Accounts Payable Specialist

Key Accountabilities:

Accountable for ensuring accurate and timely recording and payment of all third party supplier invoices while ensuring adherence to policies and procedures in the drive for exceptional service, operational excellence and compliance.

Review and analyze aged open items in the AP ledger.

Investigate and resolve discrepancies, duplicate payments, and unmatched invoices.

Coordinate with internal departments and vendors to clear aged items.

Enforce compliance with the Balance Sheet Integrity/ Reconciliation standard; accurate and timely reporting to Internal Control on ledgers for which the team is responsible

Manage and coordinate the reconciliation of the relevant systems to ensure they balance and that any discrepancies or variations are investigated and corrected

Work with relevant Internal Control team to maintain controls currently owned within the team and facilitate internal and external audit review

Implement best practices for the expense process and proactively identify, propose and implement continuous improvement opportunities.

Regularly track and resolve outstanding issues that have been escalated, or further escalate to the necessary parties.

Expectations

Thorough knowledge in Accounts Payable Process.

High level of familiarity with the systems used in order to maintain and reconcile the relevant system to ensure it balances correctly.

Liaising with vendors and colleagues in different time zones and potentially in different languages requiring rigorous coordination between teams.

Supporting team members who are servicing different vendors in various geographical locations and using different systems.

Working hours (ANZ/ASPAC/UK/Europe/US shift) to support Business Partners.

Essential Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in accounts payables payment operations Mindsets

• Own your success - Accountable for delivering innovative business outcomes; Seeks opportunities to improve and digitize process delivery; Adheres to safe and ethical work practices

Job Type: Contractual / Temporary
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: ₹70,000.00 - ₹100,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Pune, Maharashtra: Reliably commute or willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (Preferred)

Experience:

• Accounts payable: 7 years (Required)
• Financial concepts: 7 years (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)

Work Location: In person