Accounts Payable Specialist

Function

Our Company

We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers - from banks to theme parks ­- can focus on achieving the incredible with data.

If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate - and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team - and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.

Job description

About the role -

• Receive invoices from vendors, review and process them, using accounting software and standard company procedures to document purchases to assure maximum consistency of the information
• Completing assigned work and maintaining required SLA’s and TAT’s. Maintaining Quality of the work as required standards.
• Maintain professionalism and confidentiality with all job tasks to safeguard company knowledge and resource suppliers as well as industry positioning
• Analyze discrepancies with invoices and research information to discover the source of the problem, making sure all disbursements are correct and suggesting procedure changes so the problem is unlikely to happen again
• Clearing Holds/ Rejections on time
• Utilize clear and professional communication while performing job duties
• Exercise integrity and transparency in financial documentation, reporting other personnel if there is a suspicion of fund misappropriation.
• Preparing Payment batches, sending them for audit, processing electronic transfers and payments on timely manner
• Tracking the payment rejections, pending invoices due to vendor updation, or any other holds in the system properly and resolving them with the stipulated time.
• Reconcile accounts payable transactions with the bank statement and be able to find any variances, take action to resolve them before the month end.
• Responding to email queries (both internal and external - vendors) as per SLA.
• Completing all the month end tasks as per SLAs to ensure smooth closing of month.
• Assisting in providing supporting documentation for audits on regular basis.

What you’ll bring- Education and Experience

• 3-6 years of experience in Accounts Payable process
• knowledge of general accounting procedures
• knowledge of Oracle system- AP module
• proficient in data entry and management
• proficiency in Excel

Key Accounts Payable Skills and Competencies

• organizing and prioritizing
• Good oral and writing communication skills
• attention to detail and accuracy
• confidentiality
• judgment
• communication skills
• vendor relationship skills
• information management skills
• problem analysis and problem-solving skills
• teamwork
• professional integrity
• ability to meet deadlines

About us

We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.

Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.