Lead Financial Analyst (Accounts Payable Research)

Role Overview You will be responsible for creating a space for innovation and discovery, evaluating, creating, and testing audit intelligence tools, identifying gaps, edge cases, and improvement opportunities, and helping the product team refine and build better solutions. Key Responsibilities - Research & Domain Understanding: Study market trends, compliance norms, vendor terms, and invoice structures. - Tool Testing & Evaluation: Test the core audit platform using sample datasets and scenarios. Validate system outputs for pricing or contract mismatches, missed allowances or credits, and categorize inaccuracies. - Research & Documentation: Analyze vendor agreements, POs, invoices, and contracts. Provide structured feedback notes, suggestions, and improvement points. - Collaboration & Reporting: Work closely with the product team to explain issues, gaps, and edge cases. Offer recommendations to improve audit rules, UI flows, and output formats. Document findings clearly. Qualification Required Education: - Bachelor's or master's degree in Commerce, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field. Experience: - 3-5 years of experience in vendor reconciliation, invoice analysis, procurement/retail finance, recovery audits, or contract compliance audits. - Experience spotting financial discrepancies and leakages is essential. Skills: - Strong analytical and financial research skills. - Deep understanding of invoice structures, AP workflows, and 2-way / 3-way matching. - High precision and attention to detail. - Strong Excel/Sheets proficiency. - Good communication skills for documenting feedback. - Bonus: Experience with QA, SQL, or product testing.,