Senior Executive Accounts Payable

Since its inception in 2000, our client has emerged as a prominent and fast-growing retail group serving markets across the Middle East. The organization partners with world-class fashion and lifestyle brands, delivering globally inspired products and experiences to discerning consumers throughout the GCC. Guided by a vision to become a leading regional gateway for international retailers, the company has successfully built a broad portfolio across diverse consumer categories. Its collaborative approach with global brand partners, combined with extensive market expertise and a customer-first mindset, has enabled sustained growth and ongoing expansion across the region. Today, our client remains well-positioned to capitalize on emerging opportunities within the dynamic Middle Eastern retail market.

Responsibilities:

• Process vendor payments and payment runs through Oracle.
• Support AP payment processing, reconciliations, reporting and issue resolution.
• Manage vendor relationships and payment-related queries.
• Support AP transformation, process improvement and transition projects.
• Own assigned AP activities with accuracy, timeliness and control discipline across invoice processing, payment readiness, AP reporting, reconciliations and period-close support.
• Act as the first point of functional review for assigned AP matters, assessing issues independently, resolving within approved protocols and escalating exceptions with clear facts, impact and recommended action.
• Monitor operational performance against agreed SLAs, KPIs, payment timelines, ageing trends and exception volumes, and support corrective actions to improve service quality.
• Demonstrate ownership, accountability and business judgement in handling AP matters that require coordination across multiple stakeholders and systems

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years’ Accounts Payable experience.
• Strong end-to-end AP knowledge.
• Oracle exposure and hands-on payment processing on Oracle.
• AP transformation / process excellence exposure as an end user.
• Transition project experience or exposure in involvement with new AP related projects.
• Vendor relationship management exposure.