AP Accountantnew

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process for KSA and Bahrain in compliance with SGS policies and the No PO–No Pay principle.

• Process supplier invoices accurately, ensuring correct coding, VAT treatment, supporting documentation, and approvals.

• Verify invoices against purchase orders, goods receipts, contracts, and supporting documents to ensure three-way matching compliance.

• Manage weekly and monthly supplier payment cycles, prepare payment proposals, and support payment file uploads.

• Monitor invoice approval workflows and follow up with stakeholders to prevent payment delays and aged liabilities.

• Communicate with suppliers regarding invoice status, payment schedules, remittance advice, account balances, and disputes.

• Reconcile supplier statements and resolve discrepancies, blocked invoices, duplicate payments, debit balances, and aged open items.

• Review prepaid expenses and prepare monthly accrual and prepaid expense schedules in accordance with SGS accounting policies.

• Support month-end and year-end closing, including AP aging reviews, GR/IR reconciliations, accruals, prepaid reviews, and balance sheet reconciliations.

• Maintain accurate AP documentation for internal and external audits and support supplier master data maintenance in line with internal controls.

• Escalate overdue invoices, payment issues, policy exceptions, and unresolved discrepancies to management.

• Contribute to process improvements, automation initiatives, KPI monitoring, and standardization of P2P processes across KSA and Bahrain.

Qualifications

 

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business Administration, or a related field.

• 5- 8 years of relevant experience in Accounts Payable, Finance Operations, Shared Services, or Procure-to-Pay.

• Strong understanding of invoice processing, supplier payments, reconciliations, accounting entries, and month-end closing.

• Experience with Oracle, SUN Systems, SAP, or similar ERP systems is highly desirable.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including lookups, pivot tables, and reconciliations.

• Exposure to Power BI, workflow tools, and banking platforms is an advantage.

• Strong analytical, numerical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet strict deadlines while maintaining confidentiality and financial controls.