Expert Team Member I2p

**Date**:Apr 9, 2025

**Location**: Pune, IN

**Company**:AkzoNobel

**About AkzoNobel**

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands - including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon - is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today - while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

© 2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.

**Job Purpose**:
The Transactional officer in regional accounting center is responsible for:

- Perform full-cycle accounts payable processes - including three-way and two-way PO matching, manual coding entry, batching and data entry
- Responsible for AP accounts in Balance Sheet
- Assure proper AP account reconciliations
- Perform the activities related to payments
- Resolve anomalies in the AP accounts
- Resolve long term blocked invoices
- Action on Supplier Debit value.
- GRNI accounts maintenance

**Key Activities**:

- Perform full-cycle accounts payable processes - including three-way and two-way PO matching, manual coding entry, batching and data entry
- Review entries for accuracy in account coding and banking requirements
- Ensure invoices are recorded in accordance with company policy and generally accepted accounting principles
- Resolve purchase order, invoice, or payment discrepancies
- Communicate effectively with vendors and other employees to resolve payment processing issues
- Monitor invoice progress from receipt thru approval
- Assist in reconciling supplier statements
- Perform other duties and ad hoc projects as assigned
- End to End Stakeholder management
- Execute payments
- Authorize payments timely for the region
- Query Management: Resolve P2I queries - Right First time
- Ensure the GR IR reconciliations are performed\
- Ensure that the review of blocks (A/ R) is performed
- Ensure Invoice Overdues targets are met
- Ensure Payment In Time KPI targets are met

**Experience**:

- Procure to Pay (E2E) expertise with more than 2 years
- Ability to manage and co-ordinate with the team deadlines
- Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently with internal/external stakeholders
- Ability to work in a remote environment from a global level whilst continuously retaining ‘an eye’ for the details
- Expertise of SAP, with preference to SAP Vendor Invoice Management and SAP Finance
- Knowledge of e-procurement suites (SAP SRM, SAP Ariba) will be a plus
- Excellence communication skills in English (verbal and written)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel)
- Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies (certification will be considered a plus)

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 45887