Manager | Accounts Payable

Role:

This is a high impact & critical role within the Finance team, which entails components of Procure to Pay Cycle, Treasury, Banking Relationships, Vendor Master Data Management and Business Partnerships with Stakeholders.

An ambitious individual who can deal with ambiguity and is interested in working for a growth-phase company would be an ideal fit for the role. As an AP Leader your Responsibilities will be below: -

Key Responsibilities

Technical Competency:

Knowledge on Basic Accounting and Audit Principles, Accounts Payables Accounting particularly the local Tax Laws (Withholding tax, GST and VAT ) and Tax Compliance

Able to Prepare Accounting Entries accordingly to reflect actual day to day transactions.

Able to identify the erroneous document submitted when checking accuracy and existence of transactions.

Able to seek for documents as needed to ensure completeness and genuineness of transactions.

Able to make recommendations for adjustments as needed.

Experience in account payable function, Invoice processing, Vendor Query Handling, Payment Processing, Reconciliations and AP Accounting

Good understanding of AP function and accounting entries (Debit / Credit / General Ledgers)

Good Understanding of the TDS, GST and other Taxes as applicable.

Able to lead the process improvement to improve efficiency.

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities / Deliverables:

Maintain the Accurate Provisions / accrual entries (Non GRN Opex Provisions) Post taking inputs and clarifications from the BU spocs on Monthly basis to ensure all the expense are provisioned each month end

Maintain the Accurate Purchase (GRN Provision) On monthly basis post collating inputs from SCM and Procurement Teams.

Work Closely with the Accounting Team to ensure accurate Financial Reporting

Adhere strictly to the payments and accounting SOP laid down by organization from time to time.

Follow-up for resolution and closure of Invoice disputed / Rejected by Finance with the respective BU

Process disbursement to vendors based on reconciliation of invoices, Purchase Orders and receiving documents.

End to End compliance on the foreign remittance done

Overseeing and controlling the posting of all Vendor and Expense ledger entries

Partner with internal customers to educate and enforce account payable procedures, Policies and Internal Controls.

Implement SLA on all Payment processing, regularly monitors and Reports on observation of SLA via the Payment Monitoring file;

Prepare and publish timely monthly / Weekly / Daily reportsand trackers for Accounts payable as required.

Prepare Supporting documents needed for Internal and External Audits.

Knowledge on Tax Rules and Regulations:

Able to identify proper tax rules on corresponding transactions.

Able to plan and schedule task to be able to submit data related to tax payment / returns on time

Able to comply with tax regulatory in case of Online foreign payments.

Requirements and skills:

Proven working experience of 7+ years in Accounts Payables. Startup Experience is Plus.

MBA Finance with core experience in Accounts payable for 7-8 Years or CA with Core Experience in Accounts payable for 4-5 Years.

Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures specifically to Procurement (Capex / Opex)

Hands on Experience on TDS deductions, payments and TDS Returns.

Hands on Experience on maintaining GST data for the GSTR filing and payments thereof.

Exceptional Problem-solving attitude.

Experience with creating Financial MIS and Reports

Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process.

Experience Working on ERP (NetSuite / Oracle / SAP Tally etc)

Experience in Month end closing activities and AP closures.

Personal traits:

Exceptional Team Management skills: ability to manage a team of 5-6 individuals

Excellent communication & collaborative skills

A self-starter and problem solver

Pay attention to the details

High degree of ownership