Accounting Assistant, Invoice to Pay (North America)

Responsible for day-to-day processing and payment of invoices in the Shared Service Centre (SSC), this role is part of the team responsible for providing timely and accurate payments to vendors  in  compliance  with  customer  requirements  as  stipulated  in  the  Service  Level Agreement (SLA), and under the direction of the Process Lead.  The Financial Analyst is required to adopt a customer focused approach in fulfilling all tasks related to the Accounts Payable (AP) function.

Responsibilities:

• Performing accounting transactions with required quality according to job description, instructions and tasks assigned by Team Leader

• Assisting with other clerical and work organization duties

• Performing other specific accountabilities as directed

• Proposing process improvements to increase quality and efficiency

• Creating and maintaining Operating Procedures for own process

• Adhering to service levels (SLA)

• Adhering to company policies and procedures. 

Requirements:

• Preferably accounting graduate or equivalent degree/work experience.
• Up to 1-2 years of finance professional experience especially in the field of accounting  processes.
• Good communication skills and customer orientation
• Effective knowledge of business English (oral and written skills)
• Knowledge of Service Recipient language according to Focus project requirement
• Good knowledge of PC usage, e-mail system, MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Ability to work with high accuracy and keeping the deadlines
• Has moderate proficiency in specific aspects of a process that has an intermediate level of complexity
• Completes work with a moderate degree of supervision and established procedures
• Demonstrates familiarity with client language, country and company culture, operating standards and procedures