Accounts Payable Clerk (10 months contract)
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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Job Title
Accounts Payable Clerk (10 months contract)
Business Area
Core
Our Core Teams rise to the challenges of running a fast-moving, quick-growing global business. They’re the backbone of our corporate structure. They make sure we work effectively - and efficiently. And above all, they create a supportive and inclusive home for some of the most talented people on the planet.
Location
Shanghai
Shanghai is another of our larger offices, and you’ll find us in the centre of the city next to the Natural History Museum and Jing’an Sculpture Park. Our building is a Gensler-designed addition to the Jing’an skyline; a 60-story prime office building and retail pavilion with great transport links. Inside, you’ll discover everything from fine dining to relaxing spaces, all with spacious interiors and outdoor terraces overlooking the entire park.
Company Description
Third Bridge is a market-leading investment research firm. We provide integrated solutions for the world’s top investors and business leaders to help them make smarter and faster decisions. No other company in the world provides the same holistic investment offering: our superpower is the combination of human insights and unique investor-led content with a global expert network. We serve over 1,000 investment firms, offering clients 24/7 coverage through our team of 1,300+ employees located across 12 offices.
Job Description
- Creating and checking specialist invoices on Netsuite and Intranet
- Creating payment files for vendors, specialists, staff expenses
- Timely and accurate transaction processing and query handling (in relation to specialist invoices, credit notes and adjustments)
- Checking expense claim and making sure that employees follow expenses policy
- Resolving specialist and internal tickets (queries)
- Daily cash flow and bank reconciliation
- Ensure the appropriate authorisations are gained prior to payment of invoices, checking and approving Purchase Orders, checking if is in line with group policy
- Ensure the tax invoices and supporting documents are well received, reviewed and documented
- Setting up new supplier profile on the accounting software once it’s approved to be on board and ensuring master data accuracy
- Assist manager to prepare accounts payable related data during the month-end and audit period
- Ah-hoc duties as required
General duties:
- Fully understand and being able to explain the details of the company’s expense policy
- Communicate professionally with responsible parties for inquiring necessary information as bank compliance requested
- Ensure accuracy and efficiency at the operational level on the timely basis
- Spot irregular transactions and appropriately flag them to manager
- Ad hoc supporting work on Accounts Payable as assigned by manager
Qualifications
Preferred Skills and Requirements
- Good understanding of the AP process, having held an AP clerk position previously for minimum 2 years experience
- Strong system experience and prior knowledge of accounting packages
- Bachelor and above, finance or accounting major required
- Be a good communicator both in English and Chinese, good command in spoken and written English
- Good communication skills
- Good Excel competence
- Good organisation skills
- Comfortable in picking up a variety of systems quite quickly and working with bank systems, able to handle multi-tasks
- Attentive to details and professional behavior
- Proactive member of the team, fit into team well, demonstrates strong governance understanding
- Ability to work in a fast-paced transactional environment under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Ability to adapt and learn new tools and techniques, and willingness to embrace opportunities for change
- Can-do attitude, ability to meet deadlines
- Strong work ethic with a positive attitude
Additional Information
The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the country they are applying.
We know that to be truly innovative, we need to have a diverse team around us. That is why Third Bridge is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If you are not 100% sure if you are right for the role, please apply anyway and we will be happy to consider your application.