Accounts Payable Analyst

*Finance Accounting
*Accounts Payable & Escheatment resides in Finance & Accounting and is responsible for accurate vendor/supplier, partner, and regulatory payments. This encompasses various responsibilities including but not limited to processing invoices and payment requests, initiating payments, managing vendor/supplier set-up, purchase order & buyer oversight, and Travel & Expense reimbursements. Reporting for Barclays Bank Delaware and subsidiaries is completed locally using the PeopleSoft Financial Suite of systems all while maintaining an effective control environment.

*Overall purpose of role
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This position is responsible for processing transactions related to the accounts payable function, ensuring all vendor payment requests, partner payments, and colleague business travel expense reports are paid in a timely manner and in compliance with company policies and procedures. This position also works with abandoned property reporting to ensure funds are remitted timely and accurately to its rightful owner or the appropriate jurisdiction as required. This includes due diligence requirements to return abandoned property/funds to its rightful owner and if unsuccessful, then remitting it to the appropriate jurisdiction as well as managing the varying timelines required by each jurisdiction. Also contributes to the development and revision of policies and procedures.

*Key Accountabilities
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• Process invoices and payment requests in PeopleSoft.
• Review and pay business travel expense reports for colleagues.
• Enter new vendors into PeopleSoft as requested.
• Ensure that AP research and responsibilities are met through the month meeting deadlines while assisting colleagues and vendors with any questions or issues.
• Work closely with internal and external customers, including vendors, business partners, etc.
• Ensure policies and procedures are clearly communicated, and work with colleagues to ensure that policies and procedures are followed.

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

This role will require regular, daily interaction with key stakeholders which include third-party suppliers, vendors, Barclaycard US and Barclays Group colleagues. In addition, the ability to interact with all levels of internal colleagues and management as well as external customers is a necessity. Communication to all stakeholders will be in the form of both email and telephone and all communication, both internal and external, will require effective and professional responses provided in a timely manner.

Decision-making and Problem Solving

As the sole colleague within Barclaycard US filling this role, the ability to make decisions and act on them is crucial. Each situation presented will be unique but, with the proper training, guidance and written procedures, all necessary tools to make these decisions, without the assistance of other colleagues or management, will be provided. It is the expectation that the skill level regarding the decision-making, problem solving and analytical abilities be at an advanced level and only require escalation to management when extremely difficult situations arise.

*Person Specification
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Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years Accounts Payable experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree recommended
• Ability to key invoices with 95% accuracy or greater.
• Ability to handle a variety of responsibilities and prioritize as needed.
• Strong analytical and organization skills.
• Basic to Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Minimum two years of experience in Accounts Payable using PeopleSoft or another large ERP.
• Ability to recognize required controls to mitigate risk.

Job Type: Contract

Experience:

• Accounts Payable: 2 years