AP SME Analyst

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The Position

The Accounts Payable SME plays a key role with the responsibility to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of all disbursements and proper execution of day-to-day activities while maintaining adequate internal controls. Performance monitoring and reporting to the line manager.

The Accounts Payable SME will provide day-to-day operational support to the Accounts Payable Team and respond to all financial/fiscal function queries/requests.  This role will provide expertise and advice to the AP Team Analysts, to enable them to deliver consistently high standards on daily key Accounts Payable activities within the RSS. 

The AP SME will support the AP Team with transactional activities during periods of high work volume if needed.

Works within the AP team to improve the processes and system to increase the efficiency of the department based on best practices. Our ideal candidate is a dedicated team player with an entrepreneurial spirit who is self-motivated.  It will work closely with the affiliate providing support to local vendors and customers.

It will play an active role contributing to the improvement of the performance of the Shared Service Center.

Main Responsibilities:

• Daily work coordination & performance monitoring,
• Daily / weekly / monthly performance reporting to the line manager,
• Execute daily processing work in their business area
• Ensure the service quality and compliance in the responsible area
• Preparation of learning path (including training material). Deliver process training as ordered by the Team Lead / Operations manager
• Arrange the necessary training ( learning path,track knowledge gap & assess refreshing process trainings, ensure the process training for the new team members as per learning path.
• Identify and implement efficiency improvements in systems and processes
• Coordinate with IT Support Teams on process change & improvement
• Participate in Global Roche Best Practice Sharing workshops on behalf of SSC, as well as in any other additional project due to business or process improvements requirements.
• Create and Maintain SOPs, DTPs, CCPs & CCNs ​

Qualifications:

• University degree or advanced student (last year of the current career) at the following areas: accounting, business administration, economics and related fields of study.
• Fluent English Skills, intermediate Portuguese is desirable
• 2 -4 years of experience in AP, Finance , Tax or Accounting

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

The Roche Services & Solutions as well as People Support Solutions organisations located in San Jose provide end-to-end business solutions for Finance, Procurement, IT, Communications, People & Culture (Human Resources) and beyond to our Roche colleagues across the Americas region. Today Roche employs altogether around 800 employees in Costa Rica.