Team Lead – Accounts Payable
About HBC
As North America’s oldest startup and Canada’s purpose-driven digital marketplace, The Bay is on a high-growth mission to rewrite the rules of retail to help Canadians live a colorful life. If you believe in the power of our iconic brand and thrive on problem solving at scale, we want you to join our team.
At The Bay, smart and high-performing team members will challenge you to learn and grow every day. We value ambitious work and great ideas grounded in data and insights. We are looking for talented people who love a fast-paced environment, embrace change and are looking to make an impact with groundbreaking ideas.
We are building a digital-first company and brand for a diverse world, and we need a diverse team to reach our potential. We strongly encourage applications from everyone to come and join a winning team that supports diverse thinking and demonstrates innovation, energy, creativity, and vision every day.
The teams in the India office play an integral role in supporting The Bay’s strategic plan. Bengaluru’s workforce has deep experience in a variety of areas, including finance and accounting, technology, as well as other shared services and will support The Bay’s operations on an ongoing basis.
You can learn more and view available positions in Bengaluru, by visiting http://www.hbcindiacareers.com/
What This Position Is All About:
The Team lead will work in cooperation with stakeholders & teams on a daily basis in order to assist with the day-to- day operations. In addition, they must manage a high potential team and create effective working relationships with internal employees and business partners and must work well with many different levels of management. This role provides administrative support to the Accounts payable teams as needed, including managing global stakeholders.
Who You Are:
- You learn systems, processes, and procedures quickly.
- You have people management skills.
- You are resourceful and hold strong problem-solving capabilities.
- You possess a positive, solution-oriented, and customer-focused attitude.
- You handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately.
- You have strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to meet tight timelines while ensuring accuracy.
- You are highly organized and detail-oriented and can prioritize and multi-task.
- You have excellent interpersonal skills with the capability and desire to work within a collaborative team and possess an interest to grow into other HR related roles.
You also have:
- 2-year post graduation (preferably MBA/PGDM) preferably in Finance and accounting.
- 8-10 Years of AP functions experience preferred.
- Excellent knowledge of Google Suite (Mail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive) and high proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel).
- Strong oral and written communication.
As the Team Lead , Accounts Payable you will:
- Be hands on the process and expert when required.
- Manage a high potential team – along with providing floor support, conducting quality audit etc.
- Play a crucial role in talent management and career development of the team members.
- Driving key process improvements and other new initiatives/projects for the team.
- Administer all designated employee lifecycle events including associate initiated inquiries.
- Lead the reporting for the team key metrices and present in different leadership meetings.
- Respond to all related general email and phone inquiries.
- Provide compliance reporting and follow up.
- Partner effectively and closely with all NA Stakeholders and Vendors.
- Uphold and be a role model of the Company’s Winning Ways and Core Values.
Other Preferences:
- Ready to work in shifts (North America – 4PM to 1AM)
- Ready to spend additional hours at work per business requirements.
- Work Location: Bangalore.
Your Life and Career at HBC:
- Be part of a world-class team; work with an adventurous spirit; think and act like an owner-operator!
- Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities from IT to Human Resources to Merchandising to Finance.
- A culture that promotes a healthy, fulfilling work/life balance.
