Associate, Accounts Payable

**Reports To: Manager, Accounts Payable**

**Work Location: Gurugram with a minimum of 3 days per week work from office**

**Shift Timing**: 3 PM IST to 12AM IST

**Job Summary**

**We are currently looking for an Associate to join our Accounts Payable team. We are seeking a dynamic and self-motivated individual with excellent accounting knowledge as well as strong analytical and communication skills. This role will report to the Manager, Accounts Payable and will focus primarily on facilitating the Accounts Payable process. This individual should be confident in their ability to work independently as well as in a group setting within a multi-office environment. The Associate, Accounts Payable, will also support the Accounting department by contributing to the accurate and timely reporting of financial results to our internal and external stakeholders. This is an excellent opportunity to join our global organization with significant growth potential, for a qualified individual who shares our values of learning and curiosity, responsibility, fresh perspectives, and integrity.

Specific job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

- Timely processing of vendor invoices, ensuring all invoices are coded accurately and matched to purchase orders.
- Ensuring timely & accurate processing of ACH payment batches and individual payment wires.
- Perform daily bank reconciliation to investigate and resolve payment processing related issues.
- Create and post journal entries for accounts payable transactions to ensure accurate monthly financial reporting.
- Assist in the monthly closing process, ensuring all accounts payable transactions are properly recorded and accounted for.
- Support the annual external audit process by providing necessary documentation and information.
- Assist with the reconciliation of intercompany and prepaid accounts, ensuring accuracy and completeness in financial records.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Commerce.
- 3+ years of experience in accounts payable role.
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles and payment processing systems.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Problem-solving skills and the ability to resolve issues efficiently.
- Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains or Avid or Workday ERP experience is an added advantage.

**About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group**

GLG is the world’s insight network. Our clients rely on GLG’s global team to connect with powerful insight across fields from our network of approximately 1 million experts (and the hundreds of new experts we recruit every day).

GLG’s industry-leading compliance framework allows clients to learn in a structured, auditable, and transparent way, consistent with their own internal compliance obligations and the highest professional ethical standards. Our compliance standards are a major competitive differentiator and key component of the company’s culture.

Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (“GLG”) is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, race, religion, color, marital status, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

**EEO Policy Statement**:
Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (“GLG”) is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, race, religion, color, marital status, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.