Accounts Payable Clerk

at  AMCOR

Accounts Payable Clerk
Location:Bristol, GB
Function: Finance
Part-time or Full-time: Full-Time
Job Type: Employee
Workplace type: Hybrid

JOIN AMCOR AND YOU CAN BE PART OF THE TEAM THAT MAKES THE PACKAGING OF THE FUTURE BETTER FOR PEOPLE AND OUR PLANET.

Here at Amcor, we work together every day to make a positive impact on the lives of millions of people across the globe by providing packaging for essential products, including food, beverages, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal care. We are sustainability leaders in our industry, and we were the first global packaging company to commit to making all our products recyclable or reusable by 2025. In addition, our products play a vital role in a circular economy as we are working toward 30% recycled material across our portfolio by 2030, and we are one of few packaging companies committed to using science-based targets and achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
We are always looking for talented and passionate individuals who are motivated to make a difference. Working at Amcor means you will have a unique opportunity to be a part of an organization that is committed to innovating and driving new solutions to create more sustainable packaging solutions.
To find out more about our commitment to sustainability and about Amcor, visit www.amcor.com I LinkedIn I Glassdoor I Facebook I YouTube

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• Formal Qualifications and Experience
• Experience of working within an Accounts Payable team desirable
• Experience in a shared service environment desirable
• Specific Skills and Abilities
• Good working knowledge of SAP-S/4 Financial Applications and computer tools
• Knowledge of International - Accounting Standards desirable
• Excellent customer service skills and experience of telephone-based support (desirable)
• Good knowledge of computer tools (esp. Microsoft Word and Spreadsheets)
• Language skills – English (fluent), additional languages considered an asset
• Good problem solving- and analytical skills
• Ability to support process improvement through strong attention to details
• Ability to undertake multiple tasks at the same time without losing focus
• Good interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing with internal and external stakeholders
• Self-motivated, organised and structured, able to manage workload and multiple, changing priorities
  Proactive, enthusiastic, a positive attitude towards change & adaptable to meet future needs
  Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal-care, and other products. Amcor works with leading companies around the world to protect their products and the people who rely on them, differentiate brands, and improve supply chains through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons, closures, and services. The company is focused on making packaging that is increasingly lighter weight, recyclable and reusable, and made using an increasing amount of recycled content. In fiscal year 2022, 44,000 Amcor people generated $15 billion in annual sales from operations that span 220 locations in 43 countries. NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC

JOB PURPOSE

The role is responsible for ensuring accurate, timely and prompt payment processing of invoices, follow-up and issue resolution while working with the plants to reconcile and administer each vendor account.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Functional/Transversal activities

• Account reconciliation (ensuring all documentations are collected) & perform general cleaning of the ledger

Pay Vendor

• Review and correct payment runs proposals, review rejections (and inform VMD)
• For urgent invoices, review payments forms, prepare documentation, process and match invoices
• For direct debit, request missing invoices to vendors and allocate direct debit payments manually
• For void check and re-issuance process, contact vendors, stop checks, reverse check payments / invoices

Record & Account

• For Intercompany Reconciliation, review and approve balance statements provided, and adjust balances / local books (request missing invoices, dispute balance, etc.)

Authorise & Match invoices

• Process PO invoices - 3-way & 2-way match (match, post, block/unblock, …)
• Post advance/down payment requests, block invoices if required, reconcile & clear
• Generate self-billing report
• Process non-PO invoices from checking to posting
• Analyse and resolve blocked invoices by unblocking/paying invoices and performing the write-offs (in coordination with GL supervisors)
• Prepare review of open GR
• Review vendor debit balance by investigating balances, preparing/submitting refund requests then matching with payments and requesting approval for write-off (in coordination with GL accountant)
• Monitor expected credit notes by performing periodical reviews and modifying credit notes log.

Pre-closing

• Define accruals for invoices not received (non-PO), submit proposals for approval and post accruals

Query Management

• Monitor internal & external claims resolution; 2nd level for AP queries management
• Receive blocked queries from AP Admin
• Manage queries through detailed knowledge of AMCOR’s AP process
• Manage Suppliers relationship
• Provide input for continuous process improvement