BNP Paribas is a leader in the Eurozone, and a prominent international banking institution with strong roots in Europe's banking history. It has a presence in 71 countries, with 200 000 Employees ? including more than 150 000 in Europe and 6 000 in Portugal alone.

BNP Paribas is present in Portugal since 1985, having been one of the first foreign banks to operate in the country. Today, the Group has several entities operating directly in this territory, offering a wide range of integrated financial solutions to support its clients and their businesses.

Thanks to its international presence and regular and close collaboration among its businesses, BNP Paribas has the resources to support all clients - individuals, entrepreneurs, SMEs, large corporates, institutional investors and community organisations - with financing, investment, savings and protection solutions that help make their projects a success. BNP Paribas holds key positions in its three core operating divisions: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services for retail banking and specialised financial services, and Corporate & Institutional Banking for corporate and institutional clients.

The Procurement activity at Group Strategic Sourcing (at Group and Entity level) supports the Entities of BNP Paribas Group in the process of buying goods and services to get the best combination of quality, cost, risks and delivery time. Its mandate covers all the Group external expenses. The Procurement activity of BNP Paribas Group's main tasks are to meet the needs of the businesses/entities in terms of external spending while ensuring the best cost-quality-time for the Group, optimizing these external costs and guarantee the security of the supplier relationship.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Within Group Strategic Sourcing Services, you will integrate the Cost Accounting Operations ? Middle Office department in charge of the Supplier Relationship for accounts payable activities. Additionally, the team is also responsible for creating specific (and proactive) following of key suppliers and of part of the on-boarding processes for some dedicated suppliers, acting as a support and complement of the E-invoicing team.

As a Cost Accounting Operations Deputy Head and Payments Manager, your main activities are:

• Payments Management activities
  • Responsible for ensuring the bank reconciliation is performed and all the opens items are justified
  • Ensure proper follow-up and on the incidents reporting( full scope), proposing corrective actions
  • Ensure the Refunds related with incidents are reimbursed in a delay not more than 3 months; if not compensated
• Governance and Customer Relationship
  • Organise the governance committees under his/her responsibility
  • Ensure proper customer communication deliverables for the metiers, entities and permanent control in his/her domain of responsibility (affected to his/her teams)
• Coach team leader, detect talented employees and develop them
  • Coach the team leader and the team on the continuous improvement mind-set
  • Assists the team leader and team in drawing up a personal development plan
  • Leads team and individual meetings by doing management meeting and 1to1 with managers
  • Gives continuous and constructive feedback to the team
• Permanent Control
  • Ensure Operational Permanent Control process are in place and followed within the teams
  • Ensure Group requirements are properly applied, documented and communicated to relevant stakeholders
  • Ensure adequate commitment within the Teams of his/her responsibility
• Data quality & integrity
  • Ensure the quality of data produced and used by his/her team
  • Ensure the integrity of data processed in his/her area
  • Ensure the proper update and the publishing of the documentation concerning his/her responsibility area

PROFILE

• University degree or equivalent in Accounting, Economics, Business Management or other related field
• Significant professional experience in a similar role with team management (direct hierarchical responsibility of over 10 FTE?s)
• Knowledge of Finance, Accounting and Supplier Relationship subjects is mandatory
• Functional knowledge of ERP systems (SAP is a strong plus)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) is mandatory
• Strong management and leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills (oral & written)
• Client Relationship management: be client focus oriented
• Strong analytical mind, problem solving, planning & organisation skills
• Understanding the business environment of the entity
• Take initiative, be pro?active and develop an innovation mindset
• Fluency in English and French (B2 level CECRL certificate) is Mandatory

Please note that only applications submitted in English will be considered.

In case you are selected for this role, further documentation will be requested to support your hiring process.

BNP Paribas is an equal opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers. We are actively committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Equity and diversity are at the core of our recruitment policy because we believe that they foster creativity and efficiency which in turn increase performance and productivity. We strive to reflect the society we live in, while keeping with the image of our clients.