Skill required: Procure to Pay - Accounts Payable Process

Designation: Procure to Pay Operations Analyst

Qualifications:Any Graduation

Years of Experience:3 to 5 years

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What would you do

To ensure timely, accurate, and compliant execution of vendor payments by following business guidelines and defined schedules. The role involves validating payment proposals, coordinating with internal teams (Vendor Master, Banking, RTR), managing payment exceptions and refunds, and maintaining audit trails for quality and compliance. It also includes performing duplicate payment audits and root cause analysis to safeguard financial integrity and process controls. SAP knowledge along with good understanding payments runs for ACH, Wires, Check and EFT would be preferred. What are we looking for Educational ; Bachelor's degree in accounting / B.COM/M.Com/Business /Finance ERP Experience in SAP and/or Oracle will be an added advantage Ability to work under pressure in a dynamic environment Self-starter and innovation mindset Min 7-11 years of demonstrated work experience in managing 10+ analysts Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, related process domain expertise and experience, supervisory skills Proven experience in utilizing processes and tools to drive the reporting team in completing tactical tasks and meeting SLA delivery. Demonstrated understanding of stakeholder mapping (including other Accenture teams and Meta POC) and cross-functional interactions to facilitate comprehensive solutions. Ensure high-quality service delivery by managing critical points and enhancing the execution of individual tasks. In-depth understanding of root causes of potential problems and timely escalation of risks to the manager. Ability to guide the team in resolving out-of-DTP situations and solving complex issues under pressure. Collaborate to solve complex scenarios and inspire a proactive spirit within the team. Reliable and proactive approach to entrusted tasks. knack for thinking Smart. Adaptable, especially during month, quarter, and year-end closings. Fluent in English, both oral and written, to effectively communicate with clients and teams. Possesses exceptional business acumen to effectively guide the reporting team. Roles and Responsibilities:
Creating/validating payment schedule as per business guidelines for Wires, ACH, EFT and checks
Process vendor payment runs as per the defined schedule following parameters given in Desktop procedure
Managing bank portals for uploading statements and extracting statements
Process urgent payment in agreed timeframe availing all required approvals
Ensure quality review of the payment proposals. Ensure Prepayment and post payment validations are performed
Co-ordinate with Vendor master team to manage the invoices/vendor hold
Confirm Payment run is debited from the bank account
Ensure next payment runs is performed post bank reconciliation is done by RTR side
Co-ordinate with banking team to manage payment exceptions and vendor refunds
Generate payment remittance advice and ensure these are sent to the vendors on timely basis
Marinating relevant payment approval audit trail for audit and compliance purposes
Perform Duplicate audit check
Do the RCAs for duplicate or erroneous payment
Maintaining duplicate audit tracker until duplicate payments are received
Keep documentation update
Manage periodic audit
Ensure compliance to policies and procedure
Ensure adequacy of process controls being in place
Moderate to no travel depending on project involvement.
Flexible to shift timings ( Open for day and night shift )
Overtime and On-Call may be required.
Client holidays are observed