Senior -Managed Services F&A- Accounts Payable

Description

The position in discussion is with the Managed Services team, part of our Consulting team.

The KPMG Global Services (KGS) Consulting team is a diverse team of more than 6,400 professionals. We provide consulting services to KPMG Firms worldwide to support clients’ business transformation journeys across various industries. With capabilities such as Technology Enablement, Corporate Services, Customer and Operations, Cross Functional Services, Risk Services and Managed Services, our team is a varied mix of professionals with extensive skills and expertise.

Through your work, you’ll build a global network and unlock opportunities that you may not have thought possible with access to great support, vast resources, and an inclusive, supportive environment to help you reach your full potential.

As a firm, we are deeply committed to diversity, inclusion and equity at our workplace. We offer a safe and inclusive environment built on trust, where all our colleagues can bring their authentic selves to work and know that their uniqueness is valued.

We prohibit unfair treatment of applicants and employees and discrimination on any ground, including but not limited to, caste, religion, color, ancestry, marital status, medical condition, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, age, nationality, cultural origin, family or parental status, defense veterans, physical, mental or sensory disability or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable Indian laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

Senior Associate–will be expected to deliver against targets for both productivity and quality, managing your own pipeline and taking onboard feedback from oversight who are responsible for service delivery

—The candidate will be responsible to Process vendor invoices accurately and in a timely manner (PO and Non-PO invoices).—Perform invoice validation, matching, and coding as per accounting rules.—Ensure invoices are properly approved before posting in the ERP system.—Respond to basic vendor queries related to invoice and payment status.—Assist in AP reconciliations and clearing open items.—Support booking of accruals and month-end close activities—Process and review high-volume, complex PO and Non-PO invoices with accuracy.—Perform detailed 2-way and 3-way matching and resolve discrepancies.—Prepare and execute vendor payment runs, including urgent and manual payments.—Act as primary point of contact for vendor escalations and payment disputes.—Ensure AP sub-ledger balances align with the General Ledger.—Lead & manage processes for the client, ensuring effective operational delivery to customers—Reporting of issues of concern and risk to KGS Leadership, and where appropriate, to the client on a timely basis and pro-actively ensuring problems/issues are identified and solved.—Active participation in operational excellence – Enable culture of continuous improvement through brainstorming and harnessing new ideas and solutions, evaluate opportunities for improvement and apply industry best practices and benchmarks and plan for contingencies and on-time delivery

Qualifications

Educational qualifications

•Professional certifications like CA, CPA, or CMA

Work experience

Min 3-5 yrs in an operational environment

Mandatory technical & functional skills

•Reconciliation tools•Strong command and ease of business English (spoken and written), native preferred•Insurance, Banking and Asset Mgt experience a plus•Audit experience a plus.•Strong presentation skills and ability to engage senior stakeholders•Awareness of the Regulatory & Compliance guidelines and other relevant legislation, procedures and processes•Preferred background in Financial services industry, with exposure to Banking Operations and Risk Management, under the ambit of global service delivery set-up

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