finance analyst ( Accounts Payable)TPG Telecom

Role purpose:
To maintain the integrity of financial transactions by properly recording and ensuring vendor charges and expenses are valid through audit, reconciliation, and financial analysis, and strengthen the relationship to vendors through timely payments.
Job Description:
- Receive and monitor vendor invoices across all TPG Group of companies
- Process invoices (PO- and non-PO-based, carrier- and non-carrier-related, contractors, CAPEX & OPEX and other general expenses)
- Perform invoice validation by review, cost-benefit analysis, ratio analysis and other analytical procedures, reconciliation, audit and investigation to ensure charges are valid
- Coordinate with various teams and managers for expense authorisation and approval documentation
- Ensure prompt processing and posting of invoices to appropriate general ledger account coding
- Analyse, reconcile and review vendor's statements for accuracy
- Respond to queries from the vendors and resolve account discrepancies and other issues
- Follow up with and respond to queries from managers for approval of invoice entries in AP system
- Coordinate with our payment processor team for priority vendor payments
- Sending of payment remittance advice to vendors upon request
- Daily cash flow reporting
- Daily bank receipts allocation
- Monthly bank reconciliation reporting
- Monthly accrual entries reporting across all companies
- Respond to queries/justification of accounts for the monthly charges booked to the period during the P&L month-end review and during the interim/end-of-year external audit
- Facilitate and attend to managers' queries on their cost reporting, cost savings and cost optimisation projects
Person Specification - Expertise
- Bachelor degree in Accountancy
- At least four years' experience in Finance and Accounting related roles
- Preferably a CPA Board passer
- Microsoft Office proficient
- Understanding of basic accounting and audit standards
Skills to exhibit:
- Critical thinking and problem-solving
- Time management and being keen to details
- Communication and mathematical skills