Senior Associate Accountant

Primary Purpose Of Position

The P2P Senior Associate Accountant primarily processes and reviews transactions including but not limited to PR/PO creation, Vendor Invoice management, outgoing pay run, invoice processing, vendor master data management, travel expenses processed by the junior staff in terms of their accuracy, completeness. They are also responsible to ensure quality service delivery and in a timely manner while adhering to standards, policies and procedures of the Surbana Jurong Group of companies and itssubsidiaries.

The Sr. Assoc. Accountant may also be assigned to enter or process transactions, troubleshoot errors, improve the existing process, and other duties as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and validate simple transactions entered in our system ensuring high accuracy of all entries, and compliance to established controls, accounting principles and policies.
• In coordination with supervisors and colleagues, investigate and resolve simple transactional issues as necessary.
• Prepare reconciliations of selected simple accounts and advise the Sr Accountant/Team Lead of issues on the reconciliation.
• Create and amend vendor accounts.
• Assist with audits by providing supporting records and documentation
• Performs preliminary checks and enters data for payment runs.
• Communicate with the stakeholders on matters concerning POs, invoices, and/or expense claims in a timely manner.
• Check validity and completeness of supporting documents presented by the stakeholders.
• Suggest process improvement initiatives and best practices
  
  
  

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.
• Relevant professional certifications is an advantage (e.g. CPA, MBA …etc.)
• Relevant experience in a Finance Shared Services or BPO is preferred.
• Experience in any of the following Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an advantage: (1) SAP MM/FI Module (required 2 to 4 years if assigned to SJ) (2) Epicor (3) Concur
• 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience in any of the following areas: (1) Purchase Order Processing (2) Vendor Invoice Processing (3) Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt (4) Intercompany Invoice Processing (5) Vendor Maintenance (6) Account Reconciliations (7) Payment Processing
• Intermediate knowledge in MS Office applications is an advantage.
• Able to collaborate with team members, internal clients and management.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills within a multi-cultural business environment.
• Good communication skills. Able to engage stakeholders in a conversation. Able to express ideas or point of views both in oral and written communication.
• Basic understanding of accounting principles.
• Ability to cope with ambiguity and change and maintain high level of professionalism when working under pressure