Accounts Payable Specialist

What you'll do

The purpose of this role is to analyze reporting, transactions, and exceptions as well as investigate errors with an aim to continuously improve the operation of Merchandise Accounts Payable.The Merch Payables Specialist will be called upon to act as a Subject Matter Expert in all aspects of Merchandise Accounts Payable, 3-way matching, and exception resolution. This role will work directly with vendors and internal departments to gather data and knowledge of CTC P2P processes with an aim to improve the vendor AP experience, reduce errors, and ensure controls are being followed.

Resolve 3-way match exceptions for “high maintenance” vendors as identified by the Manager of Merch AP. Work directly with the vendor or CTC departments to resolve systemic issues and improve the 3-way match success rate.

Provide project support as a Subject Matter Expert for Merch AP including accurate current state process details and meaningful input for future state proposals.

Complete general ad-hoc reporting requests from the Manager of Merch AP. Complete any ad-hoc or regular reporting requests from external department as approved by the Manager, Merch AP.

Identify needs for new queries within the department and develop private queries to be promoted to production as needed.

Complete standardized process documentation for all Merch AP Ops functions under CTR, MARKS, and FGL

Provide training to payment representatives as needed.

What you bring

Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Power BI, PowerPoint

VBA programming and SQL would be an asset

Strong financial acumen in order to quickly learn and understand the logic behind Merchandise AP

Experience in Corporate Retail or Supply Chain would be an asset

Strong knowledge of PeopleSoft or an equivalent Financial System (SAP, JDE, JDA, Manhattan, Oracle etc) working within the Accounts Payables module

Knowledge of PMM

University degree in Finance / Accounting or business-related discipline

2-5 years experience working in a Finance / Accounting role or related function within PeopleSoft or an equivalent large-scale Financial System

Hybrid

We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.

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