Gbs - Ap Nam Freight Specialist

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Syensqo Job Grade S14

**_Job Overview and Responsibilities_**

Syensqo is creating its internal Global Business Services (GBS) to cover Finance, Procurement and Human Resources activities. We offer you to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment and to contribute to this group’s transformation.

Join us in one of our 3 service centers: Lisbon, Curitiba, and Bangkok, be part of this transformation journey from the start.

The AP NAM Freight Analyst Specialist is responsible for ensuring timely resolution of inbound and outbound shipment invoice payments, for all modes of transportation in the North American (NAM) region.

The position is the primary interface between third-party payment providers, the carriers for all modes of transportation, and the Group Global Business Units (GBU) in NAM. The AP NAM Freight Analyst Specialist must resolve payment mismatch and or disputes that prevent the Curitiba Service Center AP team from posting timely payments. The resolution must ensure payment meets the contractual credit terms of the carriers, and optimize working capital, while at the same time ensuring Syensqo remains a preferred customer through its excellent payment-on-time history. In addition, the position responsibilities include analyzing process improvements that attain efficient process flow and optimized process standardization.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Deliver effective processing of freight payments in conjunction with our third-party freight payment system
- To drive user performance & compliance related to the freight process, including increasing freight payment accuracy and reducing rejections.
- Implement new processes, tools and best practices in collaboration with stakeholders including Purchasing, Carriers, and the GBU
- To propose improvement opportunities to the NAM AP Team Leader
- Analyze the daily processing of invoice rejections that achieve established closure rates
- Resolve payment issues by coordinating communication with carriers and third-party providers, and GBU
- Identify and solve systemic invoicing problems
- Respond and resolve Users and Vendors inquiries
- Assist with month end closing
- Work in close collaboration with Accounts Payable Specialist for payment issues and propose actions to avoid them
- Perform controls following corporate procedures and compliance rules
- Participate to specific process improvement projects
- Implement and follow up the Group internal control rules, policies and procedures, within own operations responsibility

**_Education and Experience_**
- Degree in Logistics or Supply Chain area, Accounting, or Finance
- At least 1 year of experience in the logistic area (Maritime, Rail, or Trucking logistics specifically)
- Accounting background

**_Must-have skills_**
- SAP experience
- Monitors and checks work or information and plans and organizes time and resources efficiently
- Analytical skills
- Proactive and effective communicator with demonstrated strong collaboration skills
- Customer -orientated with good level of problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Tenacious result orientation

**_Must-have language skills_**
- Fluent in English (both written & spoken)

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