Title: Sr Accounts Payable Representative
ID: ACC00005247 Description
OBJECTIVE:
The key objective is to assist in the cost-effective and high performance of the P2P (Purchase to Pay) work streams within the Finance Operations function, in line with Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Thomson Reuters key objectives.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
The Senior Accounts Payable Representative takes responsibility and ownership to ensure the end to end delivery of the P2P service for their specified region or country or as assigned from time to time. Responsibility for handling day-to-day transactions processing, incoming calls and e-mail requests relating to the status of the end to end process for invoice payments, expenses and purchase orders. Ensures completeness of information in order to process supplier invoices, employees expenses and purchase orders. Provides problem resolution and queries relating to the P2P service including the support of internal customers in their use of P2P self service applications.
MAJOR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
- To work in any domain within the Purchase to Pay stream as assigned from time to time complying with the SOX and other qualitative controls
- Use SAP AP system to ascertain history of supplier and notes relating to work in progress with respect to query resolution for specific suppliers.
- Track payment runs to ensure supplier or employee requests are processed. Ensure employee expenses are reimbursed in a timely manner.
- To meet Service Level Agreement and productivity/cost targets.
- Work hand-in-hand with the India and Costa Rica transaction center to ensure the processing of transaction is supported and meets the Thomson Reuters SLA targets.
- In addition to the above mentioned tasks the jobholder may be asked from time to time to assist with other activities within the operation, to assure that the operation is providing service at all times. Small scale impact process changes can be implemented without consultation.
- Provide full support on new businesses integration in the region for P2P or as assigned from time to time.
- Training the business contacts on the systems used within finance operations and extensive training during new integrations for activities to be supported by business.
- Build relationships with key points of contact within the operation across the processes and other functions in order to maintain an understanding of the process context.
- Advocate & communicate the process standards to the business and ensure qualitative transformation.
- Assist and/or perform supplier statement reconciliations.
- In addition to the above mentioned tasks the jobholder may be asked from time to time to assist with other activities within operation, to assure that operation is providing service at all times.
Qualifications
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- Technical School degree required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years experience of working in a shared service center accounts payable environment is desirable but not essential.
- Excellent customer service skills and experience of telephone based support is desirable.
- Language skills required is English plus one; Spanish or Portuguese
- Aptitude for process improvement, attention to detail and ability to identify root cause of problems.
- Capability to become an SAP "Super-User"
- Good verbal & written communication skills
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Job: Accounting & Finance
Primary Location: Brazil-Sao Paulo-BRA-Sao Paulo-Av Nacoes Unida
Organization: Global Business Services
Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Shift: Day Job
Job Segments: Accounting, Accounts Payable, Business Process, Customer Service, Customer Service Representative, ERP, Finance, Intellectual Property, Legal, Management, SAP, Technology
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