FSSC Associate - P2P

My Client an international pharmaceutical company based in Chertsey are looking for a FSSC Associate P2P for a 3 month contract to start ASAP

Core tasks are
Accounts Payable
Manual invoice posting directly to SAP (without automation) for urgent, complex and any invoices not posted in the (IMAP) system as well as processing of non-PO invoices; ensure manual approval is provided where necessary.
Prepare vendor statement reconciliation.
Investigate reasons for unpaid invoices or aged invoices and follow up with Affiliates.
Perform cash flow forecasting.
Reject invoices to vendors where standard process is not adhered to.
Request information on direct debit payments from Affiliates, reconcile and clear these.
Prepare daily metrics.
Perform UAT testing whenever needed.
Provide documents to business whenever requested.

Travel Expenses
Process employee expense claims; audit claims' details as per company policy.
Approve and upload claims to SAP.
Reject claims where available information is not satisfactory.
Make changes where applicable.
Send reminders to employees to submit claims older than 90 days.
Upload credit card statements into Acubiz.
Provide Acubiz training to employees.
Recharge cost across customer cost centres.
Sign off on relocation cost and training cost claimed by HR.

Healthcare Professional (Vendors)
Process Healthcare Professional (HCP) expense claims.
Manually post HCP invoices in SAP; check details and authorisation in CRM system.
Process HCP sponsorships, check contracts for details and authorisation.
Liaise with AP team with regards to third party queries relating to HCP activities.

Payments
Update Payment Log weekly.
Prepare and create payment runs; review sample checks as agreed with the customers and manage the routing of the payment run through banking, FSSC approval and Affiliate approval.
Prepare manual payments where necessary.
Correct mistakes found during payment runs.
Send remittance advice to vendors where necessary.
Process rejected payments from bank and re-run payment with correct information.
'Banker' role - upload payments into the respective customer bank accounts either manually or automatically, print associated paperwork, ensure no errors in bank, correct where necessary including reversals and rework.

P2P Requirements
Resolve email/telephone/face to face queries from external vendors, internal stakeholders and from any service providers by liaising with other departments and/or vendors; prepare query analysis.
Assist with Month End reporting as required including compliance reporting and performance metrics.
Ensure all SOPs for the role are up to date; update the same information in the Country Books where applicable.
Provide input to internal governance reporting daily; escalate issues where necessary.
File documents appropriately; process and send documents for archiving annually.
Assist with regular tax filings.
Drive action items on Country Logs to resolution.

Team Requirements
Deliver results as a flexible team player in the FSSC team.
Be highly customer focussed and maintain effective relationships with vendors and employees.
Participate in team, customer, FSSC or Finance meetings as requested.
Open the post and distribute.