Accounts Payable Management Trainee

Genpact India pvt ltd

In this role, you will manage daily Accounts Payable operations. You ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, support compliance efforts, and contribute to process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end Accounts Payable operations, ensuring timely and accurate processing of vendor invoices in SAP with appropriate tax treatment and compliance.
• Manage vendor relationships and escalations, resolving complex discrepancies, payment issues, and ensuring timely communication.
• Investigate and resolve invoice holds, payment exceptions, and debit balances, coordinating with procurement, finance, and vendors to ensure resolution and prevent recurrence.
• Conduct freight invoice audits, validating logistics charges against contracts, shipment terms, and delivery documentation to ensure accurate billing.
• Coordinate with customs and logistics teams to ensure proper documentation, duty payments, and compliance with import/export regulations
• Manage direct debit transactions, ensuring proper authorization, tracking, and reconciliation in SAP.
• Manage intercompany payables, ensuring accurate posting, reconciliation, and timely settlement of intercompany transactions across global entities.
• Lead monthly and quarterly closing activities, including AP schedules, accruals for unreceived invoices, clearing aged items.
• Prepare AP performance metrics and dashboards, tracking KPIs.
• Ensure adherence to internal controls, SOX compliance, and audit requirements.
• Drive process optimization and automation initiatives, identifying improvement opportunities and collaborating with IT and finance teams to implement solutions.

Qualifications we seek in you

Minimum Qualifications/Skills

• Bachelor s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Relevant work experience in AP preferably in manufacturing company.
• Hands-on experience with SAP ERP systems in an AP environment.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and AP workflows.
• Strong understanding of VAT regulations, tax codes, and compliance requirements.
• Advanced Excel proficiency.
• Strong command of English (spoken and written) at B2 level.

Preferred Qualifications/Skills

• Experience working in a multinational or manufacturing environment.
• Exposure to automation tools or process improvement projects.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• French proficiency is an advantage.