An Executive, Accounts Payable job has become available at a company in the automotive industry based in Petaling Jaya.

About the Executive, Accounts Payable Role:
As the Executive, Accounts Payable, you will mainly be involved in handling the accounts payable related matters for the company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that accounting processes and journal entries are in accordance with relevant accounting principles, internal controls and group policy as applicable
• Be responsible for ensuring all documents are validated and processed before month end closing or stipulated deadline
• Ensure invoice processing, supplier payment, utilities payment and petty cash reimbursement are posted accurately and in a timely manner
• Ensure that supplier documentations are complying to the statutory requirements
• Monitor accrual amounts on a regular basis
• Liaise with all approved payables to maintain good relationship and ensure all invoices are paid within credit terms
• Work with functional stakeholders to suggest modifications to processes and implement relevant system functionality within the finance operations function
• Work closely with Northern and Perak Finance Operations team to ensure completeness of inter-company transactions accounted in the respective company’s book
• Prepare relevant schedules and reports to the management report for the compilation of additional financial information
• Make necessary inquiries on unusual expenses or trend, and attend to urgent request from business units and resolve operations issue
• Participate in the development of process improvement in Finance and uphold modernisation of finance skill sets
• Digitise inefficiencies from existing processes
• Propose new working methods to reduce timeliness and to increase Finance service level to business units or other operations functions
• Maintain strong compliance of control procedures; i.e. LOA in carrying out daily tasks
• Ensure timely checking of inter-company billings and reconciliation, bank reconciliations, trade payables reconciliation, and clearing accounts
• Ensure reconciliation and clearing accounts items are cleared on timely basis; i.e. within reasonable ageing bucket
• Ensure SOP is updated on timely basis to ensure they stay relevant to the current need of the group
• Ensure timely preparation of the audit and tax schedules
• Manage internal and external auditors request on topics relating specifically to the group

To succeed in this Executive, Accounts Payable role, you must have great interpersonal and communication skills to handle challenging discussions with diplomacy and logic.

Key Requirements:

• Two or more years of finance experience in a progressively growing capacity
• Diploma/degree (any level), preferably in finance, and/or accounting qualifications (any type)
• Strong internal controls background, industry knowledge of best practice for finance operations
• Strong command of written and verbal English
• Proven in growing a team and implementing transformation with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Good time-management skills and able to manage task in a systematic manner
• Able to simplify and communicate effectively
• Critical thinker and meticulous

This leading company has an outstanding reputation and needs no introduction. They are one of the leaders in the automotive industry with a strong presence in the market. The firm is also very focused on developing and training their people to the highest standards.

If you are a team player who is highly motivated, proactive, and creative, this is the role for you to accelerate your career. Great career progression opportunities await the right person in this exciting Executive, Accounts Payable role.

Apply today or contact me to discuss this exciting opportunity.

Do note that we will only be in touch if your application is shortlisted.

Agensi Pekerjaan Robert Walters Sdn Bhd
Business Registration Number : 729828-T
Licence Number : JTKSM 423C