Procurement Operations New Associate

Payables work under a procurement title

Read the responsibilities before you get attached to the job title. The day is invoice processing: first-level quality checks on documentation, telling PO invoices from non-PO ones, entering them into SAP with the right tax treatment, and flagging exceptions to a supervisor. You won't be sourcing suppliers or negotiating contracts here.

If you searched for procurement in the buying sense, this is a different job with a similar name. The upside is that accounts payable is a well-worn entry route into finance operations, and the skills transfer cleanly to other shared-services roles.

Accounting basics count for more than the degree name

The listing says any graduation, then asks for a commerce background, good accounting knowledge and comfort with GST and withholding tax. Those two lines pull against each other. A B.Com with taxation papers is the easy fit. A BA who has never read a tax invoice will find the tax treatment part of the work hard going.

Foreign currency gain and loss workings and amortisation of prepaid expenses appear in the duties too. They are small, repetitive calculations, and doing them correctly every single time is the whole job. Excel runs underneath all of it, so vlookups and pivot tables should be familiar.

Shifts, checking and the CV order

Shift work is stated plainly, so ask which shift and whether it rotates before you accept. A Mumbai commute plus a night shift is a real lifestyle decision.

On paper, lead with SAP if you have any exposure, then Excel, then tax. A college project on GST filing or an internship where you handled invoices carries more weight than a list of soft skills. You'll also buddy-check invoices processed by colleagues, so mention any work where you caught errors others missed.

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