Accounts Payable Analyst

at  Inizio

Uniting the expertise and capabilities of Ashfield and Huntsworth Health, Inizio has just been launched to become THE strategic partner for health and life sciences companies. Unparalleled in scale and expertise, we connect a full suite of Advisory, Medical, Marketing/Communications, Patient and Stakeholder Engagement, and Biotech services to reimagine clients’ business challenges into opportunities.
We are a team of 10,000 experts working together in 35 countries to create something extraordinary. We exist to solve health challenges and develop transformational ideas that positively impact human lives. Working at Inizio offers an opportunity to work for a game-changing company built with one goal. That is to redefine health and life sciences by empowering our people to inspire new possibilities that advance health and build brighter futures.
Reporting to a Project Finance Team Lead who may be based in Yardley, US this is a global Project Accounts Payable Analyst role within the Finance Shared Services Centre (FSSC). Hybrid working arrangements are in place.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in the handover of processes between SSC team and local finance teams through Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) documentation, knowledge capture and knowledge transfer.
• Responsible for the creation of accurate client invoices in compliance with contract terms and billing schedule.
• Meet monthly & quarterly close calendar deadlines to ensure all billing is processed in a timely manner
• Reconcile activity on client accounts to understand historical invoicing against modifications of a contract
• Setup and maintain projects in ERP systems to support future invoicing and revenue accounting.
• Run and distribute project reports within agreed time frame, prepare final project reconciliations and close project records as advised by the customer.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to support the order-to-cash process
• Contribute to strategic continuous improvement initiatives in the organization and incorporate the changes as required.
• Promptly respond to information requests from internal and external stakeholders
• Comply with Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Ensure compliance with internal finance policies and external statutory regulations.
• Apply the company’s internal control environment (SOX or otherwise) to the Order to Cash function.
• Support a culture of high performance and collaboration with all stakeholders.
• Perform other duties as directed.

WHAT DO YOU BRING TO THE ROLE?

• Strong customer service focus with commitment to building professional, responsive, and effective relationships.
• Enthusiastic and pro-active approach; fosters collaborative working relationships in all situations.
• End to end Order to Cash & Project Finance process experience.
• Flexible and willing to work in a “hands on” manner to ensure that all tasks are achieved by the team on a timely basis.
• Possesses the ability to identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Deliver tasks in a professional and organised way, responsive to priorities.
• Able to assimilate large amounts of information quickly and interested in rapid learning.
• Ability to handle change effectively and deal with ambiguity.
• Strong analytical skills.