The AP Lead Accountant I is responsible for managing Accounts Payable activities, including Vendor account management, dispute resolution, reconciliations, and month-end reporting. The role ensures accuracy, SOX compliance, and timely execution of AP processes while supporting continuous improvement and mentoring / Monitoring team members.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage end-to-end AP processes including Invoice processing, Payments, IC Reconciliation, and account reconciliations, accruals, reporting.
- Daily/Monthly bank recon & weekly payment entry posting
- Maintain compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, SOX requirements.
- Investigate & resolve the unprocessed invoices issue
- Perform monthly AP reconciliations, including subledger V/s general ledger
- Maintain compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and audit requirements.
- Coordinate stakeholders and BU team to resolve Open GRN and In Transit invoices issue.
- Prepare aging reports, DSO (Daily sales outstanding) dashboards, unapplied cash reports, and collection trackers.
- Support team members to resolve the issue
- Identify trends in overdue accounts and recommend corrective actions.
- Identify gaps in AP processes and recommend improvements and AI automation.

Required Skills

- Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs.



The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs
- Experience in process improvement projects , AI automation tools
- Proficiency in MS Excel and other reporting tools.
- Good communication skills and teamwork
- Skills with Microsoft Navision will be a plus
- Robust analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

Compensation

Currency: USD

Salary Minimum: Market

Salary Maximum: Market

Incentive: Market

Disclaimer: Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 22,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK is a component of the S&P; 500. Visit https://www.ametek.com/careers for more information.

📌 Lead Accountant IP (Bengaluru)
🏢 AMETEK
📍 Bengaluru