Finance, Shared Services Specialist
The Finance Specialist will focus primarily on support of Accounts Payable activities. Specifically, this will involve successfully working with vendors and plants on a daily basis to research, resolve, and process Accounts Payable issues related to outstanding invoices.
•Proactively work with vendors, Purchasing, and Receiving representatives to resolve open accounts payable issues
•Process invoices in Oracle to ensure timely payment
•Advocate positive working relationships among affected internal and external constituencies
•Implement process improvement opportunities within accounts payable function
•Monitor and report on accounts payable issues and provide status reports as requested
•Perform other accounts payable functions, as may be requested including payment processing, reconciliations, SOX testing, reporting, vendor maintenance, etc
•Design and document processes that improve efficiency and comply with SOX requirements
•Ad hoc and special reporting for senior management presentations
Qualifications
•Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent
•Strong customer service orientation
•Microsoft Office skills are required with particular emphasis on demonstrated proficiency in Excel
•Strong organizational and follow-up skills a must
•Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of an organization
•Ability to analyze data in order to identify issues, root-causes, and implement corrective actions
•Ability to analyze transactions at both a detailed level and overall summary level
•Ambitious, detail focused, results oriented self-starter
•Experience within ERP systems (particularly Oracle) is a plus
•Experience with Shared Service Environment is a plus
•Knowledge of Accounting and Accounts Payable principles is a plus