What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Payable Specialist – Latin America - On-site Cartagena, Colombia position at AmSty?
The primary responsibility of the Accounts Payable Specialist is to complete payments and control expenses by receiving, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices, mainly for Latin America. Deliverables include timely and accurate processing of all invoices, including researching and resolving any vendor inquiries.
Primary Responsibilities
- Establish working relationship with vendors, ensuring all vendors are paid per contractual terms and vendor inquiries are resolved timely
- Enter invoices in accounting system for payments ensuring correct approval, coding, and matching as well as verify receipt of material or service and confirming prices and quantity to vendor invoices
- Monitor the shared inbox for the supplier’s invoices
- Daily review of AP workflow and parked invoices to ensure that invoices are processed within approval and payment terms.
- Research payable questions for both internal and external customers; takes appropriate action when needed
- Supports all areas of accounts payable regarding the resolution of vendor's accounts relating to outstanding invoices and maintain payables aging and reconcile received not paid account
- Assist in month end closing activities
- Work closely with other departments, such as procurement and finance, to ensure smooth operations
- Identify improvement opportunities and support their implementation
- Assist ongoing projects for the implementation of technology solutions
- Provide supporting documentation for audits
- Willing to participate in any capacity to support the Finance function
Job Requirements
- Previous experience in an Accounts Payable environment
- Proven computer skills, and experience using SAP a plus
- Previous experience in a manufacturing environment is desired but not required
- Strong coordination, communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills are required. Individual should be comfortable working with all levels and functions
- Candidate should be a self-starter, proactive to support internal/external partners, and ability to meet all deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to pay close attention to detail and high degree of customer orientation
- Ability to problem-solve, assess issues holistically, and make sound decisions for the Company
- Foster good teamwork and interpersonal relationships
- Fluency in English and Spanish is required
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