A dedicated and detail-oriented Accounts Payable Specialist with 2.5 years of experience in invoice processing, financial operations, and legal entity migrations. Experienced in supporting continuous improvement initiatives and streamlining workflows to improve efficiency across global regions.
• Regions Supported: APAC & EMEA
• Systems Used: Canon, PEGA, COUPA, JDE, GME, Therefore
• Process and adjust invoices, debit notes, and credit notes accurately and in a timely manner, ensuring compliance with internal policies and global invoicing regulations.
• Significantly reduced invoice backlogs through proactive issue resolution, streamlined processing, and collaboration with in-country teams and vendors.
• Verify, index, and process invoices in COUPA, JDE, GME, and Therefore systems, including 3-way matching and obtaining approvals for non-PO invoices.
• Reconcile vendor statements and general ledger accounts; investigate and resolve discrepancies such as price mismatches or incorrect billing.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to resolve invoice and payment issues promptly.
• Monitor and resolve invoice processing exceptions and system-related errors, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.
• Maintain accurate transaction records for auditing and reporting purposes.
• Participate in month-end and year-end closing activities related to accounts payable.
• Effectively communicate with suppliers and internal stakeholders regarding invoice processing and payment statuses.
• Continuously identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy in invoice processing.
• Assess risk areas and propose effective solutions and best practices.
• Support the transition of additional countries into the Shared Service Centre.
• Collaborate with business unit heads and cross-functional departments to align invoice processing with broader business objectives.
• Escalate and address compliance risks, and highlight non-adherence to corporate policies.
• Deliver training, mentor junior team members, and assist with onboarding of new staff.
• Invoice Handling & Validation: Open, scan, and sort incoming mail.
• Validate invoice images for clarity and quality.
• Enter key data to support accurate and automated invoice processing.
• Validate invoices in systems like PEGA, CANON, and THEREFORE.
• Fix OCR (optical character recognition) capture errors.
• Ensure all documents are saved and stored correctly.
• Communication & Support:
• Respond to supplier and creditor queries via SNOW ticketing system and email.
• Route non-invoice-related correspondence to the correct teams.
• Monitor shared mailboxes for 3 regions: UCAN, APAC, and EMEA.
• Prepare and analyze ageing reports for UCAN, APAC, and EMEA.
• Review invoice accuracy and timeliness for the next processing stage.
• Track and report team productivity to management.
• Assign daily tasks based on workload volume.
• Guide team members on process-related questions.
• Provide training and knowledge sharing to new and junior staff.
• Ensure customer service expectations are met or exceeded.
Project Involvement:
• Baxter to Vantive migration
• Supported legal entity migration and company code updates for Vantive.
• Set up generic mailboxes for the new organization.
• Performed UAT (User Acceptance Testing) for Canon system changes.
• Verified VAT details and updated coding files during migration.
• Created one-time exceptions and completed plant transformation to the new subsidiary.
Process Improvement:
• Established new control procedures for handling non-compliant invoices (Golden Rules).
• Actively led and participated in the “Evergreen” continuous improvement project.
• Worked closely with senior management on assigned tasks, ensuring timely delivery.
Training Courses