Skill required: Procure to Pay - Invoice Processing
Designation: Procure to Pay Operations Assoc Manager
Qualifications: Any Graduation
Years of Experience: 10 to 14 years
What would you do?
This role plays a critical part in relationship with suppliers as it represents the first point of contact and information, helping stakeholders to solve problems and to make decisions. As a member of the Business Support Centre team (BSC/FSD) you are in charge of managing the relation with internal and external clients and understanding their requests as well as providing efficient financial services.
What are we looking for?
- Advance English skills – spoken and written
- Experience in Finance / Accounting department/Customer Service roles
- Good numerical and analytical skills
- Proficiency with Ms. Office (especially Excel and Outlook)
- Ability to handle high volumes of data entries with high accuracy
- Ability to meet deadlines, good time management
- Can help, teach or explain current process to others
- High attention to detail and problem‑solving mindset
- Able to manage and facilitate calls with CLIENT Suppliers
- Manage stakeholders with high professionalism and facilitate meetings and calls
- Engages & Inspires: demonstrate excellence in providing services to clients and communicate in a simple and clear manner
- Supports high performance teams: build efficient relations with teammates and other teams, show flexibility and positive attitude
- Provides guidance & sets priorities: maintain focus on key priorities, issue milestones that lead to fulfillment of targets and reduce complexity
- Previous client service experience; knowledge of foreign languages; fluency in one or several of: French, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Polish, Russian, Japanese, Indonesian
Roles and Responsibilities
- Act as a contact point for CLIENT suppliers, ensuring a high and constant level of service quality
- Responsible for Accounts Payable queries and questions from internal and external stakeholders
- Responsible for overpayment/wrong payment amount recovery from CLIENT suppliers
- Provide excellent customer service, build productive relationships, resolve complex issues and achieve win‑win outcomes
- Perform daily/weekly/monthly tasks as per agreed timelines: account reconciliations / balance of account; provide proof of payment / invoice status to CLIENT suppliers and CLIENT employees
- Focus on achieving and exceeding the targets of Operational KPIs (OLA Compliance Rate, First time resolution, Average time to resolve)
- Solid knowledge of Invoice Processing, Issue Resolution and Banking Ops activities
- Good command of SAP transactions used for providing resolution to suppliers; Cherwell tool; Payment Calendar and other Service Lines activities (Data Management, Procurement, GL)
- Ensure 100% adherence to internal controls in scope and data privacy
- Support the R2P Transformation agenda by contributing towards simplification & automation of the process and current ways of working
- Successfully plan activities and put them into action to ensure positive outcome of business‑as‑usual tasks (comply with the SLA of 8/16 working hours)
- Communicate at all levels and apply professional attitude
- High attention to detail considering the sensitive information provided (expected payment date, balance of account confirmation, proof of payment)
- Demonstrate problem‑solving attitude and ownership for actions assigned
- Ensure that process manuals are up‑to‑date and complete
- Grant support to the Business Support Centre Lead with the ad‑hoc tasks that involve complex analysis
Education / Qualifications / Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably with specialization in Accounting or Finance
- EU work permit – mandatory
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
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