Senior Accounts Payable Specialist

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

F5 is seeking a skilled Accounts Payable (AP) Specialist III with demonstrated expertise in Coupa, responsible for processing a high volume of invoices. This remote role is based out of India and requires the ability to work efficiently and independently in a fast- paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Efficiently and accurately process invoices, including matching, batching, and coding, using the Coupa platform.
• Manage Coupa invoice exceptions that fall outside F5’s PO matching tolerances and collaborate with Procurement and business users to resolve these issues.
• Review and validate invoices to ensure accuracy and completeness in compliance with corporate policies and financial standards.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for Coupa AP system functionalities and its integration with ERP platforms such as Oracle EBS.
• Evaluate current accounts payable workflows to identify opportunities for optimization and automation.
• Provide guidance and training to colleagues and other departments regarding Coupa protocols and procedures.
• Assist with Coupa administrator tasks with a focus on Supplier onboarding as applicable to the processor role.

Required Experience

• Minimum of five years of progressive experience in accounts payable, including at least three years of direct Coupa platform utilization including invoice processing and supplier creation and maintenance.
• Experience working with US multinational companies.
• Knowledge of Invoice Smash or similar OCR tools is preferred.
• Utilized Excel based tools to upload invoice data to Coupa.
• Prior experience as a Coupa administrator is highly desired.

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related discipline preferred. Equivalent experience totaling five years will also be considered.

Core Competencies

• Ability to process high-volume PO and non-PO invoices accurately and on time through Coupa, utilizing three-way matching, documentation verification, and invoice coding.
• Skilled in resolving complex discrepancies, payment concerns, and vendor inquiries through close collaboration with vendors and internal teams.
• Expertise in supporting Coupa AP module and delivering employee training sessions.
• Advanced technical proficiency in Coupa with the ability to identify, troubleshoot, and test solutions for blockers that arise related to invoice processing and payments.
• Familiarity with major ERP systems such as Oracle EBS.
• Proven ability to efficiently manage large transaction volumes in dynamic and demanding environments.
• Exceptional communication, time management, organizational skills, attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, and collaboration skills.
• Advanced analytical skills and mastery of Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and VLOOKUP.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.