Accountant I

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

• ACCOUNTANT I – ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SEAPerform accounting tasks related to the efficient maintenance and processing of accounts payable transactions. Produce monthly reports and assist in month end closing.Essential Functions
• Process accounts payable invoice matching and verification with purchase orders, delivery orders, and goods receipts to ensure accuracy and compliance with our strict standards.
• Ensure accounts payable invoices and expense claims are accurate, properly coded, and approved by the relevant cost center Manager.
• Generate electronic (online) payments to vendors, ensuring payment authorization and compliance with Corporate Policy and processes.
• Register new vendors to the ERP system and correspond with vendors to respond to inquiries, while also reconciling supplier statements.
• Clear and reconcile unallocated payments in the ERP system.
• Extract and prepare Concur claim reports for reimbursement to employees.
• Perform reconciliation on BOA statements for corporate card spending and expenses allocation, ensuring claims are submitted and approved in line with T&E policies.
• Ensure completeness of balance sheet schedules every month, including reconciliation of payments and preparation of account analysis.
• Monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date.
• Research and resolve invoice/GRIR discrepancies issues.
• Prepare journal vouchers and reconcile cash book entries, ensuring timely closing of AP module.
• Liaise with internal and external auditors, prepare audit schedules, and ensure compliance with SOX and statutory requirements.
• Support other related duties as required and/or assigned. As part of our finance team, you will be involved in supporting other related duties as needed, contributing to the overall success of our department.

Support projects on:

• End-to-end P2P Process Improvement, standardization on invoice processing and payment.
• PPI initiative on AP portal automation to reduce human collaboration required
• Identify opportunities to optimize processes and eliminate process inefficiencies and redundancies.
• Documentation of workflow and work instructions on new process upon implementation.
• Proficient with SAP ECC 6.0 & Syspro

Please refer the Job description for details