Accounts Payable Analyst (6 months contract)

Puma Energy; Mumbai; On-site; INR 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Puma Processing Services LLP (PEPS) in Mumbai manages accounts payable for Puma Group across Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific. The role encompasses end-to-end AP processing, documentation, and supplier communications within a growing offshoring setup.

The candidate should have accounting experience, strong numeracy, and excellent communication skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Office and a proactive, self-starting approach.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent required and accounting exposure.
• Demonstrable numeracy skills are essential.
• Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
• Self-starter with proactive approach to tasks.

Responsibilities

• Account Payable Management.
• Ensure supplier payments processed in system per group DOA and processes.
• Prepare documentation to ensure supplier payments are made.
• Address supplier queries.
• Perform supplier account reconciliations.
• Administer supplier documentation.
• Post supplier/expenses entries.
• Follow up on payments with Treasury/Cash Analyst & Banks.
• Ensure payment allocations and clearances are done in the system.

Skills

Numeracy skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Self-starter

Education

Degree educated or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Company:

Puma Processing Services LLP (PEPS) established in Year 2018, represents Puma Energy's first captive offshoring unit and is based in Mumbai, India with over 200 employees. PEPS provide the Puma Group a key advantage of centralising its core competency in services at one location and allows the group the ability to scale size to increase volumes in key areas. PEPS manage mid office and back office activities for Puma Businesses across all its business verticals like Retail, B2B, Aviation, and also enabling functions like IT & Corporate. It serves the countries which are a part of the Africa Continent, Middle East and Asia Pacific and further extends the support to the Puma Group in Geneva for its core activities.

PEPS currently supports the Puma Group through the following main departments

• 1. Finance


• 2. Business Support Management (BSM)


• 3. HRSS &


• 4. IT

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Account Payable Management

• Account Payable Management


• Ensure all payment are processed in the system according to the DOA of the group and according to processes done by the group


• Preparation of documentation to ensure Supplier payments are made


• Assess queries from Suppliers


• Supplier account reconciliations


• Administration of supplier documentation


• Posting off supplier/expenses accounting entries


• Follow-up on payment done by the group with Treasury / Financial Cash Analyst & Banks


• Ensure allocation of payment and payment clearance is done in the system

Experience

• Degree Educated or equivalent


• Accounting Experience is mandatory


• Demonstrable numeracy Skills


• Good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex information


• Microsoft Office proficient


• Self-Starter

Reporting Structure

• Mumbai Accounts Manager - Direct report


• Functional dotted line reporting into Africa SME/specialist.