Accounts Payable Accountant

Role & responsibilities:

Accounts payable

• Enter vendor bills in NetSuite accurately and on time with correct entity, GL, department and segment coding
• Maintain vendor master data and support payment runs
• Monitor the Accounts Payable inbox daily, respond to vendor and internal queries and escalate where required.

Employee expenses (Ramp)

• Review Ramp expense claims and card transactions for accuracy, receipts, policy compliance and coding
• Follow up noncompliant claims and outstanding receipts, and reconcile Ramp to NetSuite each month.

Accounting and monthend close

• Prepare and post monthly accrual and prepayment journals in accordance with GAAP/IFRS
• Complete bank reconciliations for allocated accounts
• Analyse vendor expense fluctuations month on month and against budget, and provide clear commentary
• Ensure accuracy of segment reporting, reclassifying costs where needed, and complete allocated close tasks within deadlines.

Controls, compliance and audit

• Maintain wellorganised, auditable records and strong internal controls
• Support internal and external audit requests and proactively escalate risks or control gaps.

Process improvement and documentation

• Maintain procedures and process documentation for all activities owned by the role
• Identify and implement improvement and automation opportunities, including AIenabled workflows.

Experience and Qualifications:

Required

• Bachelors degree in accounting, finance or commerce
• 3+ years’ experience in accounts payable or general accounting, including accrual and prepayment journals and bank reconciliations
• Working knowledge of GAAP/IFRS
• Experience with an ERP such as NetSuite, Oracle or SAP
• Advanced Excel skills and excellent written and verbal English
• Ability to work independently and willingness to work 3:30am to 12:00pm IST on an ongoing basis.

Preferred candidate profile

• CA (ICAI) or CPA qualification, or progress towards one
• NetSuite and Ramp (or similar expense platform) experience
• Experience in multientity, multicurrency global organisations.