Accountant AP & Banking Compliance

Reporting to the Finance Manager Risk and Compliance and Accounts Payable Manager, this role involves supporting the Accounts Payable function to process payments and related activities and liaison with banker for all bank related tasks detailed below, collaborating with the Entity management team, Entity controllers and Project controller for accurate bookkeeping and smooth functioning of finance operations.

Job Responsibilities:

Banking and Compliance
Liase with banker and internal team to understand the deliverables, assign responsibilities and close the deliverables from finance for each bank related tasks. (for e.g. Account Opening, Signatory changes, Change in business structure, KYC update etc.)
Prepare Internal documentation Obtain Consents/documents/Internal approvals as required.
Understand the requirements and Fill out Bank forms/declarations/documents for execution.
Liase with Legal/Finance team to review specific documents that may require special consideration (like Indemnities, Schedule of charges etc.)
Liase with banker for review and confirmation of all documents for execution.
Understand the signing requirement from banker and obtain confirmation.
Manage the signing requirement with the help of internal team and maintain documentation records.
Timely Communicate and follow-up for closure of bank related tasks.
Arrange and store all working files/documents as per internal records policy.
Accounts Payable
Member of the Accounts Payable team and will be primarily responsible for performing the sub processes in the Accounts Payable i.e. invoice posting, purchase order creation, payments, vendor master data management.
Investigates and resolves problems associated with processing of invoices, purchase orders and Invoice payments.
Preparation of Manul payment instructions and ensure timely payment processing while adhering to company policies and vendor terms.
Preparation of payment instructions on the Bank-portal adhering to company policies.
Ensure the vendor master including bank details is up to date and correct.
Lead the call back procedure with vendors if required while releasing payment.
Review the invoice trackers or historical payment data to avoid duplicate payments.
Ensure that vendor invoices are paid as per signed contract terms and conditions

Qualifications and Experience:

Excellent written and verbal communication is a mandatory requirement.
Graduate in Commerce or equivalent with 1-2 years of experienced Accounts payable (P2P) process.
Candidates with knowledge on corporate banking requirements are preferred.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks.
Experience working in the energy, power, utilities, industrial sector, with a good understanding of project life cycle from development, execution and to asset management an added advantage