Role: Associate, Account Payable (Mandarin Speaker)
Industry: Shared Service
Duration: 12 months contract - renewable subjected to performance
Working Location: Bangsar, KL. (Accessible via LRT)
Working Arrangement: 8AM to 5PM, Mon to Fri - 3 days working from office, 2 days WFH
Salary: RM 4000
Benefits: Statutory contribution + Leave entitlement + Medical insurance
Primary responsibilities of payments processing across APAC and EMEA to meet the SLA and KPI's applicable to the AP team, ensure high performance of timeliness, accuracy, and support for all types of payment processing, and weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly reporting for APAC and EMEA, while ensuring adherence to strong internal controls. The position is an integral member of the AP team.
Responsibilities
- Timeliness and Accuracy – Ensures operations timeliness and accuracy for AP processing of Payment Proposal, Payment File, Payment Template, Payment Tracker for all types of payment (Host to Host, Manual Payment, Foreign Payment, Employee T&E Payment, Advances Payment, Direct Debit Payment etc.). Investigates vendors payment status and remittance advice with effective communication with countries, vendors to resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Reporting – Participates and support in accounting closing or Month End Close (MEC) activities to meet deadlines, Internal/ External Audit, Performance Reporting & Analysis by creates and produces performance reporting and analytics for MEC.
- SLA and KPI – Ensures Controls, Compliance & Risk by recognizes importance of strong internal control and maintaining high standards of ethical conduct to maintains and compliance with AP approval Metric. Manages AP KPIs and ensures compliance with the SLAs.
- Process Improvement – Identifies areas of continuous improvement, work and manages on required solutions to ensures company policies and process flows/procedures are being adhered to AP best practice processes. To develop work plans on continuous improvement for APAC and EMEA toward industry, best practice including systems, technologies, and tools.
- Teamwork – Ensures Team Performance review related activities and accuracy of the entire AP process as it relates to vendor maintenance, purchase orders, goods receipt, invoices processing/receive, payment of invoices and communication with vendors and internal customers. Communicates all activities to SSC AP Manager and escalates important issues appropriate when required.
Key Attributes:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or related discipline. - completed.
- Language: English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin written and verbal communication skills.
- Capacity to solve problems independent through creative, innovative solutions, and challenge traditional methods of accomplishing tasks with Owners and Growth Mindset.
- Demonstrated strong team focus with clear communication and interpersonal skills
- Can-do and Right attitude driven individual with proactive, self-discipline, self-effort, and self-initiative.
- Knowledge of SAP, Concur, Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
