Procure To Pay Analyst (Japanese Speaking)

Accenture Southeast Asia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Southeast Asia is seeking a detail-oriented P2P Analyst in Kuala Lumpur to manage supplier invoices and queries. You will pre-qualify requests, ensure accuracy, and track team performance within an Agile-like environment.

The role requires 2–3 years in Procure to Pay, SAP experience, and strong analytical skills. Local language proficiency in English and Japanese is a plus; on-site office-based duties apply.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in Procure to Pay with SAP.
• Experience in handling supplier invoices and payment processing.
• Strong written and spoken English; Japanese language skills beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Receive invoices and supporting documents from vendors.
• Index invoices and park in AP queue for processing.
• Process invoices in ReadSoft OCR or SAP.
• Perform three-way matching and resolve discrepancies.
• Escalate missing PO/SO/contract references to users for resolution.
• Post invoices for payment processing.

Skills

Procure to Pay

Analytical

Communication

Stakeholder management

SAP

ReadSoft OCR

English

Japanese

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Management, Accounting, Finance, Business or related field

Tools

SAP

ReadSoft OCR

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Understand the requirement and suggest appropriate way of handling supplier invoices.
• Act as one stop shop for various invoice processing related queries.
• Pre-qualify request by determining quality and completeness of request based on defined set of guidelines.
• Track and report team performance.
• Experience in managing within Agile methodologies is an advantage.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Training new joiners.
• Reviewing and updating process documents.
• Knowledge in operational excellence.

Main Accountabilities

• Understand the requirement and suggest appropriate way of handling supplier invoices.
• Act as one stop shop for various invoice processing related queries.
• Pre-qualify request by determining quality and completeness of request based on defined set of guidelines.
• Track and report team performance.
• Experience in managing within Agile methodologies is an advantage.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Training new joiners.
• Reviewing and updating process documents.
• Knowledge in operational excellence.

Process

• Receive invoices and supporting documents from vendors at a central location
• Index the invoices, and park in relevant accounts payable queue for processing
• Processing invoices in Read soft OCR or manually in SAP
• Perform a three-way match. In light of certain business complexities and exigencies the service provider is expected to tackle the following situations:
• Missing PO / SO / contract references – co-ordinate with users for returning the invoice to vendor for missing details
• Issues in call outs / GRN (Goods received not invoiced) / SES – Corroborate with responsible users and PSCM teams for clearing the pending invoices
• Process the NPO invoices and ensuring necessary approvals are available according to the business policies & processing T&E / Inter Company invoices in SAP ERP
• Post the invoice for payment processing

Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Management, Accounting, Finance, Business or any related field.
• At least 2-3 years of experience in Procure to Pay area, with working knowledge of SAP.

Working Dimensions

• Interact with clients – good verbal and written communication. Build and maintain relationships in a multicultural context.
• Capable of working independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to meet tight deadlines with focus on quality, results and timely delivery.
• Candidate will need to stretch during peak / critical service delivery periods and may require to work for long work hour.

Requirements

• Good interpersonal skills will need to be able to build relationships virtually.
• Good Procure to Pay knowledge.
• Analytical & Logical Reasoning
• Presentation skills.
• Working experience in SAP is an added advantage
• Experience in Microsoft office tools (Word, Excel and PPT)
• Excellent written and spoken English and Japanese language