Accounts Payable Financial Analyst (hybrid)

Overview

Analyzes and improves accounts payable processes, reporting, and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• ap reporting
• data analysis
• dashboard maintenance
• financial reconciliation
• ap support
• continuous improvement

Tasks

-Serve as first point of escalation for questions from outsourced A/P team -Responds to internal and external customer inquiries and requests in a timely, professional manner -Build and maintain query capability on accounts payable data to ensure accurate, timely, and efficient reporting -Investigates and resolves root cause issues related to SLA’s and KPI’s -Data analysis - Analyze information from a variety of sources to detect trends, associations, cause-effect relationships and other anomalies. -Conduct outbound phone calls to verify payment information for sensitive suppliers -Time management - Effectively manage his or her time to ensure deadlines are met and quality is achieved. -Perform TIN matching for new vendor set ups -Quality Orientation- Produces processes, tasks, and work products to ensure freedom from errors, omissions, or defects. -Assists with the oversight of A/P outsourced activities -Establishes Continuous Improvement ideas -Maintains and improves dashboards for reporting on SLAs, KPIs, and other meaningful metrics -Reviews internal controls, and participates in quarterly and annual SOX testing to ensure AP processes are working as intended, and to ensure that potential for fraud or other abuses are minimized -Partners with IT personnel concerning the support of all AP systems and interfaces to the accounts payable systems -Guides and assists team Associates regarding invoice processing including complicated and/or unusual items -Handles all inbound mail sent to AP team -Serves as integral member of team responsible for reviewing AP processes and systems and recommending a single process and system for use by all operating units -Execute financial reconciliations between systems -Continuous Improvement - Originating action to improve existing conditions and processes; identifying improvement opportunities, generating ideas, and implementing solutions.

Requirements

• cpa
• finance
• leadership
• bachelor's
• pc applications
• accounts payable

What You Bring

-Financial Acumen- Understands basics of finance and accounting, including the relationships between segments of the financial statements (e.g. balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow) -Demonstrates leadership through functional knowledge and personnel skills, motiving peers and business partners -Requires multiple functional experience -Prefer CPA -Acknowledges and commits to objectives, SLA's and KPI’s -1-2 years of experience in finance, accounting, regulatory or a related field, specific A/P experience preferred -E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) E-Verify Participation Poster English and Spanish -Requires knowledge of PC applications -Right to Work Poster (English and Spanish) If you have the right to work, don't let anyone take it away -Bachelor's Degree Requires 4 year degree in business discipline -Acknowledges corporate payment processes and policies

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Benefits

-Networking- Pursue opportunities to network with different parts of finance as well as other parts of NI. -The salary offered to a candidate is based on several factors including but not limited to the candidate’s skills, job-related knowledge, and relevant experience, as well as internal pay equity.

About Nisource

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Visa Sponsorship

-no sponsorship; candidates must be authorized to work in the united states.