Our client is looking for an experienced Senior Accounts Payable Analyst – Process Improvement & Expense Management to manage complex, full-cycle Accounts Payable activities, employee expense processing, payment exceptions, and account reconciliations within a high-volume, automated environment. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in 2-way and 3-way PO matching, GR/IR, invoice workflow troubleshooting, and financial controls, with hands-on experience in SAP, Concur, or comparable ERP systems. The candidate should demonstrate strong analytical and root-cause problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify recurring issues, improve AP processes, and develop practical automation and control solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage complex full-cycle AP activities, including invoice validation, coding, processing, PO matching, payment support, and reconciliations.
- Perform 2-way and 3-way invoice matching and resolve complex PO, goods receipt, GR/IR, pricing, quantity, tax, coding, and approval discrepancies.
- Investigate failed automated invoice workflows and identify transactional, process, system, data, and control-related issues.
- Review and resolve complex employee expense claims, policy exceptions, and payment-related concerns.
- Investigate duplicate invoices, duplicate payments, payment holds, and recurring control issues.
- Monitor AP queues, aging reports, workflow exceptions, approval delays, and invoices at risk of late payment.
- Support month-end and year-end close activities, including accruals, reconciliations, variance analysis, and reporting.
- Analyze AP dashboards and KPIs to identify processing inefficiencies, backlogs, and recurring exceptions.
- Identify root causes and recommend process improvements, automation, standardization, and stronger financial controls.
- Review existing AP processes and workflows to identify opportunities for simplification and improved efficiency.
- Collaborate with AP, SCM, Master Data, Tax, Finance, suppliers, employees, and business stakeholders to resolve complex issues.
- Provide technical guidance and act as an escalation resource for complex AP and employee expense matters.
Must-Have Skills
- 5+ years of experience in full-cycle Accounts Payable, employee expense processing, or related financial operations.
- Strong hands-on experience in invoice validation, coding, processing, and 2-way and 3-way PO matching.
- Strong understanding of purchase orders, goods receipts, GR/IR, invoice discrepancies, and payment processes.
- Experience troubleshooting automated invoice processing and workflow exceptions.
- Hands-on experience resolving complex AP discrepancies, duplicate payments, payment holds, and reconciliation issues.
- Experience with employee expense management and expense policy compliance.
- Knowledge of month-end/year-end close, accruals, account reconciliations, and variance analysis.
- Experience analyzing AP dashboards, KPIs, aging reports, and processing performance.
- Strong root-cause analysis and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify recurring issues and prevent them.
- Demonstrated experience identifying and implementing AP process improvements, automation, and workflow efficiencies.
- Proficiency in SAP, Concur, or comparable ERP and expense management systems.
- Strong understanding of financial controls, compliance, and AP best practices.
- Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to work independently and provide guidance on complex AP matters.
- Legally authorized to work in Canada.
Nice to Have
- Degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- Experience working in a large organization or high-volume automated AP environment.
- Previous experience improving invoice processing workflows, AP controls, and straight-through processing.
- Experience using AP analytics and KPIs to drive operational improvements.
If you are interested & qualified for this opportunity, please send your updated resume in MS Word format to fouzan@ifgpr.com
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