Accounts Payable Specialist - SINGAPORE

This leading Shipping Organisation is currently looking for a motivated and hardworking Accounts Payable Specialist to be part of their accounting team in Singapore. In this role, your primary responsibilities include :

• Performs a three-way reconciliation on the invoices received from suppliers, the GRN from the vessels and the order from the vessels
• The outcome of this task will result in a request for payment from the management companies
• Ensure that all documentation is scanned and recorded in the appropriate ERP (GDN, order, invoice and GRN)
• Ensure that all journals are properly recorded in the ERP (accounts payable and purchases / operating expense category) – if reconciling differences exist then follow up aiming to clear them
• Reconcile supplier statements and follow up on reconciling differences
• Maintain supplier libraries (e.g. credit dates, credit limits, bank account details, contact details, and registration numbers)
• Maintain libraries mapping product types to suppliers to world-wide
• Reporting :
• Accounts payable based on their maturity date
• Be involved in the budgeting process (accounts payable due per week) to manage liquidity
• Reporting of volumes per supplier and risk assessment on supplier reliance or exposure
• Report on operating expenses (basis purchases from world wide suppliers)
• Report on operating expenses (merging supply to vessels from MSS and world wide suppliers)
• Other : Be involved in agreements to obtain a rebates on volume sales Manage applications to improve credit terms with suppliers Manage the financial aspect of contracts with suppliers

Required skills and qualifications :