Senior Accounts Payable Analyst

Overview

The Senior Business Analyst plays a pivotal role enabling structure, change management, driving process improvements and efficiencies to transform our business.  This role will monitor and manage the supplier master file which will require working closely with employees across the globe, our supplier base, BPO partner and other key stakeholders. Additionally, supporting the Global P2P Ops strategy and participation in the implementation of supporting technology and systems.

This role will be responsible for leading and supporting the AP daily responsibilities, supplier onboarding and vendor data management in our ERP and SaaS tools.  This role will support the daily activities of supplier master file (SMF) to ensure vendor creation is accurate for compliance and payment purposes.  The role will be responsible for operational KPI’s for supplier management operations and ensuring SOPs are documented with the latest process changes.  The analyst will also be responsible for the hygiene of the SMF which includes acquisitions/DBA updates, site level modification, banking infrastructure and proper categorization for tax/1099 purposes.  The role will be a subject matter expert (SME) and play a key in role in future enhancements with our supplier management ERP tool and any other systems. 

What you'll bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting or other quantitative discipline, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years Supplier Management, Procurement or Accounts Payable
• Expert knowledge of all aspects of payables procedures and full cycle accounting practices both in North America and Internationally preferred
• Has process improvement and development of best practices experience
• Experience with business process analysis and process improvement
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Exceptional analytical, communication, project management, and presentation skills
• Experience developing and/or presenting business cases
• Experience managing multiple simultaneous projects in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent documentation and requirements analysis
• Availability to directly support and interact with multiple international business units
• Ability to collaborate in a team environment
• Attention to detail and ability to analyze complex and big data sets
• Excellent computer skills: Excel, Visio, Word, Project, PowerPoint
• Ability to work independently as well as lead and participate in cross functional teams

Desired Skills

• Multi-lingual a plus
• Experience with Enterprise systems and data, i.e. Oracle, Aravo and Coupa

Eligibility Requirements

• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV online to be considered
• Must be willing to submit to a background investigation

How you will lead

Responsibilities to include, but not limited to:

Daily Operations

• Assist with gathering document support for sox and financial audits
• Support GBS global organizational strategy development, execution & performance of supplier and invoice/payment data
• Drive supplier management and P2P best practices to bear through external networking and benchmarking.
• Cultivate & coordinate relationships with stakeholders; GBS leaders and OSP
• Collaborate across Intuit to leverage resources & knowledge to solve problems & achieve results and meet deliverables
• Assist with projects that require input, engagement, strategy or planning from a P2P perspective, i.e. implementation of ERP systems and tools
• Develop reporting to ensure clear and consistent messaging to GBS management which includes DPO, terms, discounts,1099 reporting/filing, DPO and other metrics
• Proactively identify opportunities across AP to drive efficiencies or effectiveness to ensure optimal use of resources and ROI
• Knowledge of and responsible for 1099 compliance and reporting
• Develops and delivers training to new resources as and when required

Analytics, Dashboards and Metrics

• Partner with teams globally across GBS to identify all business-critical data needs that will provide visibility to supplier operational metrics
• Partner with the T4i Team to develop reporting utilities, and “what if” analysis, and ad-hoc queries/requests
• Produce key analytics and insights that drive P2P’s global support model and platform
• Provide recommendations and support to automate key analytics or reporting to drive productivity
• Employ data mining techniques to identify opportunities for the business and GBS continuous improvement
• SME of Vendor Management, Controls & Compliance, and Procure-to-Pay processing with the ability to identify innovative opportunities and drive meaningful insights and add value to Intuit

Projects and Project Management

• Understand end-to-end data flows and play a primary role in driving continuous improvements developing and documents as-is process flows, business requirements, proposed solutions, redesigned processes and procedures
• Perform root cause analysis and proposes solutions to improve processes
• Support end-user solution delivery and validation in partnership with business analysts and data partners
• Establish and ensure data governance in partnership with technology teams
• Provide subject matter expertise, end-user support and data stewardship in finance data domain(s) for end users

People Management

• No direct reports