Job Title:

Accounts Payable Senior Analyst - US

Summary:

In this role, you will partner closely with Treasury to support U.S. cash forecasting, including weekly and 13-week forecasts, while working collaboratively with the AP team in Bangalore to drive process improvements that enhance accuracy and efficiency. You will serve as the subject matter expert for key U.S. AP processes—such as Ariba, virtual cards, CASS/Telenium invoices, recurring payments, and Legal Tracker—while reconciling related accounts, leading KPI reporting, and ensuring compliance with U.S. tax regulations, including preparation of 1099 and 1042 filings.

You will also lead and support U.S.-based projects, including process improvements, system enhancements, and new technology implementations, partnering cross-functionally to improve end-to-end processes. In addition, you will provide training and guidance to U.S. employees and AP team members and collaborate with the Global AP Manager to design and implement processes aligned with U.S. requirements. This role requires a high level of independence, with the ability to self-manage priorities and deliver results while working with a manager in another region.

Please note that this role requires on-site presence five days per week, Monday through Friday.

Responsibilities Include:

1/ Cash forecast

• Prepare weekly and 13-week cash forecast for Treasury. Reconcile
• actuals vs forecast weekly and explain main variances. Identify areas
• that need to be improved to increase forecast accuracy.
• Coordinate with Commodity managers, AP team in Bangalore and
• Treasury, prepare weekly payment proposal list.

2/ Manage US specific AP processes:

• Manage year-end 1099 duties and 1042 requirements, partner with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with applicable tax laws. 
• Virtual cards for Citibank and Truist VPA: Manage virtual card systems and clear items. Be expert on virtual card systems and work with IT on any issues related. Work with Procurement and vendor to clear unprocessed cards.
• Reconcile Blackline accounts for Truist, Citibank and Consignment.
• Tellennium /CASS / Legal tracker: act as system expert, responsible to make sure system runs properly and follow up with IT /legal/ suppliers for any issues
• Recurring entries: set-up & maintain recurring entries for the US and make sure the approvals and amounts are documented.  Run Recurring entries on a Monthly basis and reconcile to open items currently on Recurring.
• BOD expenses as well as other ad hoc requests from Manager.
• Support internal and external audit.

3/ Projects for US, Process & training

• Identify any additional improvements and discuss future projects with management. Support Global AP Manager with global Digital Excellence Project.
• Identify and Manage US local projects or enhancements with Procurement, Tax, Vendor Mater Data, SIOP/Direct Materials, etc.
• Training, internal (new project with new process to AP) and external (PRPO or payment requestors from sites)
• Be connecting point with US local (not involve daily invoice process or inquires but process communication)
• Collaborate with Purchasing team to maximize the efficiency of the procure to pay process focused on insuring best in class available to pay metrics, paid on time, and increasing “first pass rate”.

4/ KPI’s and Reporting

• Prepare established KPI’s and reporting such as ATP report running for US, past due, park & block report, past due resolution report, QC Report, Ariba Report (failed invoices), etc.
• Work with manager to identify what KPI’s should be tracked, improve current ones or establish new KPI processes

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

The following are required for the role

• Bachelor’s degree in a finance or accounting-related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Over 5+ years’ experience in accounts payable, finance, or a related field, such as Procure-to- Pay

• Ability to extract data from source systems and manipulate it in Microsoft Excel

• Experience in a manufacturing setting

• Ability to learn new systems quickly