Overview:
Waters Corporation is seeking a motivated Accounts Payable Analyst II to join our Finance Transformation organization. The Accounts Payable Analyst II will support the administrative and operational tasks related to ensuring invoices and payments are processed in a timely and accurate manner and in line with our payment term policy and will report to the Accounts Payable Supervisor with exposure to the Director, Global Process owner of Source to Pay. This position will coordinate new initiatives and drive process improvements to support the company's continued growth.
Responsibilities:
* Support the daily payee and payment operations of the Accounts Payable department.
* Effectively communicate with both internal and external stakeholders. Assists with a wide variety of non-routine, specialized and/or occasionally sensitive situations and problems, requiring considerable judgment.
* Support the reconciliation and resolution of complex account issues related to manufacturing with both 3rd party and Inter-company vendors.
* Pro-actively manage risk, anticipate potential issues, and implement appropriate mitigations.
* Ensure mitigation of financial risk by adhering to all internal controls and facilitating support of both internal and external audit requests. Identify and recommend process improvements and efficiency gains pertaining to the controls as AP processes are continuously changing to accommodate the needs of the business and our vendors.
*Review both W8 (foreign vendor) and W9 forms to ensure completeness, including knowledge of tax laws required to accurately validate and determine whether a vendor payment has tax reporting implications. Assist with the 1099 and 1042S processes to include tax form printing and annual filings directly to the IRS.
* Assist the data analytics review provided by 3rd party vendors regarding duplicate and/or incorrect vendor payments and identify corrective actions and process improvements to limit potential exposure.
* Run Key metric reports in order to measure business impact regarding changes pertaining to improving backlog, discount vendor payments, etc.
Actively participate in ongoing AP/Source to Pay projects, global expansion and systems production suppport initiatives pertaining to vendor payment consolidations as well as working with indirect/direct team on payment initiatives such as increased payment card usage related to rebate incentive reviews.
Qualifications:
* Preferred - Associates degree in Accounting, Business Administration or related field
* 15+ years of experience effectively supporting accounts payable functions
*Experience in using SAP accounting and purchasing modules, with Ariba experience a plus
* Strong Verbal and written communication skills
* Excellent organization and customer service skills
* Strong problem resolution skills
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