Deputy Manager - PROCURE TO PAY

IBM; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM India Private Limited in Chennai is seeking an Assistant Manager – Procure to Pay (P2P) to oversee vendor master management, invoice processing and payment reconciliation within the IBM BPO and Consulting ecosystem.

The role requires a commerce graduate with 6+ years in accounts payable, strong MS Office skills, and proven ability to resolve invoicing queries while ensuring adherence to client SLAs. You will work in shifts and coordinate with multiple stakeholders to enable timely payments.

Qualifications

• Commerce graduate with 6+ years of experience in Accounts Payable.
• Experience in invoice and vendor management along with resolving queries, and Invoice reconciliation.
• Proven work knowledge to manage payment reporting and reconciliation activities.

Responsibilities

• Vendor master creation, changes, verification, and cleansing.
• Identify duplicate records for the Vendor Master Maintenance.
• Prioritize processing of urgent/ageing invoices.
• Recording of Invoices both Purchase Order Based and Non-Purchase Order Based (Un-supported Invoices).
• Coordination with various stakeholders, obtaining coding, approval and resolving issues around blocked invoices. Ensuring payment and expense entries are posted in accounting software on a timely basis.
• You will handle manual and automatic payment requests.
• Processing of travel and expense claims, payments, duplicate payment resolution and recovery and verifying and running payment proposals.
• Handling queries for vendor statement reconciliation through calls and emails.
• Adhere to client SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and timelines.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Vendor management

Invoice reconciliation

Query resolution

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting embraces long‑term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. In this role, you will work for IBM BPO, part of Consulting that, accelerates digital transformation using agile methodologies, process mining, and AI-powered workflows.

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting embraces long‑term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. In this role, you will work for IBM BPO, part of Consulting that, accelerates digital transformation using agile methodologies, process mining, and AI-powered workflows.

You will work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including IBM Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be supported by mentors and coaches who will encourage you to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in groundbreaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long‑term career growth and learning opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As an Assistant Manager – Procure to Pay (P2P), you are responsible for invoice processing, vendor master management, Query resolution, indexing and Invoice reconciliation. You should be flexible to work in shifts.

Your Primary Responsibilities Include

• Involved in Vendor master creation, changes, verification, and cleansing.
• Identify the duplicate records for the Vendor Master Maintenance Invoice receipt, verification, and processing accurately.
• Prioritize processing of urgent/ageing invoices.
• Recording of Invoices both Purchase Order Based and Non-Purchase Order Based (Un-supported Invoices).
• Coordination with various stakeholders, obtaining coding, approval and resolving issues around blocked invoices. Ensuring payment and expense entries are posted in accounting software on a timely basis.
• You will handle manual and automatic payment requests.
• Processing of travel and expense claims, payments, duplicate payment resolution and recovery and verifying and running payment proposals.
• Would be involved in handling queries for vendor statement reconciliation through calls and emails.
• Adhere to client SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and timelines.

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Commerce Graduate with a minimum of 6+ Years of experience in Accounts Payable.
• Experience in invoice and vendor management along with resolving queries, and Invoice reconciliation.
• Proven work knowledge to manage payment reporting and reconciliation activities

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Proficient in MS Office applications.
• Ambitious individual who can work under their direction towards agreed targets/goals.
• Ability to work under tight timelines and be part of change management initiatives.
• Proven interpersonal skills while contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Enhance technical skills by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications etc.