AP Analyst - Up To 18 Months Contract

Pepsico

Cork

We are recruiting an Accounts Payable Analyst to join our team in Carrigaline on a specified purpose contract with approximate duration of 18 months. We are the concentrate team in PepsiCo (PGCS) working across the Beverage, Nutrition and Snacks categories to deliver concentrate for many of PepsiCo's mega brands including Gatorade, 7Up and Pepsi. We are at the heart of PepsiCo products, sourcing ingredients to manufacture more than 1,200 recipes for our brands. We are a global organisation, situated in 17 locations across 11 countries offering careers in various functions from Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Finance, R&D, HR and IT. We want team members who can collaborate in our fast paced global organisation and are passionate about creating and delivering much-loved household brands to markets across the world. Let's be frank. PepsiCo is a $63billion global business. It is extremely complex. And our Finance community make sense of it by tracking our overall business results, helping maximise our financial performance and put in place the right controls to ensure accuracy and transparency of our results. Whether working in Financial Planning, Operations Finance, Back Office or Controls, the Finance function takes a central role in the way we run our business. Do you want to be a part of the financial heartbeat of our organisation? If so we could take your talents to a whole new level. Primary Accountabilities: * Responsible for processing invoices and ensuring payment is within credit terms as agreed with the vendor. * Responsible for processing manual invoices ensuring accurate coding. * Working closely with GRIR accountant to investigate outstanding receipts. * Dealing with external vendors daily regarding payments, statements and problems arising. * Meeting internally with colleagues across departments to resolve accounts payable issues. * Completion of key tasks/reconciliations to ensure accurate and timely reporting at month end. * Completion of monthly vendor reconciliations for Key Vendors. * Exercise internal controls to maintain compliance with financial policies and Global Control Standards and actively review same for continued compliance. * Deal with external and internal auditors to ensure compliance of audits and statutory requirements. * Preparation of documentation and analysis of current processes with a view to standardization, automation & elimination. * Actively investigate and understand best practice looking for new opportunities to implement/develop these into the PepsiCo Ireland Controls & Reporting Team. * Explore opportunities to drive efficiencies and improved KPI's through automation and process improvements. * Maintain and develop best practice documentation on processes within your remit. * Involvement with the Company's efforts to ensure compliance with all commercial, company, environmental, safety and other legislation. * A requirement of the role is that you must adhere to all PepsiCo Health & Safety requirements. Essential Skills: * Minimum of 2 years proven demonstrated track record in a busy Accounts Payable environment, ideally multi-national focused. * Exposure to and working knowledge of SAP desired. * Good time-management skills and the ability to prioritize and meet tight deadlines, particularly at month end. * Strong team player with good communication skills, who can interact with other departments and management. * Self-sufficient with the ability and desire to work efficiently and productively in a multi-task environment daily. * Ability to identify opportunities and manage change programs - to streamline/ reengineer existing processes and influence people to implement them. * Ability to identify issues on a timely basis, identify an action plan to resolve issues and influence others to implement the action plan. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated approximately $63 billion in net revenue in 2016, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. At the heart of PepsiCo is Performance with Purpose - our fundamental belief that the success of our company is inextricably linked to the sustainability of the world around. We believe that continuously improving the products we sell, operating responsibly to protect our planet and empowering people around the world is what enables PepsiCo to run a successful global company that creates long-term value for society and our shareholders. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com. For the purposes of external advertising we have called this role as Accounts Payable Analyst. However please note that the internal job title the successful candidate will have will be Cntrl & Rpt Sr Associate. This job originally appeared on RecruitIreland.com.

1934 days ago