conducting regular SAP Concur system audits to ensure data integrity and compliance with company travel policies
• Required education, experience and job-related skills
• University degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field
• Minimum 4-5 years of experience in an Accountant position
• Minimum 2 year of people management experience is required
• Working with global stakeholders is mandatory
• Good command of the English language
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Working knowledge of at least one ERP system (AX2009, D365 or SAP) is required
• Working knowledge of Concur is required
• Experience with Detect application would be an asset
• General behavioural competencies most relevant for the job
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Teamwork
• Leadership skills
• Self-organisation
• Work standards
• Results Orientation
• Quality Orientation
• Application due
• 2026-01-18 Seniority Level
• Job Functions
• Industry
• Chemicals
• At Hempel, you're welcomed to a global community of +7000 colleagues around the world. A workplace built on shared trust, mutual respect and support for each other.

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