Accounts Payable Lead

Sinch, the Customer Communications Cloud, powers meaningful conversations at scale across messaging, voice, and email to help businesses deliver unified, personalized experiences that truly revolve around their customers — no matter the channels they use. Over 150,000 businesses, including 8 of the 10 largest tech companies in the world, rely on us for their customer communication needs, with over 700 billion customer engagements each year.

As a fast-paced growing business operating across multiple regions, we recognise the importance of expertise in international payroll operations. We are seeking a payroll guru who not only possesses strong payroll management skills but also brings extensive experience in handling international payroll complexities, particularly through external payroll providers.

Reporting to the Group Finance Manager, the Account Payable Lead will play a key role in supporting the Sinch APAC region (covering Australian and international operations including the UK & USA). The role will manage the Group’s accounts payable process, channel partner rebate processes, employee expense and credit card processes, and treasury management & operational cashflow across the Group.

• Key responsibilities:
• Maintaining & updating the Delegation of Authority, ensuring all invoices are appropriately approved by the business.
• Approving staff expense reimbursements using the Concur system.
• Answering and resolving supplier invoice queries.
• Ensuring payments are setup and paid through the Group’s international banking platforms, payment journals are recorded correctly.
• Ensuring cash transfers and cash management across the Group’s 10+ international banking platforms.
• Preparing vendor reconciliations inclusive AP Aging, identifying anomalies and errors, and executing relevant steps to effectively resolve any issues.
• Processing Company’s channel partner rebates including issuance of RCTIs and Group’s customer refunds.
• Manage Company credit card program including timely payment of expenses on credit card and credit card reconciliations.
• Manage Company’s expense reimbursement platform, Concur, including ensuring compliance with travel & expense reimbursement policy and timely processing of employee expense payments.
• Managing cash pool fund transfer and operational cashflow.
• Preparation and lodgment of ATO Payment report and Sinch Procurement and Travel Report.
• Other ad-hoc projects and work as required including continual process improvement initiatives.
• Support in all year end external audits.
• Mentor and support Account Payable Officer

The successful candidate will possess the following skills and attributes:

• Proven experience in accounts payable role.
• Strong system knowledge including Netsuite (ERP) and Concur (expense management system).
• Multinational experience
• Experience with international banking platforms and payment options
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Advanced excel skills.
• Demonstrated self-starter that can independently manage workload and deliverables.
• Strong stakeholder management.
• Strong process and control focus.

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