Lead Accountant I - P2P

Job Summary

The AP Lead Accountant I is responsible for managing Accounts Payable activities, including Vendor account management, dispute resolution, reconciliations, and month-end reporting. The role ensures accuracy, SOX compliance, and timely execution of AP processes while supporting continuous improvement and mentoring / Monitoring team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end AP processes including Invoice processing, Payments, IC Reconciliation, and account reconciliations, accruals, reporting.
• Daily/Monthly bank recon & weekly payment entry posting
• Maintain compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, SOX requirements.
• Investigate & resolve the unprocessed invoices issue
• Perform monthly AP reconciliations, including subledger V/s general ledger
• Maintain compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and audit requirements.
• Coordinate stakeholders and BU team to resolve Open GRN and In Transit invoices issue.
• Prepare aging reports, DSO (Daily sales outstanding) dashboards, unapplied cash reports, and collection trackers.
• Support team members to resolve the issue
• Identify trends in overdue accounts and recommend corrective actions.
• Identify gaps in AP processes and recommend improvements and AI automation.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs
• Experience in process improvement projects , AI automation tools
• Proficiency in MS Excel and other reporting tools.
• Good communication skills and teamwork
• Skills with Microsoft Navision will be a plus
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

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