Located in India, this position will oversee the Americas’ Procurement, Accounts Payable, Disbursements and T&E back-office process along with the responsibility to manage projects and act as a system admin for the payment gateway under the ownership of the PTP Shared Service Center.

The role includes the management of offshore/nearshore resources in India. This also includes providing supervision to the contractors from our outsourced partner.

The individual will report directly into Global Procure to Pay Director within the Global Shared Services organization

Procure to Pay and Disbursement

• Act as a POC for the Americas business and controllership group
• Manage the process end to end

• Managed by the Outsourcing Partner
  • Vendor Onboarding
  • Purchase Order creation
  • Invoice Processing
  • AP approvals and issue resolution
  • Reporting
• In-house Activities
  • Disbursement (Including Help Desk)
  • Disburse/Approve payments on a daily/weekly basis in TRAX and bank portals
  • Coordinate cash forecast and payment releases with treasury
  • Research payment rejections
  • Month-end Accruals Support
  • Monitoring key controls and SLA’s
  • Manage SWIFT Administration

Reconciliation/Month-end Activities

• Bank Reconciliation support
• Certification of Reconciliation in the reconciliation tool
• Ensure AP reconciliations are in good health

Abandoned Properties, Tax and Audit

• File US Tax (1099 form)
• Manage end to end Abandoned Properties process including reconciliation, due diligence, state escheatment filing and write-offs

Ad-hoc Projects and Tech Expertise (Functional Expert)

• Support system change/enhancement implementation including UAT, communication and training
• Implement Amex Buyer Initiated Payment (BIP) levels
• TRAX enhancements and system issue fixes / liaison with TRAX external provider / developers (FIS)

• Excellent Communication skills
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Self-starter. Ability to work with diverse group of professionals
• Flexibility to display boundary less behavior
• Process vision to take the process to the next level
• Liaison with both internal diverse functional groups as well as third party providers
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business or Accounting preferred
• 12+ years of progressive experience in the field of accounts payable, preferably in a shared services environment
• Enthusiastic, proactive contributor who takes on tasks and brings them to prompt completion
• Shown ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines, and adjust priorities as necessary
• Proven strong administrative and organization skills; respect for confidentiality
• Strong organizational skills including the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and bring them to resolution
• A strong work ethic with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail; work with minimal supervision
• Experience working in a shared service environment
• Should be flexible to work in 3pm – 12 midnight shift.