Accountant

A Career at HARMAN

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Job Description for Accounts Payable - Disbursement

Position in detail

• To process Vendor & Employee payments in SAP after performing the due diligence as per the AP guidelines.
• The candidate will oversee weekly payment run F110 for assigned entities, Indian Accounting is must.
• The individual must be well versed with Forex payment A1 & A2 Payment, custom duty payment and should understand about the upload functionality in bank portals for online payments.
• The candidate will be responsible for payment generation, getting authorization & transmitting files to bank for processing.

This includes maintaining bank correspondence and payment files and following up with banks to ensure that disbursements are successfully made.

• Working with various stakeholders such as Finance Controlling team to clear the bank open reconciliation items before the month end closing.
• The candidate should be well versed in Bank Account Reconciliation, Cash Forecast and Cash Actuals.  
• Help Treasury by Timely communicating on the funding requirement.
• Auditing of high value invoices before the payment run is a must.
• The candidate will be responsible for minimizing the payment rejections to zero by aligning with Supplier Onboarding team & IT.
• Liaising with Travel & Expense Team to ensure all the employee reimbursement gets paid successfully.
• Co-ordinating with AP internal processing Team to clear the open payment entries and request cancellation of unwanted invoices from the Vendor Account.
• Driving disbursement related process improvement. Any other ad-hoc tasks/projects assigned by the Manager.
• Monitor and Review of tasks related to Accounts Payable and Travel and Expense.
• Perform key SOX audit control activities and monitor the process controls.

Requirement

• Candidates should possess a bachelor/master’s degree in accounting
• Minimum of 6 to 8 years’ experience in Accounts Payable Disbursement Process
• Experience in Finance Shared Service Center is preferable
• Experience in SAP FICO is mandatory
• Experience in S4/Hana will be an advantage
• Strong attention to details and focus on accuracy 
• Ability to work independently 
• Good communication skills 

Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications Excel, Word, PowerPoint 

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.