Account Payable Lead

Kent Plc

Mumbai

On-site

INR 900,000 - 1,500,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and comprehensive
Employee Assistance Program
Inclusion & Belonging Program
Health insurance
Brand with 100+ years
Great Culture
Safety-first culture
Opportunity to contribute to large,全球在
Global energy projects

Job summary

Kent is looking for an Accounts Payable Lead to join our team in Mumbai, India. If you have strong experience in accounts payable, invoice processing, vendor management, reconciliations, and leading AP operations, we'd love to hear from you.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a global engineering and project delivery company, working with a collaborative team on challenging international projects.

Qualifications

  • University Degree in accounting or semi qualified.
  • Experience working in a corporate 6-10 year.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure creditors ledger operates accurately and creditors are paid on time.
  • Follow accounting policies to ensure good practice for payments.
  • Responsible for timely processing, query resolution and payment of AP invoices.
  • Manage daily volumes / queries from PO with targets.
  • Review, reconcile and analyse GL accounts related to AP.
  • Coordinate with auditors to complete audits and respond to queries.
  • Assist with monthly reconciliations and month-end close.
  • Identify opportunities to implement automation and process improvements.

Skills

Accounts payable
Invoice processing
Vendor management
Reconciliations
AP operations leadership

Education

Accounting degree
Semi-qualified accounting

Job description

About you:

Join us. Unleash your energy within.

If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we’re the team for you. We’ve created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.

We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.

We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.

We’re a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process.

Our purpose and beliefs:

As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.

It’s the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:

  • We PLAY BIG
  • We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY
  • We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE
  • We are built on INFINITE THINKING

Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us :

Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:

We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We’re heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.

Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.

Job Description

About the Job:

Kent is looking for an Accounts Payable Lead to join our team in Mumbai, India.

If you have strong experience in accounts payable, invoice processing, vendor management, reconciliations, and leading AP operations, we'd love to hear from you.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a global engineering and project delivery company, working with a collaborative team on challenging international projects.

Skills and Responsibilities:

  • To ensure that the creditors ledger is operated accurately, efficiently and to agreed timescale and ensure that the creditors are paid accurately and on time.
  • Following accounting policies and procedures to ensure good practice for making payments.
  • Responsible for Timely Processing, Query Resolution and Payment of AP invoices.
  • Manage daily volumes / queries relating from PO by meeting/ exceeding process targets.
  • Review, reconcile and prepare analysis for GL accounts related to AP.
  • Coordinate with auditors for completing audit & resolving audit queries.
  • Assist with monthly reconciliations and month end close process.
  • To be responsible for month end processes, ensuring that monthly reconciliation of AP Control Account General Ledger.
  • You will look at the opportunities to implement Automation and Process Improvement to make the processes more standard and efficient

Assist with as-building deliverables. In addition to the responsibilities listed herein, the employee may be required to perform other ad-hoc tasks as needed or directed by the supervisor or management. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the dynamic needs of the organization, ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development.

Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience:

  • University Degree in accounting or semi qualified.
  • Experience working in a corporate 6-10 year

Communication:

  • Excellent oral and written communication and skills
  • Strong coordination, communication, and problem-solving skills

Behavior/ Core Competencies:

  • Leadership, Decision Making & Delegation
  • Teamwork, Coordination, Planning and Organizing
  • Flexibility / Adaptability
  • Business Acumen, Client Focus
  • Training and Mentoring & Innovation
  • Working as per the Quality and Safety requirement & Standards.
  • Cultural sensitivity and ability to work in a global, multicultural environment.
  • Flexibility in working hours to accommodate different time zones.

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HSSEQ:

The Employee shall observe the Health, Safety, Sustainability, Environment and Quality rules of the Company; it’s clients and the governing authorities of the host country.

  • Candidate should contribute to creating a workplace where everyone feels compelled to intervene whenever they observe an unsafe act or condition to ensure that everyone goes home safe and well and the environment is preserved in the successful operation of our business.
  • Candidate should maintain the HSSEQ management system, and the tools required to implement it

Details about the role:

Relocation required: Not Required

Contract type: Permanent

Why Join us?

  • Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Inclusion & Belonging Program
  • Health insurance
  • Work for a brand that's been in the industry for over 100 years
  • Great Culture
  • Safety-first culture with a collaborative and supportive team environment
  • Opportunity to contribute to some of the largest and most impactful projects in the global energy sector

We foster an environment where you are challenged professionally and empowered to take the lead on your career development with the support and guidance of our Leaders. We’re committed to making sure that every single person uses their time with us to gain valuable experience and skills for their future, so why not pursue your career with us today!

Job Info
  • Job Identification 6502
  • Posting Date 07/16/2026, 07:06 AM
  • Apply Before 08/28/2026, 07:06 AM
  • Job Schedule Full time
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