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Your career opportunity
The Global Process Owner (GPO) for Accounts Payable is accountable for the end-to-end design, standardisation and continuous improvement of the global accounts payable process. The role ensures operational excellence, compliance, efficiency, governance and alignment with both HSBC and Procurement strategy.
Accounts Payable ensures that, following purchasing activity within the wider Procure to Pay (P2P) lifecycle, appropriate channels are in place to receive, validate, process and pay supplier invoices accurately and on time. These channels are diverse and continue to evolve, leveraging technology and automation, in line with Procurement’s future state architecture.
The Global Process Owner (GPO) for Accounts Payable will ensure AP activities are underpinned by clearly defined, efficient, globally consistent processes and robust controls. They will work closely day-to-day with global AP operational teams to ensure appropriate documentation and knowledge base is embedded and will act as a point of contact for queries/escalations.
Key to success is the ability to operate seamlessly with other parts of the P2P scope (GPOs and operational teams) to ensure the end-to-end process is considered and optimized. They will also promote and support digital transformation of the AP function, partnering with IT and Finance teams to design and enhance AP solutions and implementing automation tools (e.g e‑invoicing).
In a dynamic environment, the role will support critical change initiatives within Procurement and across the Bank, ensuring Accounts Payable is represented, requirements considered, and impacts embedded into operations.

What you’ll do
    • Own global P2P/AP processes end-to-end: author, review, monitor and report on effectiveness to ensure consistent approach to accounts payable activities across P2P globally.
    • Drive continuous improvement across process design, system utilisation and operational SME/knowledge base.
    • Partner with operational teams to identify and resolve process execution issues (including upstream/downstream impacts) via clear, owned and tracked action plans.
    • Provide global SME direction and clarification to P2P teams, ensuring adherence to standard processes and managing non-standard/local requests robustly.
    • Provide a single point of contact on the processes to global stakeholders both internal to Procurement and externally, such as Business Risk, Finance and Audit.
    • Represent the P2P perspective in cross-functional discussions and initiatives, building proactive relationships with Procurement, Risk, Finance, Tax, Technology and Audit/Assurance.
    • Translate complex discussions and technical specifications into clear, actionable written summaries, proposals and cross-functional documentation.
    • Provide global oversight of the AP framework, processes and controls—leading forums, securing buy-in and embedding change across indirectly managed teams while balancing competing priorities and supporting transformation/ad hoc projects, and ensuring fair customer outcomes by adhering to HSBC values and risk policies, escalating concerns, and driving timely closure of audit and regulatory actions

What you need to have to succeed in this role
    • Significant experience of accounts payable processes, including within a complex global organisation.
    • Demonstrable knowledge of the components, processes and controls which comprise Accounts Payable, including Tax.
    • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field. Professional certification (e.g. CPA, CMA or equivalent) preferred.
    • Strong experience and understanding of the broader P2P process including how Accounts Payable impacts Operational Procurement, Payment and Reconciliations and vice versa. Understanding and experience of operating within a SOX environment and applicability to P2P.
    • Excellent written and oral communication and proven ability to influence and manage stakeholders.
    • Strong analytical and written presentation skills with ability to work under pressure with high accuracy and focus. Comfortable carrying out detailed analysis of qualitative and quantitative data to identify and present key themes and trends.
    • Self-driven, pro-active, energetic with a positive attitude, creative and strategic problem solver, comfortable with a high level of ambiguity and prepared to relentlessly drive through extensive change to an aggressive timeline.
    • Proven experience working within a large, globally matrixed financial services organisation (or equivalent), demonstrating a good understanding of Group organisational structures, processes and strategic objectives.

What we offer
The pay range for this role is 20134 PLN - 26000 PLN (monthly, gross).

Additional car allowance in the amount of 4,786 PLN (monthly, gross)

Variable pay is discretionary, but influenced by Group performance, business/function performance and individual performance.

We offer a comprehensive and competitive package of benefits covering healthcare, family friendly leaves, pension and life assurance, as well as many other benefits to support your wellbeing.

    • Additional bonuses for recognition awards
    • Multisport card
    • Private medical care
    • Life insurance
    • One-time reimbursement of home office set-up (up to 800 PLN).
    • Cafeteria platform
    • Employee assistance program
    • Additional contributions to PPK scheme
    • Corporate parties & events
    • CSR initiatives
    • Nursery discounts
    • Financial support with trainings and education
    • Social fund
    • Flexible working hours 
    • Free parking

If your CV meets our criteria, you should expect the following steps in the recruitment process:
    • Online behavioral test (for external candidates only)
    • Telephone screen (for external candidates only)
    • Interview with the hiring manager

We are looking to hire as soon as possible so don’t wait and apply now!
You'll achieve more when you join HSBC.

We thank all interested candidates for their applications. We reserve the right to contact only selected candidates.

In case you would like to resign from participation in recruitment process or withdraw previously sent to us application, please email us at: krakow.recruitment@hsbc.com 
Nom du recruteur
Monika Pietranek
Courriel de recruteur
monika.pietranek@hsbc.com