Accounts Payable Team Lead

Req Id: 23598

Job Family: Accounts Payable

Location:
Porto, PT, 4100-136

**Additional Location:**Description:
Imagine your career taking you to the depths of innovation and the heights of impact. Our people enable continuous progress. Their commitment, collective expertise, and unique capabilities are the engine room behind SBM Offshore’s True. Blue. Transition. - shaping the future of energy, and beyond.

About Us:
SBM Offshore is a global leader in deepwater ocean infrastructure, delivering floating production solutions across the full asset lifecycle—from design and construction to installation and operation. Supported by a global team of more than 8,000 professionals, the Company operates a long-term, asset-backed business model that delivers high-availability assets and predictable cash flows. SBM Offshore combines engineering expertise, operational reliability, and selective innovation to support safe, efficient, and lower-carbon energy production, while extending its capabilities into new opportunities across the blue economy.

Purpose

To lead and coordinate accounts payable team activities, ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices, resolving discrepancies, and optimizing payment processes to support financial operations and organizational objectives.

Responsibilities

Supervise and oversee the daily operations of the accounts payable team.

Assign tasks and responsibilities to team members, ensuring workload distribution and adherence to deadlines.

Provide guidance, training, and mentoring to accounts payable staff to enhance their skills and productivity.Ensure accurate and timely processing of invoices and payments.

Review and approve invoices and payment batches processed by the team.

Monitor payment terms and ensure payments are made within agreed timelines.

Collaborate with purchasing and procurement teams to resolve discrepancies and ensure smooth transactions.Oversee the reconciliation of accounts payable transactions and resolve discrepancies promptly.

Maintain accurate records and ensure compliance with accounting standards and internal controls.Prepare regular reports and analyses related to accounts payable activities, such as aging reports, cash flow forecasts, and payment status updates.

Provide insights and recommendations based on analysis to improve efficiency and effectiveness of accounts payable processes.Identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies within the accounts payable function.

Implement changes and best practices to streamline processes, reduce costs, and enhance accuracy.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.Fluency in English is essential for communicating effectively with internal stakeholders and external parties

Experience

Candidates should have a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in accounts payable, with at least 1-2 years in a lead or supervisory role within a finance team.Demonstrated ability to lead and supervise an accounts payable team, including assigning tasks, training team members, and monitoring performance.Proficiency in accounts payable processes, procedures, and systems. Experience in using accounting software and ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) for processing invoices, reconciliations, and payments.

Experience in managing vendor relationships, resolving payment discrepancies, and ensuring adherence to payment terms and conditions.Ability to identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and efficiency enhancements within the accounts payable function.Effective interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate with team members, cross-functional departments, and external vendors. Ability to resolve issues promptly and maintain a high level of accuracy in payments.

Functional Competencies

Compliance

Invoice management

P2P support process and vendor management

Innovation and Continuous improvement

Learning and development

Digital savvy

Business Acumen

Risk and Internal control

External benchmark

Master Data Set-up and Interface

GENERAL INFORMATION

SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Amsterdam. It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore Group (“the Company”). For further information, please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com. The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V., directly and indirectly, owns investments are separate entities.

SBM Offshore is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. SBM Offshore does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental 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.