Global Accounts Payable Process Leader

Job Description

As Global AP Process Lead within GBS, you will own the end-to-end AP process across markets and outsourced service providers. You will drive the global AP agenda through process standardization, governance, and transformation, ensuring a scalable, efficient, and high-performing AP operating model.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the global AP process strategy, governance, and standards.
• Drive process standardization and harmonization across markets, GBS, and outsourced operations.
• Manage third-party service providers, ensuring strong performance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Lead transformation and automation initiatives to enhance efficiency, controls, and supplier experience.
• Own AP process performance, risk management, and compliance, partnering with stakeholders to deliver operational excellence.
• Promote a culture of operational excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement across the organization.

Qualifications

For this role we’re looking for someone who has the following skills and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related area.
• 10+ years of experience in Accounts Payable within a global, SSC, or GBS environment.
• Strong experience in global process ownership, governance, and standardization.
• Good knowledge of automation, digitalization and emerging technologies.
• Proven track record in leading process transformation, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Experience managing outsourced service providers and delivering performance through effective governance.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills across functions, regions, and organizational levels.
• Proactive and results-oriented mindset with a passion for operational excellence, simplification, and innovation.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Additional Information

At JDE, in addition to a competitive salary, we offer a wide range of benefits tailored to your needs:

• support, training and an extensive onboarding program,
• professional development and continuous learning,
• opportunities to contribute to automation and process improvement initiatives,
• a culture that values adaptability, collaboration, and innovation,
• benefits such as private medical care, private pension scheme, life insurance, sports card, language courses and more
• unlimited access to the best coffee

JDE Peet’s - now part of Keurig Dr Pepper – is the world’s leading pure-play coffee company, with a presence in more than 100 markets. Guided by our ‘Reignite the Amazing’ strategy, we are focused on brand-led growth across three big bets: Peet’s, L’OR, and our 10 strategically selected local icons led by Jacobs.