Payment Officer

Job description / Role

Line of Service
Internal Firm Services

Specialism
IFS - Finance

Management Level
Associate

Job Description & Summary

Responsibilities:

- Team Leader for all Accounts Payable payments
- Ensure vendors / contractors are paid on time and accurately
- Responsible for the accuracy and consistency of all payment activities
- Manage Accounts Payable payments with appropriate oversight
- Ensure completeness, accuracy and compliance with approved accounting principles
- Preparing appropriately documented and approved payment runs for AP Manager sign off
- Liaise with Treasury following AP Manager approval for funding confirmation
- Prepare standardised reports or  summaries, and other documentation required for the function and as directed by the Accounts Payable Team Leader
- Responsible for the continuing professional development of self and junior team members

Requirements

Skill Requirements

Technical Skills:

- College education with financial aspect
- CPA certification or similar finance related qualification would be an advantage
- Overall experience of 2+ years in broad finance experience (accounting, AP)
- Full understanding of the Accounts Payable function
- Knowledge of internal controls and segregation of duties within finance and accounts
- Strong financial, analytical and accounting skills
- An understanding of general/international accounting standards and practices
- Good problem solving skills
- Excellent level of accuracy to a high level of detail
- Excellent Microsoft Excel skills

Soft Skills:

- Fluency in spoken and written English, proficiency in Arabic would be an advantage 
- Good office management skills to ensure coverage of workload
- Strong verbal and written communication skills required to effectively work with professional resources in accounting areas
- Organization, thoroughness, eye for detail, time management skills and proactivity needed
- Capability to work well in a team
- Excellent organisation skills
- Skilled in maintaining client relationships
- Time management skills and proactivity
- Strong liaison skills, with the ability to maintain geographical relationships
- Strong work ethic

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.