Lead Analyst Accounts Payable ( procurement)

Position Name

Lead Analyst Accounts Payable

Organisation Name

Wipro Blackstone COE

Description

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Job Description

 

Job Title:  Lead Analyst/Senior Analyst - Accounts Payable

Business Unit  : WCM

US Shift

      Location:  Bangalore, India

Wipro is seeking an Lead Analyst for the Accounts Payable (WCM) - Bangalore Location.

Key Responsibilities:

·         Responsible for day-to-day AP processes within US region.

·         Invoicing, query handling, vendor management, pay run, rejections, reporting

·         Work with Blackstone leads within the various countries to identify needs and areas for improvement

·         Support internal users and vendors with the use of Coupa to process invoices

·         Support global AP processes as required

·         Must have experience working with Asia invoices and local country requirements

·         Experience with Oracle Cloud is a plus

·         Logging all invoices upon receipt and monitoring their progress through the payables process

·         Reviewing invoices to ensure they contain the necessary information for accounting and payment

·         Preparing reports to various finance teams based on data in Coupa, including review of outstanding payables, vendor spend, and invoice volumes

·         Identifying anomalies in invoices/payment cycles and flagging them to management

·         Responding to queries about invoices that have been processed or are in-process

·         Ensuring that relevant internal controls are maintained and adhered to

·         Continually identifying ways to improve accounts payable process flow

Routine constituents:

·         Work with rest of the COE team and Treasury to process invoices, issue payments, and support user queries/mailbox

·         Interaction with global based corporate finance team to discuss vendor queries, coding of invoices, volume of payables and feeds to downstream systems, including systems issues

·         Follow-ups with treasury team to complete certain payments and review banking details

·         Open channel of communication with other employees supporting vendor risk, accounts payable, treasury and finance operations to ensure “best practices” are shared

·         Ad-hoc interaction with the Accounts Receivable departments of service providers

·         Discussions with administrative assistants around the region regarding the status of approvals or inquiries from vendors

Desired Candidate Profile:

·         Postgraduate with 6-8 years of experience in an account payable role within a multinational company

·         Accounting degree, although does not necessarily need to be a chartered accountant

·         Experience with a large Enterprise Resource Planning system such as Oracle or SAP, and ideally experience using the Coupa or Ariba procurement platforms

·         Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including use of pivot tables and lookup’s

·         Detail-oriented

·         Strong written and oral communication skills

·         US Shift – 6 PM to 3.30 AM (IST)

Location

Bangalore