Accounts Payable Executive ( One Year Fixed Term Contract)

About the role

Provide reliable finance operations support across accounts payable and indirect tax, combining responsive stakeholder service, accurate compliance execution, disciplined workflow management, and continuous improvement through data and digital solutions.

Work Location : 1 Powerhouse - 5 mins walk from Bandar Utama MRT station

Contract role : 12 Months

Working hours : 2PM to 11PM

Key responsibilities

• Serve as a key contact for vendors and internal stakeholders, investigate finance queries, provide clear status updates, and escalate complex issues to the appropriate process owners
• Support invoice, payment, credit note, purchase order, vendor master data, urgent payment, and remittance queries while ensuring that required approvals and documentation are in place
• Prepare indirect tax returns, monitor tax-sensitive master data and workflows, support accurate tax code and rate application, manage tax-related open items, and provide reconciled data for audits
• Maintain accurate tickets and workflow queues, priorities and track open actions, follow agreed service levels, and operate in line with finance policies, internal controls, and compliance requirements
• Work closely with Finance, Procurement, Commercial, IT, Vendor Master Data, site teams, and external vendors to resolve issues and support end-to-end process effectiveness
• Identify recurring issues and opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and optimize finance and tax processes, including support for ERP, e-invoicing, e-reporting, analytics, and transformation initiatives
• Prepare operational updates and summaries, monitor ageing and unresolved items, and use data to highlight risks, trends, service performance, and improvement opportunities

About you

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Tax, related discipline or professional accountancy qualification
• 3 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Relevant experience in finance operations, accounts payable, indirect tax compliance, shared services, a centre of excellence, customer service, or a multinational environment
• Working knowledge of AP processes and indirect tax concepts, with the ability to interpret transactional data and apply process controls accurately
• Experience with ERP and workflow platforms such as SAP, VIM/OpenText, Coupa, ServiceNow, or comparable systems
• Strong Excel, reporting, analytical, problem-solving, written communication, and stakeholder-management skills
• Fluent written and spoken English, with the ability to interpret information accurately and respond appropriately
• Customer-focused, proactive, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities independently while collaborating across functions