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**Job Title**:Accounts Payable Specialist
**Job Grade**:24 - 28
**Location**:Baguio City, Philippines
**Organization**:WPL - Purchase to Pay
**What You Will Gain From This Role**:
- Opportunity to work with many functions, businesses and regions across Texas Instruments
- Strong understanding of WW accounts payable processes and a broad knowledge of Purchase to Pay (P2P) processes
- General understanding of the overall procurement process within the WPL organization
- Opportunity to influence accounts payable system enhancements and impact process improvements
**Business Summary**:
The P2P organization resides in Worldwide Procurement & Logistics (WPL).
The mission of the P2P organization is to leverage resources by merging vendor master setup, tactical procurement, accounts payable and expense statements into one organization.
The P2P team owns the process from the setup of the vendor, to the order placement, to the payment to the provider.
By combining all these areas, we can effectively make improvements to processes, tools and policies to create value beyond transactional efficiency.
**Job Purpose**:
The Accounts Payable specialist is responsible for processing invoices received for payment in compliance with TI financial policies and procedures as well as local statutory requirements.
The individual will work closely with internal and external partners to resolve any issues related to accounts payable.
**Primary Responsibilities**:
- Receive invoices for goods and services
- Verify that transactions comply with financial policies and procedures
- Post invoices for payment in a timely manner
- Resolve invoice discrepancies
- Process returned payments
- Resolve IDOC errors
- Correspond with vendors and respond to inquiries
- Support AP Internal Control Checklist Review Process
- Support ad hoc and scheduled audit requests
- Correspond regularly and proactively to keep internal partners informed of accounts payable activity and resolution needs
- Contribute and support on time payment goal of 95%
- Work independently and proactively to highlight trends, risks and opportunities for continuous improvement
- Gain a complete understanding of all P2P processes
**Knowledge/Skills/Experience/Education**:
- Basic understanding of TI business processes and knowledge of TI SP&P, Accounting Policies, and Supply Business Rules
- Understanding of standard accounting practices as they relate to accounts payable transactions and the effect on TI Financial Statements
- Prior experience with transaction oriented processes in SAP and Oracle
- Working knowledge of Business Objects, SharePoint, and MS Office Suite
- Experience building Business Objects reports a plus
- Can prioritize day to day tasks to meet deadlines
- Ability to multi-task & balance multiple responsibilities
- Ability to collaborate with global P2P teams to educate them on processes and responsibilities
**Special work environment**:
- Must be able to accommodate early morning or evening global conference calls and interact with global team members and stakeholders.
- Possible infrequent international travel