Lead Analyst

Job Description

Job Title: Lead Analyst- Accounts Payable
Business Unit: WCM
US Shift

Location: Bengaluru,India

Wipro is seeking an Lead Analyst for the Accounts Payable (WCM) - Bangalore Location.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for day-to-day AP processes within US region.
Invoicing, query handling, vendor management, pay run, rejections, reporting
Work with Blackstone leads within the various countries to identify needs and areas for improvement
Support internal users and vendors with the use of Coupa to process invoices
Support global AP processes as required
Must have experience working with Asia invoices and local country requirements
Experience with Oracle Cloud is a plus
Logging all invoices upon receipt and monitoring their progress through the payables process
Reviewing invoices to ensure they contain the necessary information for accounting and payment
Preparing reports to various finance teams based on data in Coupa, including review of payables outstanding, vendor spend, and invoice volumes
Identifying anomalies in invoices/payment cycles and flagging them to management
Responding to queries about invoices that have been processed or are in-process
Ensuring that relevant internal controls are maintained and adhered to
Continually identifying ways to improve accounts payable process flow

Routine constituents:
Work with rest of the COE team and Treasury to process invoices, issue payments, and support user queries/mailbox
Interaction with global based corporate finance team to discuss vendor queries, coding of invoices, volume of payables and feeds to downstream systems, including systems issues
Follow-ups with treasury team to complete certain payments and review banking details
Open channel of communication with other employees supporting vendor risk, accounts payable, treasury and finance operations to ensure “best practices” are shared
Ad-hoc interaction with the Accounts Receivable departments of service providers
Discussions with administrative assistants around the region regarding the status of approvals or inquiries from vendors

Desired Candidate Profile:

Postgraduate with 5-8 years of experience in an account payable role within a multinational company
Accounting degree, although does not necessarily need to be a chartered accountant
Experience with a large Enterprise Resource Planning system such as Oracle or SAP, and ideally experience using the Coupa or Ariba procurement platforms
Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including use of pivot tables and lookup’s
Detail-oriented
Strong written and oral communication skills
US Shift – 6 PM to 3.30 AM (IST)

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