Interim Head of Accounts Payable at RS Group plc (2026-04 – Present)
- Stepped into interim leadership of the AP function within a GSBS environment - overseeing under 20 specialists across EMEA with direct reporting to senior management, ensuring service excellence, compliance, and accuracy across multiple business entities
- Oversee AP processes across RS Group - ensuring consistency, SLA adherence, and operational resilience across a complex multi-entity EMEA landscape
- Act as primary escalation and advisory point for Finance, Procurement, IT, and senior leadership on all AP-related process, system, and financial control matters
- Collaborating with new GSBS lead on a comprehensive KPI and metrics framework - owning the logic design behind each metric to ensure operational soundness, measurability, and genuine business visibility over AP performance
- Leading a UiPath RPA project to automate incoming inquiry sorting and prioritisation - defining functional requirements, coordinating with IT, managing UAT, and driving go-live readiness
- Driving process streamlining between AP and adjacent departments (Inventory Management, Procurement, Banking) - mapping E2E workflows and implementing joined-up cross-functional solutions
- Active member of the Employee Committee - leading initiatives, managing cross-functional projects end-to-end, and coordinating task distribution between team members and stakeholders to drive outcomes
AP & Treasury Team Lead at RS Group plc (2024-05 – 2026-04)
- Led a 7-person AP & Treasury team within a GSBS environment, overseeing AP and Treasury processes across the EMEA region - ensuring accuracy, compliance, and SLA adherence
- Managed performance, workload distribution, coaching, and onboarding - improving team service performance by +21pp within 3 months through a structured customer-centricity training programme with evaluation framework
- Served as direct contact point for internal departments, external vendors and banks, and senior stakeholders; prepared reports for higher management and corporate governance
- Entrusted with direct banking platform access; managed payment approvals, financial controls, bank account transitions, and external bank and vendor relationships
- Increased SAP invoice automation from ~10% to ≥90% through IDoc integration and full E2E process redesign - eliminating manual bottlenecks and improving data accuracy
- Led SAP remittance advice automation - identified vendor contact routing gap, made the business case to IT, and implemented fix within existing SAP functionality, saving ~104 hours annually
- Standardised SAP vendor master data and aligned payment terms, resolving systemic payment delays and saving a further ~104 hours annually
- Identified root cause of Paid-on-Time KPI degradation (vendor CN withholding) - implemented CN-to-invoice matching solution with corrected due date baselines, restoring KPI performance and gaining vendor agreement
- Built Power Automate solutions for automated reminder workflows and email volume tracking - improving real-time query flow visibility and team capacity planning
- Built year-end cash flow forecasting models in Excel (multi-currency, multi-entity); conducted variance analysis and prepared management reports for senior leadership and corporate governance
- Managed KPI dashboards and performance reporting; coordinated internal and external audits; maintained audit-ready documentation and internal controls across EMEA operations
- Currently validating Finance requirements for RS Group's SAP S/4HANA transformation - assessing process flows and defining functional requirements for post-migration operations
Inventory Planner at Elfa Distrelec, SIA (2022-03 – 2024-05)
- Delivered €10M excess stock reduction through data-driven Power BI analytics and scenario modelling across a multi-million euro EMEA inventory portfolio managed in SAP ERP
- Managed a €10M inventory portfolio across B2B electronics, semiconductor, active/passive components, and IT categories
- Oversaw replenishment planning for c.50,000 SKUs sourced from 200+ suppliers across UK, Europe, USA
- Led SAP ERP enhancement testing, process mapping, and automation feasibility assessments; delivered cross-functional training for new colleagues on E2E processes
- Developed forward-looking demand scenarios (12–18 months) to support strategic purchasing and pricing-related decisions; coordinated internal and external client relationships
- Identified slow-moving and high-demand SKUs through data analysis, enabling targeted actions to improve turnover and margin performance
- Evaluated pricing, demand elasticity indicators (e.g. volume vs. price sensitivity), and stock movement to support commercial decision-making
- Identified and resolved Power BI reporting discrepancies, improving data reliability and accuracy for Finance and Supply Chain stakeholders
Accounts Payable Clerk at Elfa Distrelec, SIA (2021-07 – 2022-03)
- Processed MM/FI invoices across EMEA in SAP ERP; maintained accuracy, timeliness, and AP controls compliance
- Proactively identified process inefficiencies and proposed automation improvements; supported vendor master data maintenance and reconciliation
Accounts Payable Representative at Solvay Business Services Latvia, SIA (2020-12 – 2021-06)
- Delivered AP operations within SAP ERP (NAM scope - Canada & USA) in a structured SSC environment; performed daily internal audits, monthly closing procedures, and proposed documentation improvements
Procurement Representative at Solvay Business Services Latvia, SIA (2019-07 – 2020-11)
- Managed full PR-to-PO indirect procurement cycle for EMEA and NAM in SAP ERP; resolved complex supplier and requester queries
- Initiated process optimisation project saving 80 hours annually through non-value activity elimination; participated in global continuous improvement initiatives
