.Position Summary:Support the Company subgroup in the US, as well as the entity in Canada, with the day-to-day accounting activities for AP or Treasury Analyst.
The Treasury Analyst is also responsible to ensure compliance with accounting guidelines and act as a business partner to improve the quality of the financial close.
Additionally, assistance with financial audits (e.G.
year-end audits) for the area Analyst.
The AP or Treasury Analyst will work closely with other Finance teams (General Accounting, Credit department, and Tax department), Financial Analysis & Planning, Legal, and Business departments.
The position is based in New York City, New York.Responsibilities
- Manage all cash management functions including cash concentration, wires, and account funding.
Manage inter-company cash and transfers.
- Prepare all outgoing cash payments (issuing cheques and ACH/WIRES payments on a weekly basis) – Upload Positive-Pay file via online banking systems.
- Upload reports from third-party companies for Utility payments.
- Perform daily Cash Pool clearing, check encashment uploads, and wire clearing.
- Reconcile Vendor accounts in SAP against Vendor statements.
- Review/Post/Clear Bank Fees.
- Review and Clear SAP GL Accounts as needed.
- Review/Post and Maintain Manual Freights.
Posting via excel uploads.
- Review/Code/Maintain Accounts Receivable incoming checks.
- Support to ensure that all company expense invoices received from vendors are properly coded, approved, and entered in SAP in a timely and accurate manner.
- Correspond with vendors and respond to inquiries from internal or external customers.
- Support the Accounting Team with the preparation of the monthly accrual for outstanding invoices and reconcile provisions for year-end and quarter close together with the Accounting team.
- Review and update support documents such as the coding instructions per business department and also internal support documents for the Account Payables & Treasury Team.
- Prepare all incoming cash payments (reconciliation of e.G.
credit card statements for Retail stores).
- Prepare Account Payable & Treasury related reports such as DPO and cash-flow statement.
- Act as a business partner and transfer accounting/reporting knowledge to other departments.
- Contribute to ensure the timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and year-end close based on internal as well as headquarter (HQ) deadlines.
- Review if accounting guidelines based on HQ procedures and IFRS updates are in line with day-to-day activities.Additional Responsibilities:
- Assist with System development and implementation projects (e.G.
especially further automation of ACH payments).
- Perform other duties as required.Qualifications:
- High school diploma or BS/BA in Finance or Accounting.
- 1-3 years of professional accounting/finance experience required.
- Experience within the Accounts Payable / Treasury field