Primary Purpose of Position
The Senior Associate Accountant (Procure-To-Pay) primarily processes and reviews transactions
including but not limited to PR/PO creation, Vendor Invoice management, outgoing pay run, invoice processing, vendor master data management, travel expenses processed by the junior staff in terms of their accuracy, completeness. They are also responsible to ensure quality service delivery and in a timely manner while adhering to standards, policies and procedures of the Surbana Jurong Group of companies and its subsidiaries.
The Senior Associate Accountant may also be assigned to enter or process transactions, generate
improvement ideas for the existing process, and other duties as required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and validate simple transactions entered in our system ensuring high accuracy of all
entries, and compliance to established controls, accounting principles and policies.
- In coordination with supervisors and colleagues, investigate and resolve simple transactional
issues as necessary.
- Prepare reconciliations of selected simple accounts and advise the Sr Accountant/Team Lead of issues on the reconciliation.
- Create and amend vendor accounts.
- Assist with audits by providing supporting records and documentation.
- Performs preliminary checks and enters data for payment runs.
- Communicate with the stakeholders on matters concerning POs, invoices, and/or expense claims in a timely manner.
- Check validity and completeness of supporting documents presented by the stakeholders.
- Suggest process improvement initiatives and best practices
Key Qualifications:
- Must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree in Business, Accounting or related field, any
relevant professional certification is an advantage (e.g. CPA, MBA)
- With more than 2 years of relevant work experience in areas such as purchase order processing, vendor invoice processing, employee expense claims processing, intercompany invoice processing, payment processing, vendor maintenance, or account reconciliations is an advantage.
- Intermediate knowledge of MS Office applications and a basic understanding of accounting
fundamentals.
- Experience in a BPO or Shared Service setting is an advantage.
- Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software or any financial reporting software is required, SAP or S/4 Hana is a plus.
- Basic communication skills. Able to relay basic oral and written information.
- Able to collaborate with team members, internal clients and management.
- Ability to cope with ambiguity and change and maintain high level of professionalism when working under pressure.
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