Payments Team Lead – Accounts Payable

BeOne continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

General Description:

We are looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Team lead to join our newly established Shared Service Centre in Warsaw, Poland. This is a key position for an experienced, ambitious finance professional who is motivated to contribute to setting up the regional finance function as BeiGene builds out its presence around the world. The incumbent must bring solid experience in Account Payable and Accounting combined with hands on experience of SAP (4HANA a strong plus). Strong communication and cultural sensitivity are required to coordinate the activities of outsourced services and collaborate with colleagues in the US, Europe, and Asia. Experience in implementing new systems and processes is valued. The role requires a pro-active and strong analytical capability with problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a non-structured environment in a hybrid working model. A customer orientated resourceful mindset completes the desired profile.

This role has hybrid work pattern, 3 days per week from our Warsaw office with 2 days remote.

Essential Functions of the job:

• Plan and allocate the workload across the allocated Senior Payment Accountant Specialists
• Initially support the processing of vendor and employee payments for allocated entities in accordance with company policies
• Oversee the preparation and timely execution of payment runs to vendors
• Support and streamline the manual payments process collaborating with Global Technology Team and Treasury to increase the level of automated processing.
• Collaborate with Procurement to update vendor Master Data maintenance such as payment terms, bank information etc. Monitor vendor master data updates confirming their correctness
• Drive the creation and maintenance of working instructions and desktop procedures to process vendor and employee payments correctly and efficiently
• Prepare timely Procure-to-Pay Reports (such as Vendor Aging list, Payment analysis, PO and accrual reports) and use them to resolve issues and optimize processes
• Lead regular meetings with Business and Functional Owners to align on vendor and employee payments execution – resolve any issues and support where necessary on any aspects involving the Procure-to-Pay cycle
• Support the optimization of Ariba and OCR functionality, researching and resolving potential payments discrepancies and issues
• Establish and maintain successful relationships with vendors and employees
• Collaborate effectively with Procurement, Accounting, Treasury and FP&A teams
• Support any new legal entity set up efforts where applicable
• Continued focus on improving system efficiencies and business practices

Supervisory Responsibilities:

•  Yes – initially a team of 2-3 Senior Payment Accountant Specialist

Education Required: Accounting/Business/Finance Bachelor's Degree

Computer Skills:   

SAP, (S/4 Hana preferred), Ariba, Excel, Power BI, Concur, Workday, on -line banking

Other Qualifications:  

Accounting/Business/Finance Bachelor degree with 4+ years of experience required in a multinational finance environment, ideally in Accounting and/or Procurement functions, 3 years of mentorship or managerial experience; Efficient and precise invoice processing experience using an OCR tool as well as SAP is required; Good understanding of USGAAP, European accounting standards, tax regulations(especially VAT) is desirable; healthcare experience a plus;  desire to work in a fast paced, changing (currently unstructured) environment; ability to work effectively in a hybrid work environment is required; excellent communication skills combined with cultural sensitivity, excellent spoken/written English – any other languages a plus

Travel:  Minimal

Global Competencies

When we exhibit our values of Patients First, Driving Excellence, Bold Ingenuity, and Collaborative Spirit, through our twelve global competencies below, we help get more affordable medicines to more patients around the world.

• Fosters Teamwork
• Provides and Solicits Honest and Actionable Feedback
• Self-Awareness
• Acts Inclusively
• Demonstrates Initiative
• Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Continuous Learning
• Embraces Change
• Results-Oriented
• Analytical Thinking/Data Analysis
• Financial Excellence
• Communicates with Clarity

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. BeOne does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.