Accounts Payable Senior Accountant

• A good team player Impact and Scope: • 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 pro-actively solve problems • Ability to influence stakeholders • Ability to create and maintain a good working environment within the finance team, independently manage actions and to resolve disputes Key Internal and External Relationships: • 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 • SAP AP and Esker Super User • Processing Esker teaching requests • Maintenance of Esker for automation of invoice processing • Management of workload across the team to ensure all activities are undertaken on a timely basis • Leadership of Daily Accountability Meetings with team • Undertaking SES Green Belt Projects to improve process management • Receipt and processing of vendor invoices • Obtaining of approval of Non-Purchase 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 • 5-9 years of experience of Accounts Payable in a complex, international business • Bachelor s 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 • Experience of leading or implementing change to improve efficiency of the Accounts Payable Process • 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 (v-lookup, pivot tables) for data analysis • Numerate with accounting knowledge Well organized with strong task management skills Skills: Ms Office, Gst, Vat, Accounting, Sap Experience: 5.00-9.00 Years