Accounts Payable operations Analyst

Description

This role is responsible for monitoring payments executed through the payment platform versus SAP, reconciling accounts payable and related bank activity, researching payment issues and bank transactions, responding to and following up with suppliers, and supporting the forecast of accounts payable, accounts receivable, and cash disbursements. The position also supports internal controls and SOX compliance, partners with Finance to assess accounting implications of transactions and payment flows, and contributes to continuous improvement in finance operations practices, controls, and policies.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor and reconcile payments executed in the payment platform against SAP postings, bank activity, and supporting documentation

• Reconcile accounts payable, payment clearing accounts, and related balance sheet accounts, and investigate discrepancies, aged items, duplicate payments, and unusual transactions

• Manage vendor inquiries and coordinate with internal stakeholders and external providers to resolve payment issues, bank rejections, missing information, and escalations

• Prepare and maintain payment schedules, AP ageing visibility, and forecast inputs for accounts payable, accounts receivable, and cash payments

• Support month-end and year-end close activities, including reconciliations, bank entries, accruals, reporting, and related accounting analysis

• Review payment transactions, contracts, invoices, and bank support to ensure proper accounting treatment, posting, classification, and documentation in SAP

• Identify risks, control gaps, and compliance issues in payment and reconciliation processes, and support internal controls, SOX, audit requests, and documentation requirements

• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Controllership, GBS, Conduent, and operations teams to assess accounting implications and improve end-to-end payment and reconciliation processes

• Lead or support Lean, AI, automation, and innovation initiatives to streamline workflows, strengthen controls, reduce manual work, and improve service delivery across teams

• Prepare recurring and ad hoc reporting, track recurring issues and process pain points, and provide day-to-day knowledge sharing and support to team members as needed

• Main activity: processing payments for GMISC, reviewing bank accounts, handling supplier requests, payments, validating collections, and reconciliations.

Education:
Bachelors Degree: Accounting, Finance
Experience: 1 to 2 years
Relevant experience:
- Hands-on SAP experience in operational transactions and master data
maintenance
- Experience coordinating with customers, suppliers, logistics, and cross-
functional teams
- Experience creating or maintaining materials, validating prices, and
supporting new business flows
- Experience improving working files, operational controls, reporting tools,
or process execution methods
- Exposure to AI, automation, or digital improvement initiatives in
operational processes is desirable
Technical skills:
- SAP
- Advanced Excel
- Power BI preferred
- Master data management and operational data controls
- Understanding of billing processes, pricing logic, and payment terms
- Interest in AI, automation, and process efficiency tools
Languages:
Spanish – Advanced
English – Intermediate
Key Competencies
- Attention to detail
- Customer orientation
- Planning and organization
- Sense of urgency
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Problem solving
- Adaptability
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Accountability
- Digital and innovation mindset

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need gm immigration sponsorship now or in the future.

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.

This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

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