Senior Analyst, Accounts Payable Job Listing at Intertek in Houston, TX (Job ID 11958)

Description

Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide. Our network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices and over 43,000 people in more than 100 countries, delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification solutions for our customers' operations and supply chains. Intertek Total Quality Assurance expertise, delivered consistently with precision, pace and passion, enabling our customers to power ahead safely.

Intertek is searching for a Senior Analyst, Accounts Payable to join our team based in Houston, Texas.  This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career!

Role and Responsibilities

• The Senior Accounts Payable Analyst is a key contributor within the team.
• The support of this large, complex organization will provide you with a tremendous amount of challenge and variety.
• In addition to the general daily responsibilities, this role provides you an excellent opportunity to participate in automation, integration, and process improvement projects. These projects are where you can exercise your critical thinking and judgement skills, while providing tangible cost savings to the businesses we support.
• This is a corporate/shared services role based in Houston, TX, supporting the varied businesses in the Intertek portfolio. This means you'll build relationships with the financial leadership of all the businesses we support. Building this network will facilitate your career development.

Specific Responsibilities

• Manage reporting to internal stakeholders to ensure compliance to Intertek policies and timely payment of supplier invoices.
• Issue manual wires using various online banking portals
• Educate internal customers on how invoices get paid and the controls surrounding the process (fraud prevention, etc.)
• Answer Customer Service requests (payment confirmations, etc.)
• Assist team with gathering support for all audits, including pulling documentation
• Investigates and resolves problems associated with processing of invoices and purchase orders.
• Receives, researches, and resolves a variety of routine internal and external inquiries concerning account status, including communicating the resolution of discrepancies to appropriate persons.
• Assist in ad hoc projects as needed.

Experience/Qualifications

• The ideal candidate has 7+ years of general experience in Accounts Payable with knowledge of accounts payable processes and dependencies
• Experience with PeopleSoft is strongly preferred
• General Accounting experience is preferred but not required

Desired Qualifications ​​​​​​​

• Is organized and can work independently to complete tasks
• Intermediate proficiency with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Excel.
• Meets deadlines and follows through on commitments
• Has a sense of urgency
• Understands the controls surrounding Accounts Payable and how fraud is prevented
• Has a great personality, being able to speak with anyone at any level in the organization
• Takes ownership of assigned tasks, staying organized, productive, and responsive
• Communicates efficiently and effectively both inside and outside the organization
• Likes to learn new things
• Can take the lead on assigned projects
• Wants to develop themselves, working towards the next step in their career

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience from a global, complex, multi-site, multi- stream business is preferred.
• Experience with PeopleSoft or any large enterprise ERP system (i.e. SAP/Lawson, etc.)

Required Competencies

• Strong initiative and self-motivation: Ability to work with minimal supervision under intense deadlines.
• Ability to analyze and process high volumes of information; manage priorities; follow through; able to prioritize; assist in developing clear and well-defined processes.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Accurate and strong attention to detail.

Education:

• This position typically requires a minimum of an Associate's degree with a focus on Accounting or Finance field required and 5 or more years of applicable experience.

Why work at Intertek?

Intertek is a world leader in the $250 billion Quality Assurance market, with a proven, high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts. At Intertek, we exercise our spirit of innovation, the passion of our people and our unmatched customer commitment to realize our purpose of making the world an ever better, safer, and more sustainable place for all. Learn more about Our History and What We Do.

Intertek is committed to a safe work environment for our employees and clients. Learn more about our COVID-19 Policy.

What we have to offer:

When Working with Intertek, you can expect salary and benefit package competitively placed within the local market, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement and more.

Intertek is a drug-free workplace. As a condition of employment, all hires are required to pass a pre-employment drug test.

Intertek believes that Our People are our strongest tool for success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against applicants due to veteran status or on the basis of disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, or who need assistance applying, please email hr.eeoc.data@intertek.com or call 1-877-694-8543 (option #5) to speak with a member of the HR Department.
 

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