Accounts Payable Analyst

Role overview

Financial analysis and controls

• Review bank statements and reconcile appropriation and cash flow budgets with the general ledger.
• Anticipate future financial needs, monitor accounts, ensure adequate funding, and identify trends, risks, and concerns.
• Recommend and initiate financial adjustments where necessary.
• Ensure correct general-ledger coding and compliance with GAAP, accounting standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct internal control reviews of budget transfers, appropriation documents, and vendor documentation.

Payments and transactions

• Oversee incoming and outgoing payments and promptly handle failed or delayed payments.
• Review and approve one-time payments; process and record statutory and non-payroll payments.
• Capture and approve single, manual, and salary payments in IAN.
• Reconcile appropriation and cash flow transactions to the general ledger and resolve deposit or payment discrepancies.

Cross-border payments

• Process international vendor and partner payments in line with banking regulations.
• Verify invoices, contracts, and approvals; coordinate SWIFT instructions and currency conversions with banks.
• Resolve cross-border payment issues, delays, or rejections and maintain transaction records.
• Provide management reports on cross-border transactions for monitoring and financial planning.

Banking operations and guarantees

• Maintain bank relationships and manage account openings, closures, reactivations, and signatory updates.
• Approve funding requests in GFS, review daily balances, authorize sweeps, and top up working funds.
• Complete KYC/FICA compliance and banking forms for new accounts; manage bank guarantees and asset-disposal payment confirmations.
• Manage bank guarantees through documentation, approvals, issuance, follow-up, payment instructions, and recordkeeping.
• Review payment requests, purchase offers, and seller's attorney letters; prepare and track guarantee forms and confirm returned documents are complete.

Qualifications

• Degree in accounting, finance, business management, or banking.
• Four years of relevant experience in accounting, auditing, business management, or a related field.
• Understanding of accounting principles and the Church accounting system.
• Computer skills in a network environment, including Microsoft Office and automated accounting and reporting software.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Treasury context