SmartOps Team Leader

ABOUT ADECCO'S CLIENT

• Our client is a growing international organization specializing in operational support, financial processing, business transformation, and automation-enabled services. The company works closely with global clients to deliver scalable, technology-driven solutions and offers strong career development opportunities within a dynamic and collaborative environment. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary Purpose

• The SmartOps Team Leader manages a SmartOps team delivering client administrative, financial processing and operational support tasks through a smarter offshore operating model using automation, artificial intelligence and structured controls.
• Act as the day-to-day bridge between client requirements, SmartOps team delivery and Automation/Technology teams to ensure client work is delivered accurately, on time and with strong customer service.
• Partner with the onshore resource responsible for maintaining the client relationship and act as the operational delivery contact for assigned SmartOps clients.
• Own the day-to-day maintenance of client-facing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), internal SmartOps operating runbooks, automation requirements, testing feedback and workflow improvement actions for assigned clients.
• Lead identification of automation opportunities for new client projects and continuous improvement of existing project automations.
• In addition to the details listed above and below, you may be required to perform additional duties that are considered within your role and skill level.

Responsibilities

• Manage SmartOps project streams that may include FinOps, RetailOps, retail data administration, AP/AR-related reconciliation and other client operational or financial administration workflows.
• Manages a SmartOps team working across client administrative, financial processing, automation and operational support streams.
• Assigns, priorities and balances workloads across team members to ensure optimal utilization, SLA adherence and high-quality customer service.
• Oversee complex administrative workflows, reconciliations, payroll validations, accrual reviews, claims administration, reporting activities and other client support processes.
• Leads identification of automation opportunities for new client projects and continuously improves automation for existing projects.
• Works closely with Automation and Technology teams to design, build, test and refine workflow automation and operational tools.
• Work closely with the onshore resource responsible for maintaining the client relationship, acting as the operational point of contact for day-to-day SmartOps delivery.
• Provide timely operational updates, issue details, process documentation and automation progress feedback to onshore resources and internal onshore teams.
• Ensure client questions or issues shared by onshore resources are investigated and responded to quickly with clear actions, owners and expected timeframes.
• Coordinate with onshore teams before material SOP changes, process changes, automation changes or client communications are finalized.
• Owns the assigned client SOP library, including client-facing SOPs, supporting documentation, processing maps, changing logs and review cycles.
• Ensures clients have visibility of relevant client-facing SOPs, agreed service processes, escalation pathways, reporting expectations and operational responsibilities.
• Maintains internal SmartOps operating runbooks where required, including detailed staff instructions, automation steps, exception handling procedures, manual fallback steps, quality checks and automation developer notes.
• Prepares or reviews detailed requirements documentation, process maps, step-by-step workflow guides, sample scenarios, exception rules and test cases for automation developers.
• Coordinates User Acceptance Testing (UAT), testing evidence, issue logs and structured feedback loops with automation developers.
• Reviews and approves complex deliverables prior to client or stakeholder distribution.
• Ensure team members provide timely responses and professional communication to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Attend client meetings as required to discuss operational performance, issue resolution, workflow improvements, SOP updates and automation opportunities.
• Identifies delivery, capacity, customer service and utilization risks and proactively implements mitigation strategies.
• Escalates structured operational, financial, customer service or automation risks to Senior Team Leader or Manager with clear impact analysis.
• Leads onboarding, training, performance management and development discussions for team members.
• Chairs operational review meetings and ensures accountability for open items and performance metrics.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Operations or related field.
• 6+ years’ experience in structured client operations, financial processing, operational support, automation-enabled service delivery or related roles.
• 3+ years’ experience managing small teams or project streams.
• Expert Excel capability includes advanced reconciliation modelling and reporting frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to drive structured workflow improvement and automation initiatives.
• Strong ability to document business requirements, workflow steps, SOPs and automation-ready process guides.
• Strong client communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting FinOps, RetailOps or similar client operational transformation projects would be advantageous.
• Being well versed in retail data and/or financial reconciliation tasks, including AP/AR-related processes, would be highly valuable in this role.
• Experience working with Automation/Technology teams to translate operational processes into automation-ready requirements, process maps, step-by-step guides and testing documentation.
• Experience with AI agents or agentic workflows is preferred but not required.
• Significant experience in processing automation workstreams related to major ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle or Microsoft Dynamics environments.

BENEFITS

• Dynamic and professional working environment 
• 13th and 14th month salary bonus 
• 16 days of fully paid annual leave 
• 100% gross salary in probation 
• 100% statutory insurance 
• Days off for Christmas Day (25th December) and Boxing Day (26th December) 
• Bao Viet healthcare insurance 
• Company trip/ Team Building/ Year End Party 
• Annual health check 
• Free parking 
• Mid-Autumn gift/ Tet gift/ Monthly Happy hour/ Sport Day, etc.

If you are interested in applying for this opportunity, please send your most updated resume to Recruitment Consultant Mr. Cao Tam at tam.do@adecco.com or +84 339 482 658.