Roles & Responsibilities
- Salary Range: Up to $3,600.00
- Contract Duration: 6 Months
- Industry: Lifescience Manufacturing (US MNC)
Essential Duties, Critical Success Factors, Responsibilities, Authorities and Required Interactions:
- Responsible for Accounts Payable function for Commercial entities.
- To obtain invoice verification and approval from respective departments on purchases and service rendered. Investigate and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues.
- Process invoices and payments for third party vendors, ensure full support attached and compliance to policy.
- Able to attend to queries, interact and correspond effectively to internal and external parties on AP related matters.
- Process staff claims payments timely, flag and clarify any unusual items to ensure compliance to policy. Liaise with various levels of associates on staff claim matters.
- Monitor payable accounts to ensure payments are up to date especially critical payroll and tax related payments.
- Ensure all payments submission and approval within the corporate treasury timeline.
- Process inbound and outbound intercompany recharge (AGIS) invoices from/to intercompany with proper approval and supporting documents.
- Post journal for Intercompany GIT, realized exchange for foreign currency payments, one-time payments and all other AP related transactions.
- Perform prepayment realizations, accrual for third party invoices and staff claims before month-end close.
- Prepare monthly payment forecast.
- Perform monthly AP confirmation with all inter- and intra-companies.
- Responsible for maintaining and reconciling AP sub-ledger and general ledger, month-end revaluation and balance sheet reconciliation for AP related accounts.
- Responsible for verification of new vendor setup/ update and ensuring compliance to SOX requirements.
- Provide support on month-end closing and ensure meeting deadlines.
- Assist SOX, internal and external audits on AP-related areas.
- Support automation initiatives, implementation and enhancement of work processes.
- To support and back up team members as and when needed.
- Other duties/ ad hoc tasks as assigned.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- Degree in Accountancy or Diploma in Accountancy with 3 years relevant experience.
- With 1-2 years of relevant experience in Accounts Payable.
- Ability to demonstrate and apply strong understanding in Accounts Payable.
- Experience in using Oracle or other Accounting systems will be added advantage.
- Ability to prioritize multi tasks and work independently with minimal supervision.
- With Continuous Improvement mindset, prepare and assist in ad-hoc projects as and when required.
- Ensure compliance of operations within area of concern with all relevant EHS regulatory requirement and the company safety policies, procedures and guideline
- Positive, multi-tasking, and good team player and be able to communicate effectively in a cross functional & cross regions environment.
