Accounts Payable Accountant

What is the purpose of the job?

• To ensure various transactions in Procure to pay process for e.g. invoice processing, payment, T&E processing are processed accurately and within agreed lead times.

What are the main activities the person in the job is responsible for?  

• Execute Syngenta’s procure to pay processes to ensure service to internal clients and external suppliers
• Strict adherence to global standard process (application of desk top procedures and business operations pack) to deliver accurate and quality outputs
• Invoice Processing, Payment, Query Resolution to be performed on daily basis as per defined daily targets
• Supplier Statement Reconciliation
• Ensure to meet the SLA’s for the process are being met
• Ensure to perform the activities under supervision and necessary details provided to the supervisor on the day to day basis

Functional or Leadership Competency related specifically to this job

• Client Service Focus: This is the ability to see life from the perspective of the client to deeply understand client motivation. Applies a service mind-set that is centered on developing, delivering and improving a service: Understanding all the components of a service, managing client expectations, challenging and engaging clients successfully.
• Judgment: Analyzes information, guidelines, and requirements from different sources to evaluate alternatives and make effective judgments. Draws accurate, useful conclusions from financial, business, and quantitative information. Makes timely and sound decisions on everyday issues and problems by applying accurate logic, appropriate knowledge, expertise, and common sense.
• Execution & Results Orientation: Manages work and work performance, holding everyone accountable to effectively and efficiently completing work responsibilities. Demonstrates initiative and a strong commitment to achieving meaningful results, meeting or exceeding goals, and acting on opportunities to create value.
• Collaboration (leadership competence): Fosters a sense of collaboration and works effectively with others across the organization, including in a remote team working environment, to achieve goals. Facilitates interaction of co-workers and external partners.  Creates an environment for honest and open discussion of issues.

Experience required for the job

• Minimum 3 years of experience in multinational / BPO environment
• Good communications skills &Team player
• Execution and maintenance of desk top procedures and business operating procedures
• Knowledge on P2P area as below :-
  • Accounts Payable – Indexing, Posting, Payment and Audit
  • VMD – Creation, Modification, upload, etc.
  • Strong Accounting concept/knowledge of procure to pay process
  • Tax , WHT, GST, knowledge
  • Prior working knowledge in SAP ERP
  • Strong Analytical skills include identifying, forecasting and resolving problems
  • Good writing and documentation skills, Clear communication
  • Ability to create strong controlled process environment and adherence to controls and compliances
  • Experienced in Query Handling on end to end of P2P activities (Voice and Mail)
  • Should handle all type of queries from Client with support from senior analyst or Team lead
  • Good understanding of P2P process and how it impacts key performance indicators
  • Producer receipts payment and accounting process knowledge

Minimum education and critical knowledge required for the job

• Holds Qualification: Any Graduate / Post-Graduate
• Beginner / intermediate level of knowledge in English

Experience to be gained in the job: 

• Basic understanding of Syngenta business and Procure to Pay process
• Experience working with different finance teams in a given geography and stakeholder management
• Technical development in problem solving & continuous improvement

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.