Finance Assistant

Are you ready for a new beginning?

We need your talent, knowledge and dedication to better our world with biology.

Our purpose points the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless.

We’re here to better our world with biology.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Invoice postings in SAP or another ERP (all kinds of incomes and outcomes invoices).
• Analysing taxes and accounting details.
• Vendor payments.
• Performing Vendor and Customer Refund Reconciliation.
• General ledger clearing on daily basis.
• Clearing Vendor open items and follow up on debit balances.
• Sanity checks on the trail balance.
• Sanity check of duplicate invoices.
• Periodic check on internal controls and compliance.
• Proactively sending reminders for approvals.
• Reaching out vendors and LoB for late arrival of Invoices.
• Updation the required trackers and maintain data sanity.
• Quality check of the invoices.
• Preparing KPI reports and other month close reports.
• Monitoring and handling vendor queries mailboxes.
• Knowledge of VAT/GST/HST and Withholding Taxes.
• Ensure all tasks are completed with good quality within the time stipulated against each of them.
• Ensure all mails on shared mailboxes and all other queries are answered within the time stipulated under the SLA or as agreed within the department.
• Ensure that all issues/errors/improvement ideas raised by internal stakeholders are addressed on priority.
• Gr/IR Reconciliation.
• Exception Invoice handling such as utilities and other urgent invoices.
• Vendor query resolution and Adhoc work management for client.
• Any other task as assigned by the LOB/Manager.
• Handling of vendor and client calls.

Global Accounts Payable-Skills

• Knowledge of posting of PO and Non-PO Invoices.
• Excellent knowledge on SAP and Datasul.
• Vendor payments.
• Knowledge of posting Energy invoice.
• Accounting Knowledge.
• AP to GL reconciliation.
• GR/IR reconciliation.
• AP module clean-up reconciliation
• Month close activities such as Bank reconciliations, accruals postings and others.

Qualification and Work experience

• Degree/PG in Accounting/Finance or basic knowledge of accounting with 70% aggregate.
• Proficiency in Microsoft office tools such as Excel, Power point
• SAP Vendor Invoice Management System

• English is a plus.
• Proficient in Analytical skills.
• Accountability and proactiveness.
• Excellent attention to details.
• Effective time management.
• Problem solving mindset and critical thinking.
• Stakeholder management and customer orientation.
• Ability to work efficiently in a team are critical skills in an ever-changing industry.
• Flexible to work in different shifts and flexibility as regards timing specially around important deadlines.

Could our purpose be yours? Then apply today!

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