7 months contract - Accounts Payable Analyst (Mandarin literate)

Job Field: Finance/Accounting/Controlling/Audit
Location: Kuala Lumpur, MY, 50000
Company: BASF Asia Pacific
Job Type: Graduate
Job ID: EN_MY_24664

We are the world's leading chemical company because we offer intelligent solutions for our customers and for a sustainable future. We have over 110,000 employees connecting around the world. For you, this means an almost unlimited range of job opportunities, career development and lots of potential to continue learning . At BASF we believe strongly in the power of connected minds.

Description

BASF Shared Services Center Kuala Lumpur, was established in 2005. Located in Kuala Lumpur, the shared services center has 620 employees and provides functional services in the areas of Finance, Controlling, Information Services, Human Resources, Environment, Health & Safety, Procurement and Import-Export Operations to BASF companies and affiliates in 16 countries across the Asia Pacific region. BASF has three other shared services centers located in Berlin and Ludwigshafen in Germany and in Montevideo, Uruguay, that cover Europe and the Americas.

Objectives

• Provide Accounts Payable transaction processing support to deliver Accounts Payable services to BSSCKL‘s customers in accordance with established Accounts Payable processes and work procedures and in compliance with BASF policies, FRC requirements and local company legal and statutory requirements (if applicable).
• Ensure that timelines and quality meet the agreed service levels and targets.
• To act as a backup, assist and perform other AP tasks as and when required.
• Support new and existing team members through proper knowledge transfer, sharing of resource, knowledge and experience

Job Description

• Process accounts payable workflow (Invoicing) within the given time frame
• Attend to the Accounts Payable inbox and assigned tickets accordingly
• Fill-up rejection forms accordingly, reason should be clearly identified and no invalid rejection.
• Monitor and process urgent requests before the specified deadline.
• Enter recurring entries on the 1st working day of the month.
• Resolve accounts payable and vendor issues
• Create ticket (Quick Close) for all service requests
• Process all the expense claims request received from local company as per agreed timeline.
• Resolve Concur error, i.e. ensure complete information received and edit for auto-posting (interfaced to SAP).
• Process VAT claims
• Perform vendor reconciliation and coordinating with local company and vendor to resolve any issue.
• Perform month end process and prepare month end reports

Requirements Education

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration

Working Experience

• Minimum of 1-2 years of working experience in Accounts Payable or any other accounting function preferably from a Shared Services

Technical & Professional Knowledge

• Basic knowledge and experience of MS office tools
• Proficiency in English with good communication and writing skills
• Experience working in an SAP work environment

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