Manager Finance (SSC PTP) Americas

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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

What Youll Do on a Typical Day :-

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)

Back up for other geographies and Global T&E process management

What Were Looking For :-

• 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
• Bachelors 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

Location

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• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and more.

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• Wellbeing resources to support mental and emotional health for you and your immediate family.

• And much more!

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