.Associate Director Accounts Payable and Travel & ExpenseLocation: Mexico City (Hybrid)At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you'll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon.As an Associate Director Accounts Payable and Travel & Expenses supporting the FRA Process Excellence team, you will provide direction/oversight for Accounts Payable, Disbursement, and T&E activities. Drives process improvements, ensures KPIs are met, as well as provides highly effective and efficient end-to-end processes to the Business Function. Drives compliance in its area of responsibility, as well as ensures systems, documentation, and proper reporting are in place.This role provides direction and support to team leads & Assistant Managers responsible for day-to-day processing of invoices, pay runs, reporting, inquiry management, and T&E areas.In this role, a typical day will include:Strengthening capabilities of the AP team and business partners by identifying, developing, and overseeing talent.Driving operational excellence, compliance, and audit requirements.Ensuring agreed service levels (SLA) and KPI targets for the Business function are met.Ensuring accounting policies & procedures adherence and deliverables are completed on time.Ensuring team members maintain appropriate standards of competence to perform day-to-day processing and issue resolution.Cultivating a culture that is customer service focused. Driving Operational Excellence initiatives within the BLR center and enhancing the culture of Continuous Improvement.Collaborating with key stakeholders and business partners including accounting authorities/auditors.Collaborating within FRA to gain best practices insights to measure and improve operations and leverage project efforts.Working to ensure a diverse and inclusive environment free from all forms of discrimination and harassment.Managing day-to-day activities.Owning and driving future productivity improvements to achieve efficiency and effectiveness targets year over year.Ensuring through the team that reconciliations are completed for matching of system reports to balances, and that the right cost centers are charged.Ensuring payments to vendors & employees are completed on time and accurately.Ensuring the completeness of team's work and managing escalations appropriately.Maintaining high engagement levels in the team and across key stakeholders/business partners.Management reporting as necessary