Accounts Payable Administrator De

**Position Overview**
- The Accounts Payable Administrator Germany is responsible for timely and accurate processing of vendor invoices, consignment, and pipeline payment documents.

**Country**
- India

**Function**
- Finance

**Company Overview**
- Westlake is a global manufacturer and supplier of materials and innovative products that enhance life every day. Headquartered in Houston, with operations in Asia, Europe and North America, we provide the building blocks for vital solutions — from housing and construction, to packaging and healthcare, to automotive and consumer. Westlake Epoxy, a part of the Westlake Family, is a global leading producer of specialty resins, coatings and composites for a variety of industries, including high growth and more sustainable end-uses such as wind turbine blades, light weight automotive structural components and future generations of aerospace composite materials. You will become part of a robust high-performance team, supported, developed and inspired to achieve your personal best. The health and safety of our employees and communities, and the vigilant stewardship of the environment and sustainability are of utmost importance and at the forefront of everything we do.

**Company Distinction**
- This exciting opportunity is part of Westlake Epoxy

**Responsibilities**:

- Ensure timely and accurate posting of all types of invoices and other invoice processing related functions;
- Ascertain that invoice approvals are in accordance with the company’s Delegation of Authority;
- Review incoming invoices for compliance ensuring they are submitted in a manner that is compliant with departmental standards including the validation of the invoice number, baseline date, and payment terms to the vendor master and purchase order information;
- Act as the focal point for vendor inquires on account status, effectively communicating to the vendor the payables process and resolving issues in a timely and professional manner in order to avoid disruption in service and to build a mutually beneficial relationship;
- Maintain professional and effective communication with Treasury, Indirect and Direct Buyers, Commodity Managers and Contract Administrators to collect the necessary information to post and have invoices available in a timely matter;
- Participate in group discussions and/or partner with AP Manager to identify trends and areas for improvement and assist in creating documentation for new and existing processes to create efficiency and improve the overall success of the P2P department;
- Initiate contact with vendors to communicate P2P invoicing standards and collaborate to remove procedural obstacles to meeting standards;
- Perform clearing documents;
- Reconcile vendor statements or open invoice documents to SAP Accounts Payable Ledger;
- Check payment proposals to allow accurate on time transfer of funds;
- Mail containing a multitude of documents which must be properly directed to appropriate individuals, organized, and scanned for archiving in SAP;
- Manage a complex workload in order to complete tasks within departmental standards and Standard Service Level Agreements;
- Handling of the German Shared Mailbox
- Other duties as assigned by manager.

**Minimum Qualifications**
- B.Com, MBA Finance, BBA Finance
- 1-3 years Accounts Payable experience;
- Fluent language skills in English, and German;
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel;
- SAP knowledge is strongly required (AP functions);
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (2010);

**Other**

**Job Type**
- FullTime