Accounts Payable Associate

Responsibilities:

• Coordinating various AP entries processes according to the tasks assigned by the manager;
• Vendor invocies to book into the ERP system as per Celestica processes
• Travel expenses check and posting for various sites;
• Processing, following up, chasing and any other task related to wither AP invoices according to the needs of the sites supported by the  Global Business Services organisation;
• Preparing bank payments, analysing bank statements, posting and clearing bank outgoing payments to vendors;
• Performing various calculations required by the accounting and finance processes
• Document preparation and review to make sure they are compliant to Celestica policies and local Gaaps.

• Any activity related to documenting and/or booking any AP related entries in the ERP system
• Make sure all the disputes with external vendors are resolved in a timely and proactive manner
• Various other activities required by the manager such as:
• Working with the auditors for providing any information or documents required during any type of audit on any supported site;
• Being involved and responsible for properly archiving the documents according to Celestica’s policy and the particular site procedures; 

      o  Preparing any reports, documents or activities required by the manager in relation to the job assigned.

• Participate actively into any continuous improvement project assigned to the team and identify improvement opportunities in the own area of activity
• Reports results and issues to management including resolution recommendations in a timely manner.

Requirements:

• Business/ Economic university graduate (final year or Masters degree students are also eligible);
• 1 year in a similar position represents an advantage (but it is not compulsory);
• Good Computer knowledge at a user level;
• Very Good communication skills;
• Ability to work in a team, but also the ability to develop a personal assigned project;
• Accuracy and detail oriented person;
• Very good organisational skills;
• Good command of written and spoken English;
• Any other foreign language knowledge is an advantage;
• Ability to learn fast and and react pro-actively to unpredictable situations or projects.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies:

• Ability to manage multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
• Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion
• Ability to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers
• Willingness to take initiative to achieve objectives
• Can apply Corporate accounting policies and procedures manual
• Generates reports with job-related software.
• Understanding of the capabilities of the tools can identify problems and trouble shoot input errors.
• Understands inter-relationships between departments