Accounts Receivable & Payable Specialist

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced, disciplined and organised Accounts Receivable Payable Specialist to be part of our finance team. You will report to the Manager AR/AP, and you will provide support to our AR/AP team in North America. You will include but will not limit to the responsibilities.

You will be reporting to Manager finance.

Responsibilities

• Process and enter accounts payable invoices promptly
• Receive completed vendor forms and set up new vendors.
• Review and processing employee expense reports in SAP Concur
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and approval processes
• Prepare Canadian PST filings
• Record bank payments promptly.
• Be a first contact to vendors and employees with invoice or expense reimbursement inquiries
• Contact important vendors to request that they update statements and reconcile balances.
• Can handle complex statement reconciliations; this is extremely important
• Track all active communications; bring them to the appropriate conclusion.
• Help with supporting system implementation and automation projects.
• Support the interim and final audit process to provide audit support.
• Will have to meet collection targets set by our company
• Will partner with the billing and sales department to understand the nuances of AR collections.
• Complete customer requests e.g. Bank forms, Supplier details
• Reach out to customers in a manner for collections
• Build customer relationships to speed up collection process
• Will handle complex statement reconciliations; this is extremely important
• Learn to navigate customer invoicing portals(Ariba, Coupa, Taulia)

Requirements

• At least 3 years of full-cycle accounts payable/ receivable experience
• At least a bachelors degree in commerce/accounting
• Previous experience working on SAP concur, Netsuite, Ariba, Coupa
• Collaborative Partner when working with internal and external parties
• Excel skills; experience with lookups, pivot tables essential.
• Experience with ERP systems (Concur, NetSuite)
• Previous experience working in shared services for an MNC
• Experience managing large volume of transactions
• The skills to work and solve issues independently
• Experience working in a global environment.