Accounts Payable-Senior Associate

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Manila; On-site; PHP 3,690,000 - 5,535,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Re:Sources in Manila is seeking an experienced professional to support AU & NZ media agencies with vendor reconciliations, invoice matching, and discrepancy resolution. You will liaise between media teams and vendors to ensure accurate reconciliations and timely queries.

The role requires 6+ years in reconciliations and payables, a relevant accounting diploma, and strong Excel skills with excellent written and spoken Australian English.

Qualifications

• 6+ years or more experience in media reconciliations and payable environment.
• 2 years or more in a media industry organisation.

Responsibilities

• Accurately performing vendor’s statement of account reconciliations for set of assigned vendors within tight deadlines
• Ensure fundamental invoice checks are completed and/or request amendments where necessary.
• Accurately match vendor invoices to client bookings
• Raise variance account queries within applicable process timelines
• Follow up and resolve account queries within process deadlines
• Liaise with media teams and vendor counterparts to satisfactorily resolve disputed charges
• Always Follow all Resources MAP guidelines and procedures
• Help team members when necessary
• Support ad hoc project or work when required.
• Monthly high level and detailed review of media creditors reconciliations

Skills

Vendor reconciliations

Accounts payable

Excel knowledge

Communication

Australian English

Education

TAFE or Accounting Diploma

Tools

N/A

Job description

Company description

Publicis Re:Sources is at the core of Publicis Groupe, the world's largest communications company. We are the only full-service, end-to-end shared service organization in the industry, enabling Groupe agencies to do what they do best: innovate and transform for their clients.

Formed in 1998 as a small team to service a few Publicis Groupe firms, Publicis Re:Sources has grown to 6,000+ employees in over 55 countries. We provide technology solutions and business services, including finance, accounting, legal, benefits, procurement, tax, real estate, treasury and risk management, information security, and global mobility — supporting 110,000+ employees across the Publicis Groupe network. Our people are at the center of everything we do, bringing curiosity, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence to their work every day.

Learn more about Publicis Re:Sources and the Publicis Groupe agencies we support at publicisresources.com

Overview

This role supports Publicis Groupe’s AU & NZ Media agencies in fulfilling periodic reconciliations of large to small scale media vendor accounts.

The focus of this role is to perform accurate vendor reconciliations from vendor’s statement of accounts; match vendor invoices to booked media activity; recognise discrepancies, raise variance account queries and resolve in a timely manner; perform corrections to booking data when required; investigate and resolve historic errors in an efficient manner. Liaise between media agency and vendors to resolve discrepancies.

Responsibilities

• Accurately performing vendor’s statement of account reconciliations for set of assigned vendors within tight deadlines
• Ensure fundamental invoice checks are completed and/or request amendments where necessary.
• Accurately match vendor invoices to client bookings
• Raise variance account queries within applicable process timelines
• Follow up and resolve account queries within process deadlines
• Liaise with media teams and vendor counterparts to satisfactorily resolve disputed charges
• Always Follow all Resources MAP guidelines and procedures
• Help team members when necessary
• Support ad hoc project or work when required.
• Monthly high level and detailed review of media creditors reconciliations

Qualifications

Experience/Qualifications

• 6+ years or more experience in media reconciliations and payable environment
• 2 years or more in a media industry organisation

Knowledge

• TAFE or Accounting Diploma (or higher)
• GST, accounting practice Knowledge is desirable
• Australian media Industry Knowledge is advantageous

Skills (including technology)

• Strong communication skills in written and spoken Australian English preferable
• In-depth knowledge of reconciling to vendor’s statement of account balances
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel knowledge
• Timely follow up and resolution of discrepancies between vendor invoices and client media bookings
• Fundamental verification of invoice documents
• Superior investigative and problem resolution skills