Accounts Payable Specialist

Duties will include but are not restricted to:

• Maintenance of Esker for automation of invoice processing
• 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
• Good working knowledge of SAP ECC6 is a must
• 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
• The ability to work to deadlines and on different shifts as applicable
•   A flexible approach and the ability to work on own initiative is essential.
•   A good team player
•   Ability to work in a Shared Service Centre environment for multiple companies from various countries 
•   Ability to cope with month end reporting tight deadlines
•   Ability to create and maintain a good working environment within the finance team independently manage actions and to resolve disputes
• Reporting to the AP Supervisor and interacting with Head of Accounts Payable SSC as needed
• Local Procurement teams for resolving blocked invoices
• Financial Controllers for the approval of payment proposals and bank payments
• Contact with vendors to resolve queries and validate changes to sensitive financial information

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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