Reconciliation Specialist, Accounts Payable

Celanese Corporation is a global chemical leader in the production of differentiated chemistry solutions and specialty materials used in most major industries and consumer applications. Our businesses use the full breadth of Celanese's global chemistry, technology and commercial expertise to create value for our customers, employees, shareholders and the corporation. As we partner with our customers to solve their most critical business needs, we strive to make a positive impact on our communities and the world through The Celanese Foundation. Based in Dallas, Celanese employs approximately 13,000 employees worldwide and had 2023 net sales of $10.9 billion. For more information about Celanese Corporation and its product offerings, visit www.celanese.com.

Looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist with experience in handling end to end Payments and performing account reconciliations as needed. 

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

1. Processing payment runs, executing manual payments accurately and in a timely manner to suppliers and all stakeholders.
2. Reconciling vendor accounts and providing financial query assistance on process and features to Internal and external customers.
3. Understanding and applying appropriate quality improvement processes.
4. Respond and resolve every query that reaches us within 24 hours
5. Ensuring prompt payment to all stakeholders
6. Following up with Treasury and external banks in event of nonreceipt of payments
7. Prepare process documentation for existing/new processes.
8. Ensure that all auto scheduled/ Adhoc payments are executed as per the payment run calendar.
9. Stakeholder management.
10. Work with multiple teams to resolve payment failures, batch failures and file transmission failures
11. Ensure Reconciliation of Cash and Bank GLs is performed as per compliance.
12. Analyze payment rejections.
13. Coordinate with various banking partners to ensure legal compliance is met.
14. Ensure zero fraudulent payments.
15. Creation, Run, maintenance of daily, weekly, monthly payment schedules and calendars.
16. Run fund forecasting reports to understand funding needs to meet payment requirements.
17. Ensuring all KCAs are in compliance with SOX.

4-7 years’ experience in AP shared services/payments process.

Be BCom/MCom/ MBA

Able to effectively communicate in English with both internal and external stakeholders

Multitasker, Team player, Flexible to work in shifts

Proactive to learn/analyze, independent, keen to learn.