Senior Analyst Global Accounts Payable

Overview

Senior Analyst responsible for accurate, timely and controlled execution of payment activities across legal entities, currencies and banking channels, owning SAP payment runs, payment validation, manual and statutory payments, bank debit reconciliation, clearing, audit support and payment-related query resolution.

What you'll do

• Create and execute payment proposals and payment runs in SAP S/4HANA using F110 based on due dates, payment parameters, company codes and payment methods.
• Validate invoice selection, payment methods, currencies, house banks, bank accounts and banking combinations before submission or release.
• Analyse proposal exceptions, blocked or excluded items and master-data or configuration issues, and coordinate timely correction with relevant teams.
• Generate payment vouchers and retain complete supporting documentation for accounting, audit and business requirements.
• Process approved manual, off-cycle and ad hoc payments through various global banking portals when standard SAP payment runs are not feasible.
• Create and maintain bank portal templates with accurate beneficiary, bank, currency, amount and payment information, subject to required approvals and access controls.
• Maintain the manual payment tracker with payee, amount, date, bank reference, approval, payment status and clearing status.
• Clear manual payments in SAP by matching the bank transaction to the relevant vendor or open item and ensuring accurate accounting.
• Process and monitor intercompany payments, ensuring correct company codes, payment methods, accounting entries and settlement of intercompany balances.
• Execute tax and other statutory payments, including Philippines E-Gov requests, after validating due dates, amounts, authorities, bank details, approvals and supporting evidence.
• Process corporate credit card settlements, including initiation, validation, bank processing and reconciliation against card accounts.
• Execute payroll funding payments within required timelines to ensure adequate funding of designated payroll accounts.
• Process employee reimbursements, advances and other approved employee settlements.
• Execute payments through the SAP Treasury Front Office process, including initiation, validation, approval coordination and monitoring of bank transmission.
• Process Supplier Chain Finance payments, monitor settlement with the financing partner and clear the related SAP items.
• Reconcile processed payments against bank debits and promptly investigate missing, rejected, returned, duplicate or mismatched transactions.
• Reconcile and clear custom or non-standard bank debits against SAP accounting entries.
• Monitor and clear vendor down payments against corresponding invoices or open items.
• Track unresolved payment and clearing exceptions, identify root causes, escalate material issues and drive closure within agreed timelines.
• Support corrective and preventive actions for recurring payment failures, reconciliation breaks or control gaps.
• Monitor the Payments Team mailbox, triage requests, provide accurate payment status updates and resolve queries within agreed service levels.
• Coordinate with Treasury on funding, bank issues and payment release; partner with Tax, Payroll, Accounting, Procurement and regional teams on specialized payments and exceptions.
• Provide transaction details, vouchers, reconciliations, approvals and supporting evidence for internal and external audit requests.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex payment issues and communicate risks, delays and required actions clearly to stakeholders.
• Comply with company policies, delegation of authority, segregation-of-duties requirements, SOX or internal controls and banking security standards.
• Perform or evidence required validation and maker-checker controls before payment release; immediately escalate suspicious instructions or potential fraud indicators.
• Prepare and review operational metrics covering payment timeliness, rejection rates, manual payments, aged exceptions, reconciliation status and query turnaround time.
• Maintain process documentation, standard operating procedures, trackers and control evidence.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, simplify and automate payment activities across SAP, bank platforms and workflow tools.
• Support testing and implementation of system enhancements, banking changes and process transformation initiatives.
• Guide junior analysts, review work where assigned and support knowledge transfer and cross-training.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of Accounts Payable experience, with at least 4+ years of hands-on responsibility for payment processing in a multinational or shared-services environment.
• Practical experience creating and executing payment proposals or payment runs in SAP, preferably SAP S/4HANA and F110.
• Hands-on exposure to banking portals, manual payments, payment approvals, bank reconciliation and open-item clearing.
• Working knowledge of internal controls, segregation of duties, audit evidence and payment fraud prevention.
• SAP S/4HANA Accounts Payable, F110 automatic payment program and open-item clearing.
• Bank portals and payment methods such as wire, ACH, SEPA or local electronic payments.
• Payment proposal validation, exception handling, payment vouchers and bank debit reconciliation.
• Manual, statutory, tax, intercompany, employee, payroll funding, corporate card and SCF payment processes.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills for trackers, reconciliations, analysis and reporting.
• Understanding of vendor master data, bank details, payment terms, currencies and house-bank configurations.
• Strong ownership and disciplined execution in a deadline-driven environment.
• High attention to detail, sound judgement and a control-oriented mindset.
• Analytical problem-solving and the ability to identify root causes across process, master data, system and banking layers.
• Clear, professional communication and effective collaboration across global and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to prioritize recurring payment calendars alongside urgent and high-risk exceptions.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, standardization, automation and knowledge sharing.

Nice to have

• Exposure to SAP Treasury Front Office, Supplier Chain Finance or statutory E-Gov payment processes.
• Experience with SOX-controlled environments, internal or external audits and global process documentation.
• Professional certification or progress toward CA-inter, CMA, etc.
• Exposure to Power BI or Power Automate.