Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process for KSA and Bahrain in compliance with SGS policies and the No PO–No Pay principle.
- Process supplier invoices accurately, ensuring correct coding, VAT treatment, supporting documentation, and approvals.
- Verify invoices against purchase orders, goods receipts, contracts, and supporting documents to ensure three-way matching compliance.
- Manage weekly and monthly supplier payment cycles, prepare payment proposals, and support payment file uploads.
- Monitor invoice approval workflows and follow up with stakeholders to prevent payment delays and aged liabilities.
- Communicate with suppliers regarding invoice status, payment schedules, remittance advice, account balances, and disputes.
- Reconcile supplier statements and resolve discrepancies, blocked invoices, duplicate payments, debit balances, and aged open items.
- Review prepaid expenses and prepare monthly accrual and prepaid expense schedules in accordance with SGS accounting policies.
- Support month-end and year-end closing, including AP aging reviews, GR/IR reconciliations, accruals, prepaid reviews, and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Maintain accurate AP documentation for internal and external audits and support supplier master data maintenance in line with internal controls.
- Escalate overdue invoices, payment issues, policy exceptions, and unresolved discrepancies to management.
- Contribute to process improvements, automation initiatives, KPI monitoring, and standardization of P2P processes across KSA and Bahrain.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 2–3 years of relevant experience in Accounts Payable, Finance Operations, Shared Services, or Procure-to-Pay.
- Robust understanding of invoice processing, supplier payments, reconciliations, accounting entries, and month-end closing.
- Experience with Oracle, SUN Systems, SAP, or similar ERP systems is highly desirable.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including lookups, pivot tables, and reconciliations.
- Exposure to Power BI, workflow tools, and banking platforms is an advantage.
- Strong analytical, numerical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet strict deadlines while maintaining confidentiality and financial controls.
📌 AP Accountant (India)
🏢 Sgs
📍 India