Key Responsibilities
Purchase Order Review & Approval
- Review, validate, and approve Purchase Orders based on approved purchase requisitions
- Ensure POs details are accurate, complete, and aligned with approved purchase requisitions and supporting documentation
- Ensure all PR/POs comply with company’s procurement policies, delegation of authority, and internal controls
Compliance & Governance
- Verify validity and completeness of supporting documentation (approved purchase requisitions, quotations, approval) before PO approval
- Identify, flag, and escalate non-compliant or high-risk procurement transactions.
- Support internal and external audits by providing requested documentation.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Collaborate with PO Creators to resolve PO issues and/or discrepancies.
- Provide guidance and clarification to buyers and end users on PO standards and approval requirements.
Process Improvement & Expertise
- Identify opportunities to improve PO creation & approval process, efficiency and accuracy, system enhancements and best practices.
Reporting & Monitoring
- Provide insights and PO reports to BU as requested/required.
- Monthly steerco report to monitor PO Status, Timeliness and Accuracy.
Key Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills And Experience
- A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.
- Relevant professional certifications is an advantage (e.g. CPA, MBA …etc.)
- Relevant experience in a Finance Shared Services or BPO is preferred.
- Experience in any of the following Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an advantage:
- SAP MM/FI Module (required 2 to 4 years if assigned to SJ)
- Epicor
- Concur
- 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience in any of the following areas:
- Purchase Order Processing
- Vendor Invoice Processing
- Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt
- Intercompany Invoice Processing
- Vendor Maintenance
- Account Reconciliations
- Payment Processing
- Intermediate knowledge in MS Office applications is an advantage.
- Able to collaborate with team members, internal clients and management.
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills within a multi-cultural business environment.
- Good communication skills. Able to engage stakeholders in a conversation. Able to express ideas or point of views both in oral and written communication.
- Basic understanding of accounting principles.
- Ability to cope with ambiguity and change and maintain high level of professionalism when working under pressure
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