Senior Associate - Finance

Company Description

WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) is a global Business Process Management (BPM) leader. WNS offers business value to 400+ global clients by combining operational excellence with deep domain expertise in key industry verticals, including Banking and Financial Services, Consulting and Professional Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics, Telecommunications, Travel and Utilities. WNS South Africa has been in operation since 2003 and built a reputation as the industry leader for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) in South Africa, with a growing footprint into Africa. We are a strategic partner for delivering a full range of basic to complex processes from our eight delivery centers across South Africa, employing 4000+ people.Why join us?We promise our employees to experience role clarity, coaching and mentoring, professional development and structured career path through our 5 people promises and keeping employee experience at the core. Experience the culture of outperformance, engagement, celebration and also contribute to society through our WNS Cares Foundation, where you have the opportunity to support meaningful initiatives and make an impact in the community.

Job Description

Senior Associate Operations - Accounts Payable/Nightshift (US hours)

Main Purpose:

Transactional management for clients Accounts Payable (AP) function. Responsible for accurately processing, analysing, balancing and reconciling all financially related activities within the specified time frames and Service Level Agreement (SLA) targets.
Post stabilisation of business operations and implementation of transformation initiatives, the role can evolve from transactional processing to higher-end work including but not restricted to exception handling, problem solving skills and using the latest technology to deliver future results.

Key Responsibilities:

To accurately capture invoices in the accounting systems in order to effect payment on time and accurately to Creditors (check and match orders)
Check figures against commission schedules for accuracy within specified deadlines
Ensure invoices are properly authorised in accordance with Delegation of Authority (DOA) and allocate it to correct Vendor & General Ledger accounts on a daily basis
Attentively and accurately process invoices in Accounts Payable and post batches daily (payment of invoices) as per DOA
Distribution of remittances to vendors post payment runs
Vendor reconciliations (reconcile payments and control accounts
Financial Closing (Month-end, half-year and year-end activities associated with AP function)
Perform thorough investigations on financial differences
Initiate adjustments/corrections within control parameters
Process vendor queries including follow-up to conclude any outstanding items
Immediate escalation to Team leads to address unresolved issues
File supporting documentation electronically (logical and available)
Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction