Accounts Payable Specialist

Marsh; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Marsh in Pune is seeking a Specialist Accounts Payables professional to run day-to-day AP operations, ensuring controls and compliance. You will become an expert in account payables while supporting a cross-functional team.

You will review payment requisitions, ensure approvals, handle third-party requests, process cash entries, and post to ledgers, collaborating across geographies in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant Accounting degree.
• 3–4 years of experience in accounting.
• Prior experience in similar roles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to show initiative and contribute to continuous improvement.
• Proficiency in MS Office, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint.
• Active team player with ability to work across geographies.
• Openness to new challenges and willingness to undertake additional responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day AP operations and ensure controls/compliance.
• Become an expert in accounts payable processes.
• Review payment requisitions and highlight items for review by Accounting Ops Manager.
• Ensure appropriate approvals and supporting information are attached for sanction checks.
• Review urgent payment requests and details.
• Conduct additional checks for third-party payment requests per guidelines.
• Ensure payments are posted before settlement due date or offset as needed.
• Send payment request for authorization after checks are complete.
• Receive payment confirmations and store reports in DMS.
• Send settlement advice to trading partners and store copies in DMS.
• Check entries for uniqueness and exclude inappropriate ones with reasons.
• Resolve exceptions with Treasury/banking partners if required.
• Create credit advice for each cash entry and assign ledger codes.
• Assign AO Staff Accountant for cash matching and ledger reconciliation.
• Identify ledger/cash matching gaps and assign accordingly.
• Post cash to identified ledgers.

Skills

Accounting

Attention to detail

Communication

Initiative

Adaptability

Team player

Education

Accounting degree

Tools

MS Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

MARSH Specialist Account Payables

Location: Pune

What can you expect:

• The Specialist Accounts Payables is responsible for running day-to-day AP operations, ensuring controls/compliance.
• The role is expected to become an expert in account payables.

We will count on you to:

• Review the payment requisition report and highlight entries which need Accounting Ops Manager to review manually
• Ensure appropriate Business approvals & supporting information have been attached in case of sanction check scenario
• Review urgent payment request and corresponding details
• Conduct additional checks for third party payment requests and take appropriate actions as per Controllership / Compliance guidelines
• Review details and ensure appropriate approvals / information has been shared for payments being made before settlement due date or are being offset against due payable or will result in Marsh funding
• Send payment request for authorization once all required information has been obtained and relevant checks have been completed for requests which required manual review
• Receive payment confirmation details including transaction reference details and store report in DMS
• Send settlement advice details to the trading partner and store copy in DMS
• Perform checks to ensure the statement is unique (has not been processed previously) and identify entries to be excluded from the report for processing with reasons
• Review entries excluded for processing and take appropriate actions to resolve exception (For e.g. requesting Treasury to liaise with Banking partners if required)
• Review each individual cash entry and create credit advice (cash receipting voucher)
• Identify and assign the account ledger and the respective AO Staff Accountant for cash matching of each entry
• Review scenarios where ledger account code & cash matching technician has not been assigned and identify the appropriate ledger code / cash matching technician
• Mark entry as unidentified and post in unidentified cash ledger account where ledger code & cash matching technician remains unassigned
• Post cash in the respective ledgers for identified and assigned accounts

What you need to have:

• Any relevant Accounting degree
• 3-4 years of experience in accounting
• Prior experience in working in similar roles
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to show initiative and contribute to a continuous improvement environment.
• Proficiency in MS Office, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint.
• Active team player with the ability to work across geographies.
• Openness to new challenges and willingness to undertake additional responsibilities.

What makes you stand out:

• Prior working experience in Insurance Sector.
• Prior experience in Accounts Payable

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit corporate.marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X. Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, caste, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one anchor day per week on which their full team will be together in person.