A/P Analyst I jobs in Bangalore at Syniverse

High-Level Job Description

Responsible for resolution of PO issues, vendor contract review and comparison to invoices, invoice analysis, processing payment for invoices, submitting formal disputes with vendors and constant vendor interaction
Requires significant interaction with various internal departments to resolve payment and expense issues
Performs a wide range of analysis yielding both financial profit/loss data as well as business process improvement
Works on assignments that are moderately difficult, requiring judgment in resolving issues or in making recommendations

Duties And Responsibilities

Invoice Validation

Review and thoroughly comprehend vendor contracts and perform various pricing analyses for invoices
Reconcile invoices through research, internal and external written and oral communication and requires judgment in resolving issues
Perform a wide range of tasks to research non-standard pricing elements on vendor invoices, including accessing multiple systems to gather required information
Review network orders and inventory to validate the multiple pricing elements and reach out to Network Provisioning and other departments for validation of invoice charges as needed
Provide assistance to more junior staff and secondary review of complex invoice processing

Invoice Processing

Process vendor invoices in accordance with company policy to ensure check issuance/EFT and timely payment
Ensure all transaction properly coded with budget information for expense tracking
Process wire transfer payment requests
Prepare, track and validate vendor invoice payments through SAP

Vendor Disputes & Resolution

Perform research to resolve vendor disputes, root cause and propose process improvements
File disputes with vendors and track through dispute resolution. Participate in vendor meetings and conference calls as required
Responsible for monitoring GR/IR account in SAP and maintaining a reasonable balance

Stakeholder Management

Assist business owners with payment data requests. This often requires research and analysis.

Financial Reporting

Prepare month end accruals for financial reporting and internal tracking

Required And Desired Skills

Skills:

– Strong MS Excel, Word and Access skills
– Strong knowledge of finance and accounting principles
– Strong knowledge of telecommunications services
– General understanding of Wireless, Wireline telecommunications industry
– Ability to handle multiple priorities
– Requires the ability to recognize potential problems, develop appropriate solutions and make recommendations to management
– Customer focused with the ability to build strategic relationships within the organization and with all levels of the vendor organization
– Strong analytical, problem solving and control/follow-up skills
– Detail oriented

Language Proficiency: Fluent in English both oral and written skills
Technology Experience: SAP

Special Skills/Preferences

Telecom Industry experience preferred
Understand Procure to Pay process and financial control

Education/Experience Required

High school degree required; Associate’s or above preferred
1+ years’ experience

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. It is not designed to be utilized as a comprehensive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Additional Information

Proficient knowledge of Kofax/Readsoft preferred