Head of Shared Services

• Work for a global drinks company with a comprehensive SAP S/4 HANA platform
• Bring your authentic leadership to lead a large onshore and offshore team
• Flexibility to win in both your work and personal life, you don’t have to choose

Don’t settle for ordinary – we welcome those on the hunt for more! At Lion, we believe that life is short and working for us will feel different because you’ll be centred at the heart of good times. Work in an exciting industry, as unique as you, with outstanding brands like XXXX, Little Creatures and Four Pillars.

We are looking for our next Head of Shared Services to join our Australian Finance Team, reporting into our Finance Director. You will lead the evolution of Lion’s credit and payment service outcomes, ensuring services are highly efficient and supported by strong controls and governance, whilst delivering against Lion’s customer and vendor experience priorities. You will work closely with our most senior Finance, Sales and Supply Chain leaders, whilst leading a large onshore and offshore team. This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the company and develop your leadership and process excellence skills. The role is hybrid, which means you’ll have the flexibility to work from the office and from home.

A day in the life

• Develop and implement strategies to minimise outstanding receivables and improve cashflow
• Manage customer credit risk and ensure governance in setting credit limits
• Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure compliance with payment terms and regulatory requirements
• Collaborate with Supply Chain and Procurement teams to optimise procure-to-pay process
• Identify opportunities to standardise and automate receivables and payables processes to improve efficiency and accuracy
• Work with internal audit to ensure policies and procedures are compliant and minimise risk for Lion
• Work with external vendors to ensure contractual obligations are met
• Provide leadership and coaching to onshore and offshore team leaders.

What you’ll bring

• Core shared services experience (accounts payable and receivable transactions)
• Experience managing an offshore team in a high-volume environment
• Authentic leadership and cultural sensitivity
• Process and governance orientation
• The ability to drive change and continuous improvement
• Open stakeholder collaboration with a strong customer focus
• 12+ years of relevant experience
• Accounting qualification desirable but not essential.

At Lion, we offer ‘growth on tap’ and you’ll get hooked on reaching higher with each new challenge. We have endless experiences to learn and grow for those thirsty for more. Here, you don’t have to choose between your career and other life priorities – we have fantastic people, policies and programs to empower you to lead a career and life less ordinary.