Pernod Ricard - Assistant Manager - Accounts Payable

Finance (COE Accounts Payable) SUMMARY :

Part of the Centre of Excellence (COE) Accounts Payable (AP) team with involvement across key activities such as PAN India Purchase Order (PO) validations, month-end closing, and coordination with cross-functional teams for audit readiness and process clarifications.

Also acts as a backup for processing various statutory payments, including GST, TDS, TCS, VAT, CST, Label Registration, Import Fees, and Excise Duty, ensuring compliance and traceability.

Responsibilities include maintaining MIS, managing challan archival / retrieval, and supporting foreign payments in alignment with banking and FEMA guidelines, with a focus on minimizing RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Validate PAN India Purchase Orders (POs) in line with Delegation of Authority (DOA) and standard checklists, ensuring adherence to defined SLAs (2 days for OPEX, 3 days for CAPEX).
• Drive and sustain strong PO validation performance by monitoring SLA compliance and proactively resolving exceptions.
• Serve as the first backup for statutory payments, including Excise Duty, GST, TDS, TCS, VAT, CST, Label Registration, and Import Fees, ensuring readiness and compliance.
• Support the accounting and processing of Excise Duty and related statutory payments, as and when required.
• Maintain clean and accurate GLs for Excise and other duties through regular reviews and reconciliations.
• Participate in month-end closing activities, ensuring timely posting, reconciliations, and compliance with internal timelines.
• Track and report daily productivity and SLA adherence, contributing to process transparency and efficiency improvements.
• Ensure systematic archival and easy retrieval of Excise and statutory challans, supporting audits and business continuity.
• Prepare and consolidate SLA and performance data for the entire AP vertical, ensuring completeness and accuracy for reporting.
• Support processing of foreign vendor payments in alignment with banking procedures and FEMA guidelines, minimizing overdues.
• Liaise with cross-functional teams such as Supply Chain, Factory Operations, and Regional Finance to address queries and ensure seamless service delivery.
• Assist in internal, statutory, and external audits by providing timely documentation and clarifications.
• Contribute to automation, process improvement, and simplification initiatives across the AP function to enhance controls and efficiency.
• Provide direction and developmental support to two team members, ensuring accountability, learning, and team PERFORMANCE INDEX :
• PO validation and statutory payment support.
• Month-end closing and GL hygiene.
• Foreign payments with zero overdues.
• 100% challan archival and audit support.
• Automation, tracking, and zero - Senior Manager Accounts Payable.
• COE AP Team.
• COE Tax Team.
• Supply Chain Team.
• Factory Teams.
• Region Teams.
• CFC and Treasury - Chartered Accountant, preferably with a Big4, MNC / New generation Indian Minimum 3 yrs. of experience.
• Experience in Accounts Payable and Closing & Reporting function in a manufacturing company with a sales and distribution setup is preferred.
• Exposure in Shared Service environment preferably in the manufacturing sector / FMCG.
• Experience of working in a fast moving and multicultural environment is SKILLS :
• Fluent with MS Office (specifically Excel and Word) and related tools like Power BI.
• Exposure to ERP environment preferably (SAP, JDE etc.
• Sound accountancy knowledge.
• Hands-on experience in dealing with voluminous booking & Posting process in Shared Service environment.
• Good knowledge of financial / business SKILLS :
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Good at coordination and multitasking.
• Adherence to SLA timelines.
• Should be a team player.

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