Associate

ITC Limited; South 24 Parganas; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

ITC Limited in India is seeking a Support P2P Lead to ensure accurate accounting, timely invoicing and effective vendor payments. The role collaborates with Finance and operations to settle liabilities, review statements and maintain master data in SAP.

Attention to SLAs and strong customer service are essential. The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance, at least 2.5 years of finance experience, SAP ERP proficiency and hands-on experience in procure-to-pay and accounts

Qualifications

• Ensures that daily activities within responsibilities are fulfilled properly and timely per Desktop Procedures and SLA targets.
• Responds to client/vendor queries in timely manner.
• Invoice processing is completed within SLA accurately and timely.

Responsibilities

• Support P2P Lead to provide services at expected levels with clear customer service and escalate exceptions.
• Interact with functional areas to ensure proper accounting, financial reporting and settlement of liabilities.
• Coordinate with local entities and outsourced activities for seamless service.
• Contact Vendors to facilitate payment, ensuring alignment with business partners.
• Manage blocked invoices, assess risk and propose actions with business partners and in compliance with policies.
• Manage direct debits and bill of exchange transactions with Reporting and banks.
• Perform Vendor Master Data Maintenance and regular statement reviews.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliation of allocated accounts and resolve overdue items.
• Support continuous improvement of services in quality and effectiveness with line manager and peers.
• Process credit card matters, travel requests, advances and expenses per Expense Manuals and flag non-compliance.

Skills

Client/vendor communication

English fluency

SLA compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/Finance

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

• Support P2P Lead to provide services at expected levels with a clear customer service and escalates exceptions, ensuring proper accounting of financial transactions.
• Interacts proactively with all functional areas to ensure appropriate accounting, financial reporting and settlement of liabilities are accomplished.
• Coordinate with local entities and outsourced activities to provide seamless service.
• Contact Vendors to facilitate payment, ensuring alignment with business partners.
• Manage blocked invoices, assessing risk and proposing actions in collaboration with business partners and in compliance with policies and procedures.
• Manage direct debits and bill of exchange transactions in collaboration with Reporting and related banks.
• Perform Vendor Master Data Maintenance and regular statement reviews, i.e. invoicing in collaboration with Commercial Operations.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliation of allocated accounts and ensure timely resolution and clean-up of overdue items identified.
• Support continuous improvement of services in quality and effectiveness in close collaboration with line manager and peer colleagues, isolates problem trends and ensures that troubleshooting efforts are completed for recurring problems until permanent solutions are found.
• Process credit card related matters (application, inquiries, dunning process on overdue balances on credit cards), travel requests, advance payment requests and expense reports in line with Company's Expense Manuals and flags any non-compliance in a timely manner.
• Responsible for all accounts payable administrative functions such as invoices matching purchase orders, obtaining approvals and entering the invoices in the accounting system.

• Support P2P Lead to provide services at expected levels with a clear customer service and escalates exceptions, ensuring proper accounting of financial transactions.
• Interacts proactively with all functional areas to ensure appropriate accounting, financial reporting and settlement of liabilities are accomplished.
• Coordinate with local entities and outsourced activities to provide seamless service.
• Contact Vendors to facilitate payment, ensuring alignment with business partners.
• Manage blocked invoices, assessing risk and proposing actions in collaboration with business partners and in compliance with policies and procedures.
• Manage direct debits and bill of exchange transactions in collaboration with Reporting and related banks.
• Perform Vendor Master Data Maintenance and regular statement reviews, i.e. invoicing in collaboration with Commercial Operations.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliation of allocated accounts and ensure timely resolution and clean-up of overdue items identified.
• Support continuous improvement of services in quality and effectiveness in close collaboration with line manager and peer colleagues, isolates problem trends and ensures that troubleshooting efforts are completed for recurring problems until permanent solutions are found.
• Process credit card related matters (application, inquiries, dunning process on overdue balances on credit cards), travel requests, advance payment requests and expense reports in line with Company's Expense Manuals and flags any non-compliance in a timely manner.
• Responsible for all accounts payable administrative functions such as invoices matching purchase orders, obtaining approvals and entering the invoices in the accounting system.

Requirements

• Ensures that the daily activities within Individual’s responsibilities are fulfilled properly and timely in accordance with Desktop Procedures and SLA targets.
• Responds to client/vendor queries in timely manner.
• Invoice processing is completed within SLA accurately and timely.
• India market AP experience preferable.
• SAP ERP experience must for the major part of candidate’s experience.
• Invoice Queries are raised in timely manner to vendors/client for resolution.
• Ensure the errors identified in concurrent audit are rectified in system in timely manner.

Requirements/ Ideal Candidate:

• Ensures that the daily activities within Individual’s responsibilities are fulfilled properly and timely in accordance with Desktop Procedures and SLA targets.
• Responds to client/vendor queries in timely manner.
• Invoice processing is completed within SLA accurately and timely.
• India market AP experience preferable.
• SAP ERP experience must for the major part of candidate’s experience.
• Invoice Queries are raised in timely manner to vendors/client for resolution.
• Ensure the errors identified in concurrent audit are rectified in system in timely manner.

Qualifications (Education/Experience/Certification)

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting and/or Finance only.
• Fluency in English both written and spoken.
• Minimum 2.5 years of financial experience for major company or division of large corporation.
• Previous experience in procure to pay or accounts payable preferred.
• Hands on experience in SAP must.