Accountant - Payables

Execute end-to-end corporate payables accounting, including invoice validation, purchase order and receipt matching, supplier account maintenance, payment support, AP reconciliations, accruals, month-end closing, audit documentation, and stakeholder query resolution. Specific

Responsibilities

• Functional Responsibilities Receive, review, and process supplier invoices and credit notes for HQ entities, ensuring validity, completeness, correct legal entity, appropriate coding, and required supporting documentation
• Perform purchase order, goods or service receipt, and invoice matching and follow up on quantity, price, tax, coding, or approval exceptions
• Confirm that invoices and non-PO payment requests comply with procurement requirements, approved contracts, Group policies, and the Delegation of Authority before processing
• Validate VAT treatment and required tax invoice information and refer complex tax matters to the Tax team
• Prepare supplier reconciliations, investigate differences, obtain missing statements or documents, and resolve debit balances, duplicates, and long-outstanding items
• Review accounts payable ageing, unmatched invoices, blocked transactions, payment holds, GR/IR balances, and other exceptions and coordinate timely resolution
• Prepare payment proposals and supporting schedules, validate due dates and payment terms, and coordinate approved payments with Treasury
• Post and reconcile supplier payments, credit notes, advances, retention balances, and other accounts payable transactions in the ERP. Prepare month-end accounts payable accruals, cut-off schedules, reconciliations, and closing reports in line with the approved closing calendar
• Support prepaid expense, intercompany, employee reimbursement, and other assigned payable-related accounting activities
• Respond to supplier and internal stakeholder queries professionally and maintain clear records of actions and resolutions
• Prepare supporting documents and schedules for statutory audit, internal audit, ICFR testing, and other compliance reviews
• Maintain accounts payable files and records in accordance with document-retention and audit requirements
• Support testing and implementation of ERP, workflow, e-invoicing, and Purchase-to-Pay process enhancements
• Identify duplicate payments, control gaps, recurring exceptions, and process inefficiencies and recommend corrective actions
• Provide periodic accounts payable reports and analysis to the Assistant Manager - HQ Financial Operations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related discipline
• Professional accounting qualification or progress towards a relevant qualification is desirable
• Minimum

Experience

Minimum 3 years of relevant accounts payable or financial accounting experience. Practical experience in invoice processing, PO matching, supplier reconciliations, payment preparation, accruals, and month-end closing. Experience with ERP-based Procure-to-Pay processes and multi-entity operations is desirable. Job Specific Knowledge &

Skills

• Good knowledge of accounts payable accounting, Procure-to-Pay controls, VAT fundamentals, and financial cut-off requirements
• Strong attention to detail, numerical accuracy, and document-review capability
• Good ERP and Microsoft Excel skills
• Ability to prioritise high transaction volumes and meet payment and closing deadlines
• Strong ownership, confidentiality, and disciplined follow-up
• Effective written and verbal English communication and customer-service skills