Accounts Payable / Senior Accounts Payable Analyst

Company Description

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods, leveraging our global reach and extensive asset network to deliver for our customers around the world – safely, responsibly and reliably. Our diversified activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines. Since 1851, our portfolio has grown to include Oilseeds, Grains, Rice, Global Markets, Finance, Coffee, Cotton, Sugar, Juice and Dairy. 

We help feed and clothe some 500 million people every year by originating, processing and transporting approximately 81 million tons of products. Structured as a matrix organization of 6 geographical regions and 10 platforms, LDC is active in over 100 countries and employs some 19 000 people globally.

Job Description

Overview:

With the expansion of our shared services team in Malaysia, we are looking for Accounts Payable/Senior Accounts Payable Analyst to join our growing team. The analyst will ensure accuracy and completeness of all Accounts Payable accounting transactions for the respective client entities in accordance with internal and external accounting guidelines, as well as perform month-end activities. 

General:

• Process and analyze financial data related to the Accounts Payable system.
• Co-ordinate all accounting activities associated with Accounts Payable and the processing of such transactions between the respective Client Entities in line with Client functional policies.
• Ensures timely and satisfactory resolution of Accounts Payable queries.

Role specific:

• Maintain the Accounts Payable accounts as per Purchase Ledger and performs reconciliation to General Ledger.
• Prepare supplier reconciliation’s, investigating any differences promptly.
• Investigate any unallocated payments in the suspense account and assign them to the correct accounts payable account in a timely manner.
• Performs postings with good understanding of the applicable General Ledger accounts, ensuring accuracy and completeness of transactions for GL accounting.
• Aged balance analysis.
• Collect and maintain backup documentation for all transactions to ensure an Audit Trail exists.
• Prepare and post accruals into general ledger, defer charge where appropriate, advances and prepayments, etc.
• Reconcile and analyze suspense accounts, dispatch actions arising from the monthly reconciliation.
• Assist in the maintenance of documentation and communication of all Account Payable accounting related matters to ensure overall consistency.
• The production of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) in a timely manner.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls.
• To undertake as directed ad-hoc projects, investigations and analysis.
• Contributes to all team objectives and deadlines.

(For Senior level):

• Conducts trainings to newly employed and current employees.
• Undertakes personal initiative for improvements and participates in projects on standardization and automation of processes and systems and implementation of the good practices.
• Advise the team on specific issues, related to the use of systems and the implementation of group processes.
• Specialist on the used systems/implemented processes, participates in the implementation of new systems as well as the implementation of new or modified accounting standards.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree in Accounting/ Finance

Additional Information

Working experience

• Experience on an accounting position.
• Accounting knowledge and skills.
• Experience in a multinational environment is an advantage.

Language skills

• Good level of English language to work with English-speaking counterparts

PC skills

• Excellent computer literacy (MS Office), SAP/Oracle knowledge would be an advantage.

Personal skills

• Good organizational and problem resolution skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
• Resilience and adaptability to unforeseen work demands
• Capable of acting on own initiative
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to relate well to people at all levels
• Strong numerical abilities
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to work according to established possesses and procedures
• Ability to work in a team

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits​​​​​​
• Hybrid work available (not applicable to all roles)
• Pension contributions
• Access to Training and Development 
• Access to Concierge Partnerships

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us