Associate Analyst - Accounts Payable

JOB SUMMARY

Associate Analyst Procure-to-Pay will be part of the shared service team based at Bangalore and will report into Manager Procure to Pay. The incumbent will be responsible for performing daily accounts payable activities including invoice processing, vendor and purchase team queries, payment runs, intercompany and month-end closing activities for our US and Europe businesses.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform the 3-way match process
• Process non-purchase order invoices and travel and expense reimbursements
• Support the calculation for the accounts payable accrual on a monthly basis
• Serve as first point of contact for all incoming internal and external calls (post, email and telephone)
• Responsible for all PTP incoming post and scanning
• Responsible for the Optimization in Readsoft
• Verification of invoices in Readsoft
• Process payment runs (e.g. BACS, manual payments and cheques)
• Weekly & monthly intercompany reconciliation and nettings runs
• Responsible for reconciling all targeted Vendor statements
• Weekly & monthly GR/IR reconciliations
• Perform month-end closing duties
• Performing vendor ledger reconciliations and clearing down the aged debit balances & queries (blocked invoices & Direct Debits)
• Strictly follow the internal control policies and procedures

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Knowledge of SAP ECC 5 or 6
• Sound understanding of Purchase to Pay concepts, practices and procedures
• Ability to work in a team-orientated environment that is fast-paced and demanding
• Must be self-directed, have excellent initiative and organizational skills
• Exhibit a strong ability to handle multiple demands with a sense of urgency, drive and energy, should have worked in a TAT driven company
• Ability to work in a change focused environment whilst remaining enthusiastic and dedicated to service delivery
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
• Must be a team player with strong people skills
• Proficiency in all MS products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
• Strong customer focus mindset coupled with the ability to manage challenging customers in an understanding and professional manner

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Full time Bachelor’s degree, preferably B.Com from recognized university and institute in India
• 2-5 yrs of prior work experience in a shared service center environment and supporting US or Europe in the past in P2P role is must
• Experienced with Microsoft suite of products
• Hands-on experience of SAP ECC 5 or 6 is must.
• Purchase to Pay experience in past, not limited to a Shared Service Centre environment
• Proficiency in English language is must