Regional Ap Analyst (Mid Level)

Accounts Payable Analyst – Mid Level 📍 Region: Latin America 🧾 Position Purpose The Accounts Payable Analyst – Mid Level supports Treasury and Finance operations across Latin America by executing, monitoring, and continuously improving Accounts Payable processes in a controlled, compliant, and digitally enabled environment. Compared to a junior role, this position requires greater autonomy, analytical judgment, and ownership, particularly over bank and intercompany reconciliations, payment execution, internal controls, and process improvements. ✅ Key Responsibilities • Execute domestic and intercompany (IC) payments in accordance with approved calendars, authorization matrices, and internal controls. • Prepare, analyze, and resolve bank reconciliations, ensuring timely and accurate month end closing. • Perform intercompany reconciliations across LATAM entities, investigating and resolving differences in coordination with Accounting and counterparties. • Monitor late payment penalties, interest, and delays, identifying root causes and proposing corrective actions. • Manage petty cash, fixed funds, and employee advances, including foreign currency advances when applicable. • Operate Accounts Payable automation tools (e invoicing, OCR, approval workflows), ensuring accurate data and timely exception handling. • Analyze and resolve invoice and payment exceptions in collaboration with Procurement, Accounting, and internal stakeholders. • Execute and document SOX and internal controls related to payments, bank accounts, and intercompany transactions. • Support internal and external audits, providing documentation, explanations, and timely responses. • Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of invoice to pay, payment, and reconciliation processes. • Prepare and analyze AP, payment, and intercompany KPIs (payment timeliness, open items, penalties). • Act as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders and suppliers regarding payment status, reconciliations, and invoice issues. • Support corporate credit card controls and reconciliations, ensuring compliance with internal policies across the region. • Identify and escalate risks related to errors, duplicate payments, fraud, or intercompany mismatches.