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Associate, Spend Management, P2P (Japanese Speaking)

Job title: Associate, Spend Management, P2P (Japanese Speaking)
Location: Singapore
Specialisation: Banking & Financial Services / Insurance
Salary: SGD 84,000 - 96,000 (Annual)
Reference: PR/094907
Job published: March 05, 2025 08:36
Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Client Profile
Our client is a multinational investment bank with a track record of more than a decade. They are a leading global financial institution that delivers a broad range of financial services to a large and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions governments and individuals. 

Job Responsibilities: 

The objective of the Procure to Pay (P2P) group is to deliver commercial value and front-to-back cost transparency across the firm. Under the Spend Management umbrella and focused on the front-to-back theme. The Procure to Pay is divided into 4 pillars, Vendor Data Control, Expense Management, Procurement Operations, Accounting & Tax Controls

 

• Manage payments to vendors & service providers for Asia entities including vender profile set up and invoice processing 
in SAP payment platforms
• Acquire in depth understanding of the regulations, tax handling and accounting controls in multiple jurisdictions in Asia 
associated with vendor/ employees’ travel & expense payments
• Understand and adhere the firm’s policies on vendor governance, payment management and documentations
• Handle business and management ad-hoc queries and requests, respond to business queries on a timely basis
• Participate in firm wide platform changes relating to Expense Management
• Manage risks in the process by implementing and reviewing relevant controls
• Conduct data analysis to identify the trend/root cases in order to effectively engage the stakeholders to address 
problems and opportunities for improvements
• Develop and deliver training programs to the team and end-users 
• Exhibit confidence in communicating in a variety of forums, sessions, presentations, training sessions and town halls
• Work with internal departments/divisions including Engineering and Divisional Finance and from a third party operating 
expense angle
• Building relationships with businesses at all levels within the corporation will be a key success factor for this position


Job Requirements:

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree with 3-6 years’ experience in relevant profiles 
• Knowledge and experience in accounts payable, invoice processing, employee’s travel and expense, and vendor 
management
• Fluency in Japanese for business context (reading, writing and spoken) in order to liaise with Japanese speaking stakeholders
• ERP Knowledge, Implementation/Transformation experience on SAP (Concur, Ariba, Fieldglass, S4/HANA) is preferred 
• Strong knowledge of the spreadsheets and Office products
• Analytical, organizational and interpersonal skills 
• Strong communication and good interpersonal skills to build relationships with internal stakeholders 
• Excellent partnership building skills and strong customer service perspective 
• Effective organizational and time management skills 
• Forward thinking with the ability to assert new ideas and follow them through 


Preferred Qualifications
• Koren language skill in order to liaise with Korean speaking stakeholders
• Hands on experience in end to end GL activities, month-end activities (accruals, sub-ledger / general ledger posting and 
reconciliations) is an added advantage 
• Corporate Card Feed management/operation and handling payments is an added advantage
 

 

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Appreciate your understanding. 

 

EA: JAC Recruitment Pte. Ltd.
EA Licence: 90C3026 
EA Personnel: R24123855
EA Personnel Name: Mei Kamioka

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