Accounts Payable Associate

About ARKO: ARKO is the sixth largest convenience store operator in the United States, operating more than 3,800 sites across retail, wholesale, and fleet segments. ANSR, as the market leader, collaborates with organizations to establish Global Capability Centers (GCCs) as strategic business partners for global innovation and technology work. ARKO, in partnership with ANSR, is expanding its global presence by venturing into India. The India Operations of ARKO will serve as an integrated global hub dedicated to driving technology innovation. This initiative provides an opportunity to work on cutting-edge solutions that address complex challenges for the business and customers. Job Summary: The role involves reconciling and recording a high volume of daily vendor bank drafts, monitoring multiple AP email inboxes for incoming invoicing, maintaining accurate transaction records in compliance with internal control requirements and SOX narratives, collaborating with management to enhance processes, reviewing and approving a large number of invoices and employee expense reimbursements, conducting statement reconciliations, assisting with audits, and fulfilling additional responsibilities as assigned. Requirements and Qualifications: - Thorough understanding of accounting principles, practices, and AP accounting processes. - Ability to maintain attention to detail while managing multiple projects, tasks, and deadlines. - Commitment to integrity and confidentiality. - Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills to propose effective solutions. - Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities to collaborate efficiently across teams. - Proficiency in Capturis, Concur, Laserfiche, PDI/Enterprise, Verisae, and ServiceNow is preferred. - Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite, especially intermediate to advanced Excel skills. - Acquisition experience is advantageous. Applications / Software Used: - Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, SharePoint, and PowerPoint - Laserfiche (Forms & Repository) - ABBYY (FlexiCapture) - Adobe - PDI/Enterprise - Verisae - Fintech - Docuware - Concur - Capturis - ServiceNow Specific Tasks (as assigned): - Communicating daily via email, teams, and phone with internal and external customers. - Daily reconciliation and manual check posting of Fintech bank drafts. - Validating invoice metadata in ABBYY (FlexiCapture). - Reviewing Laserfiche error folders daily to rectify issues for timely invoice approval routing. - Reviewing and approving Laserfiche assigned invoices. - Reconciling assigned vendor statements upon receipt. - Researching and entering validated vendor-submitted missing or skipped invoices. - Conducting invoice reconciliation. - Reviewing and approving employee expense reports. - Submitting Vendor update request forms through ServiceNow as necessary. - Assisting in resolving utility exceptions within Capturis. - Fulfilling any additional responsibilities as assigned and required.,