Accounts Payable Executive

About the role

Inchcape is hiring an Accounts Payable Executive in Point Lisas, Trinidad and Tobago. The role plays a major part in the day-to-day accounts payable process, including vendor and subagent reconciliation, communicating with vendors, executing payment runs and advance payments. The position is on a contract basis with an estimated duration of 6 months, which can be extended as business needs.

Key responsibilities

• Handle invoice processing for overhead and cost of sales, and employee-related expense postings
• Enter electronic and manual bank payments in the system and allocate invoices
• Handle exceptions such as bank guarantees and urgent payments
• Monitor vendor payment deadlines, prepare remittances and control payment execution
• Administer the payment approval workflow, including seeking direct approval from business operation managers
• Contact the location finance or operations team on issues or escalations, and handle internal and vendor queries by email or call
• Perform vendor Statement of Account (SOA) reconciliation, follow up on unaccounted invoices, and deliver work within agreed turnaround times
• Review and clear vendor ledgers, perform quality audits of posted documents, and maintain a production tracker daily

Required profile

• Associate's and/or Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accountancy or a related major
• Good accounting knowledge and basic knowledge of taxation
• Willingness to work on a shift basis

Required skills

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Advanced Excel formulas such as VLOOKUP
• Reconciliation knowledge and knowledge of accounting software (desirable)