Analyst, Accounts Payable

Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Patients are at the heart of what we do at Edwards Lifesciences. Our Finance teams work hard to optimize our current and long-term success and enable our ongoing strategy of innovation, leadership, and focus. As part of the team, whether providing analysis, forecasting, or reporting financial information, your application of accurate financial business practices will play a fundamental role in how we impact the quality of life for patients all over the world.
 

How you’ll make an impact:

• Applies professional expertise and judgment to support accounting activities and business outcomes.

• Ensure that AP invoice processing are complied with global and supplemental policies and reviewed in time.

• Verify if supporting documents for GR/IR process are sufficient and process them accordingly in time.

• Provide moderately complex accounts payable analysis including ensuring the accuracy of the suppliers’ data (e.g., financial data, tax filing status) or accuracy and timeliness of invoice processing.

• Lead and participate in projects (e.g, internal, external, year-end, and SOX audits) to support the overall objectives of the department or company-wide strategic initiatives.

• Identify, evaluate, and ensure the accuracy/completeness of the accounts payable accruals or any other reporting tasks to support the overall objectives of the department.

• Resolve complex issues to bring invoices or supplier set up issues to closure by collaborating with other departments or suppliers.

• Provide coaching and guidance to lower level employees.

• Develop and update process flows, policies and procedures, training materials for the assigned areas

• Perform detailed analysis of account balances to ensure accuracy and compliance with US GAAP and statutory adjustments as part of the overall accounting close process; establish rationale and justification for required adjustments to ensure critical reserves and accruals are appropriately stated.

• Identify accounting system deficiencies, recommend process improvements to provide timely, accurate and useful information to ensure accurate financial reporting and partner with systems group to drive required changes.

• Prepare fluctuation analysis for quarterly and annual audits for the purpose of presenting rationale and closing open issues and closing open issues with external auditors; ensure all SOX key controls are appropriately completed within area of responsibility; establish audit worthy evidence and documentation to ensure no significant audit deficiencies are identified by internal or external auditors.

• Maintain and update desk procedure documentation as processes change for efficiency

• Other incidental duties

What you'll need (Required):

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and ERP application (e.g JDE) and other AP systems (e.g., Coupa).       

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration with minimum of 3 years of working experience in Accounts Payable or any other accounting function preferably from Shared Services environment.

• Possessed team player qualities and takes initiative and ownership of assigned duties.

• Good communications skills both verbal and written in English. 

• Computer literate, competent in Microsoft office, and conversant in JDE system preferred or any experience with other ERPs.

• Strong problem-solving skills.       

• Ability to manage confidential information with discretion.       

• Ability to understanding of fraud risk and controls to mitigate against payment risks. 

• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across the organization to influence and achieve objectives.     

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Good analytical and problem solving skills

• Good computer skills in MS Office Suite including Excel required; integrated systems (e.g., JDE) preferred

• Excellent communication, interpersonal relationship, and negotiation skills

• Full knowledge of accounting concepts and principles

• Expertise in one or more functional areas and detailed knowledge of other areas impacted within the business

• Full knowledge in MS Office Suite including Excel and integrated systems (e.g., JDE)

• Strict attention to detail

• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels

• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment

• Must be able to work in a team environment, including the ability to manage vendors and stakeholders

• Ability to build productive internal/external working relationships

• Responsible for individual and collective team contributions.

• Ability to provide suggestions based upon knowledge and analysis.

• Ability to influence cross site activities.

• May schedule the work of or coach others.

• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control