Accounts Payable Senior Specialist

The Accounts Payable Senior Specialist is an important role in the Accounts Payable team to ensure the accurate processing and payment of vendor invoices and the operation of the related financial controls. The team uses the Esker Accounts Payable system to read all vendor invoices and integrate with SAP ERP system. The Accounts Payable Senior Specialist will focus on supporting particular internal customers and work closely with stakeholders to resolve queries and issues to ensure invoices are processed accurately and paid in accordance with the agreed terms.

Responsibilities:

• Esker Super User
• Processing Esker teaching requests
• Maintenance of Esker for automation of invoice processing
• Undertaking SES Yellow Belt Projects to improve process management
• Receipt and processing of vendor invoices
• Obtaining of approval of NonPurchase Order invoices in accordance with the Delegated Authorities
• Matching of invoice details to Purchase Order details
• Positive verification of vendor bank details
• Investigating supplier invoice queries
• Preparation of SAP Payment Proposals and upload to banking platform
• Review of aged receipts report (GRIR) for missing invoices
• Supporting Internal and External Audits
• Liaising with Purchasing teams for resolution of issues
• Clearance of AP related bank account reconciling items
• Reconciliation of vendor statements to SAP
• Review of Aged Accounts Payable and providing commentary and actions
• Monthly reconciliation of Intercompany Balances and accrual of missing invoices
• Monitoring of the Concur SAP Cockpit and resolution of issues
• Other AP activities as required

Qualifications :

• 57 years of experience of Accounts Payable in a complex international business
• Bachelors degree in finance or accounting
• Good working knowledge of SAP ECC6 is a must
• Good working knowledge of the international banking systems bank portals and foreign currencies
• Good working knowledge of VAT GST and other similar indirect schemes
• Experience of OCR technology for reading vendor invoices
• Experience of working within a Shared Service Centre
• Fast learner with the ability to pick up new systems and processes
• Great attention to detail
• Good communicator with fluency in business English (written and spoken)
• Knowledge of another foreign language is an advantage
• Excellent MS Office skills particularly Excel (vlookup pivot tables) for data analysis
• Numerate with accounting knowledge
• Well organized with strong task management skills

Additional Information :

With colleagues stretching across the globe we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our crossbusiness ERGs include Veterans Pride Network Black Employee Network Network and Neurodiversity. 

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Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits while helping engineer a better future. 

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