Accounts Payable Officer - Vendor Management, Accounts Payable

Description

Working Conditions:
- Report to office in Pasay City 5x a week (morning shift)
- Role will be supporting Australia region
- Open to fresh graduates in Finance and Accounting with basic understanding of accounting principles

Amazon (Philippines) Finance Operations department seeks a bright, articulated and detail-oriented Accounts Payable Financial Analyst to play the important role in Accounts Payable Financial Operations Team in Manila, Philippines. This is a AP Analyst position which will focus on Accounts Payable with a strong emphasis on paying suppliers on time and all related activities in order to achieve this mission. Furthermore, this position will also support process improvement, controller-ship policies and procedures.

Key job responsibilities
Areas of Responsibilities includes but not limited to:
- Process invoices from Amazon corporate vendors in financial system
- Troubleshoot invoice discrepancies
- Analyze and report metrics to management
- Participate in Operational Excellence activities such as Kaizen/Green Belt

A day in the life
This position manually processes invoices for Corp critical vendors across different countries under APAC region (excl. IN) in PHL site as recovery site for BCP T0 process-Critical Vendor Invoice Processing.

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