Project Associate - Accounts Payable

Type of Employment: Fixed-term contract

Purpose: To process invoices and respond to vendors and stakeholders inquiries timely and accurately.

Primary Accountabilities:

• Process invoices in accordance with standard procedures set out  in the standard AP Work Instruction as well as in the agreed-upon country specific guidelines;
• Ensure that all inputs are correct prior to completion or posting of invoices to avoid re-work;
• Have enough knowledge on withholding taxes, VAT and other tax related codes and transaction codes necessary to process the invoice correctly or respond to vendor inquiries;
• Understand and operate effectively applicable SOX and business controls;
• Investigate queries raised by stakeholders;
• Exercise diligence in reviewing and unblocking invoices;
• Respond to vendor inquiries in a polite and helpful manner;
• Ensure delivery within agreed global and local performance metrics;
• Identify opportunities for process improvements in assigned and related tasks.

Dimensions:

• Processing of approx. 20,000 invoices a month spanning up to more than 50 operating units and several ERPs including GSAP, SERP, SAP EP Blueprint, Legacy SAP, JDE and Sun

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration preferred; CPA
• Experience in a similar role is preferred but not required;
• Possess basic Financial Accounting knowledge;
• Experience of customer relations management for Vendor Help Desk role;
• Good English communication skills;
• Good in problem solving and has critical thinking skills;
• Ability to work under tight deadlines;
• Computer literate - knowledge of SAP application and other Microsoft software is a plus.
• Willing to work on either day/mid/night shift schedule

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