Finance Business Process Engineer - AP

Job Summary:

The Finance Business Process Engineer (BPE) – AP is responsible for analyzing, redesigning and optimizing of the finance business processes for accounts payable , driving efficiency and scalability in a global accounting shared services environment.

The Finance BPE – AP, equipped with a solution-driven mindset, acts as a change agent within the Finance function to challenge and simplify existing processes, implementing scalable future-state solutions to meet the evolving business, regulatory and statutory requirements.

Key Job Responsibilities and duties:

• To ensure quality and integrity of the financial statements in accordance with IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standard) under the Advantest Group reporting and the local statutory reporting requirement.
• To document current-state finance processes, identify redundancies, bottlenecks and control gaps.
• To engineer future-state finance processes aligned with internal controls and accounting standards.
• To partner with IT and cross functional teams to test, deploy and manage changes.
• To translate finance requirements into technical specification for continuous improvement initiatives on workflow automation.
• To create and maintain user guides, conduct training and ensure ongoing compliance and audit readiness.

Preferred Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Information Systems;
• 5+ years in financial operations, process reengineering, or ERP functional consulting
• Deep knowledge of Oracle Accounts Payables module
• Strong analytical mindset with ability to leverage data analytics to enhance process efficiency
• Ability to identify opportunities to automate repetitive accounting and reporting processes
• Structured problem-solving and project coordination ability
• Highly motivated and ability to work in a self-organized manner
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.