Main Responsibilities:
• Handling of all 3rd party vendor payment related activities including creating and processing payment proposal, manual payments, void/cancel payments, and reset cleared items and working exceptions;
• Prioritizes processing of invoices requiring immediate attention, including but not limited to utilities, freight, landed costs, customs duties, tax, etc.
• Data entry, capturing credit memos, prepayments, invoice plans and down payment requests
• Issue resolution - researches invoice, statement, and account issues, looking for over, under or unresolved payments
• Payments processing and controls to avoid payment issues
• Handling supplier account balance reconciliation including bank statement review, G/L recon, GR/IR recon, statement reviews, and open credits
• Meet the minimum target daily productivity set by the Accounts Payable Team Lead
• Resolving simple to moderate exceptions and handling inquiries from stakeholders such as Finance, Sourcing, Buying, Tax, etc.
• Follows a variety of clearly defined procedures under general guidance within Finance or Accounting areas;
• Ensures compliance to internal source-to-pay business rules and SOX controls
• Go-to person in his/her assigned country/ies, region (ie local Sourcing, local Sourcing, Buyers, etc. )
General Requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy or Business Administration, Finance, Economics or Management courses.
• 2-3 years experience within Finance or Accounting transactional activities
• Excellent communication skills, fluent in English (and any language if specifically identified in the position)
• Highly customer service and quality oriented mindset;
• Proficient research, analytical and problem solving skills;
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Knowledge of finance or accounting principles;
• Working knowledge of MS Office tools;
• Structured approach to effectively and efficiently planning own workload;
• Team oriented person who can focus on the details.