Sr. Accounts Payable Operations Analyst

Save A Lot•Saint Ann, MO

19h

About The Position

Senior Accounts Payable Analysts is to partner with the Accounts Payable Manager and offshore team to set department standards through superior customer service, while ensuring best practices are followed for timely and accurate payments of non-merchandising supplier invoices. Provides support to Accounts Payable team members through training, troubleshooting, and assistance with non-merchandising supplier payments when necessary. This role will be a key player in providing vendor master record maintenance, non-merchandise accounts payable daily payments, maintenance and support of expense reimbursements to employees, and administration of the corporate credit card program. This team player will interface with all levels of the company in addressing supplier inquiries, concerns, and issues.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or equivalent experience
1-3 years General Analytics (Accounting, Accounts Payable, GL, Procure-to-Pay, or any other Finance related area) or relevant work experience, Oracle ERP experience is a plus
Broad experience with cross functional teamwork and interaction with all levels of an organization
Ability to analyze information, think through difficult problems, and make critical decisions based on limited operational information
Ability to solve problems and re-engineer processes using analytical frameworks to streamline the process
Ability to work quickly and accurately with minimal supervision while managing competing priorities, organizing work, meeting, or exceeding supplier needs, and attending to details
Must be a self-starter who can work well within various situations (from well-defined to unstructured) and proactively identify business improvement areas
Demonstrates functional knowledge/expertise in problem solving and payment resolution in the retail industry preferred
Demonstrates excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
High skillset in data retrieval, manipulation, calculation, and analysis using ERP and Mainframe systems; including Excel

Nice To Haves

Oracle ERP experience is a plus
Demonstrates functional knowledge/expertise in problem solving and payment resolution in the retail industry preferred

Responsibilities

Research filed supplier payment inquires and resolve them in accordance with Company service levels
Interact and partner with business leaders regarding Supplier inquiries and drive root cause correction initiatives
Analyze supplier statements, reconcile accounts, and bring visibility to recurring payment issues
Consolidate business needs from Processors, Purchasing, Receiving, or any other business teams and bring recommendations to accounts payable leadership
Provide recommendations on payments / system related improvements for invoicing, including OCR solution for invoice processing and host-2-host (H2H) payment integration with bank partners
Validate data from other internal sources and ensure an appropriate course of resolution is being pursued
Evaluate, recommend, maintain, and monitor applicable internal controls to standardize business processes and procedures
Mentor and train others on reports, systems, payment process flows, and procedures