Roles Finance

Accounts Payable Specialist

Accountable for matching supplier invoices to orders and receipts and for resolving the exceptions that fall out.

8tasks in this job
54skills it uses
9tools named

The skills this job leans on most

  1. 1Validating records by matching, recomputation and end-to-end tracingNeeded in 5 of 8 tasks
  2. 2Diagnosing duplicate recordsNeeded in 4 of 8 tasks
  3. 3Investigating procurement spend leakage and duplicate commitmentsNeeded in 4 of 8 tasks
  4. 4Reconciling finance subledgers and close recordsNeeded in 2 of 8 tasks
  5. 5Setting and reviewing action thresholds for scores and model predictionsCore to this role
ToolsMicrosoft ExcelSAP S/4HANACoupaOracle Fusion ERP and E-Business SuiteFortnoxVisma ERP and accounting+ 3 more
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Tasks

Where people get stuck

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  • Microsoft Excel
  • SAP S/4HANA
  • Coupa
  • Oracle Fusion ERP and E-Business Suite
  • Fortnox
  • Visma ERP and accounting
  • Batchflow
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations
  • Sage (50, 200, X3)

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About the role

Accountable for matching supplier invoices to orders and receipts and for resolving the exceptions that fall out. Decides whether an invoice can be paid and stops duplicate or leaked payments. Data and AI judgement sits in analysing exceptions and checking automated matching and AI invoice extraction.

Also called Accounts Payable Clerk, Purchase Ledger Clerk

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