Accounts Payable Analyst

Whole Foods Market is Hiring – Join Our Finance Family!Are you passionate about good food and great numbers? Whole Foods Market is looking for a detail-driven, people-loving team member to join our FinOps team!In this role, you’ll be responsible for supporting the Direct AP procure to pay processes. This includes collaborating with offshore team members, procure to pay process improvements, root cause analysis, and vendor inquiry support, while also supporting a range of general accounting activities including process invoices, reconciliations, and reporting. You’ll also ensure payments are correctly matched, identify and resolve discrepancies, and manage stop payments and voids when necessary.This position plays a key role in keeping our financial operations running smoothly and supporting our internal teams with guidance on systems, processes, and timelines. There will be a focus on process improvement and mentorship of our offshore support teams.This role is based in Austin, TX, with an expectation of being in the Store Support office five days a week.

Responsibilities:

• Takes ownership in effectively supporting and improving Accounts Payable processes associated with invoicing, wires, filing, account reconciliation, payments, etc.
• Serves as point of contact for supported teams, groups, vendors, and other stakeholders in terms of Accounts Payable processes, deadlines, and requirements.
• Responds to stakeholder inquiries by researching, addressing, and resolving identified issues.
• Effectively satisfies business needs related to Accounts Payable systems and mining of Accounts Payable data.
• Performs Accounts Payable close and reconciliation activities within assigned area(s).
• Researches and provides data for internal and external audits.
• Trains and mentor’s other specialists.
• Autonomously manages significant projects.
• Acts as key point of contact for major supplier relationships.
• Performs other duties according to assigned area, below:
• Statement reviews of vendor accounts
• Internal/External Escalations
• Troubleshooting and resolving system integration issues
• Resolving and recovering duplicate payments

Merchandise / Expense Accounts Payable

• Troubleshoots technical and business processes related to Accounts Payable issues.
• Works with Financial Systems team on testing for Workday implementations or enhancements.

e-Services

• Manages vendor relationships to move electronic invoicing and ordering projects into production.
• Maintains vendor relationships to ensure receipt of accurate and complete electronic invoicing data.
• Partners with global and regional IT teams to develop and test application enhancements.
• Partners with global and regional data control teams to resolve electronic invoicing and ordering data issues.
• Creates and updates electronic invoicing and ordering documentation.

Skills

• Familiar with basic GAAP principles and practices.
• Expert Workday knowledge.
• Advanced understanding of Accounts Payable and related general ledger systems and processes.
• Able to perform mathematical computations quickly and accurately.
• Anticipates and accepts changing roles, directions, and work methodologies.
• Able to easily shift priorities.
• Demonstrates resilience and the ability to bounce back from confusing or difficult situations.
• Communicates structured information in a clear, concise, and organized fashion.
• Collaborates with others to achieve objectives and ensure information flow.
• Tailors’ communication approach to specific situations and audiences.
• Conveys confidence and poise in stressful situations.
• Readily involves others to accomplish individual and group goals.
• Welcomes and acknowledges the ideas and inputs of others.
• Takes initiative and demonstrates a strong desire to reach challenging goals and pursue excellence.
• Contributes personal ideas and knowledge to accomplish work.
• Gathers and analyzes critical information from a variety of sources to understand problems.
• Applies accurate logic and common sense in making decisions.
• Considers impact to Team Members, customers, and the organization.
• Possesses clear understanding of WFM’s and supported stores / regions business models and objectives.
• Understands the WFM product mix, supply base and retail operations.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting, or equivalent retail accounts payable experience is preferred.

 Preferred but not required experience

• Sage X3
• Coupa
• Fintech
• Oracle PeopleSoft
• SalesForce
• AWS and related systems
• FlexTrap

The wage range for this position is $60,021.00-$102,036.00 Annual, commensurate with experience. Whole Foods Market offers "Whole Benefits". Whole Benefits may include health insurance, retirement plan benefits, eligibility for a store discount, paid time off and access to other benefit programs. Eligibility for Whole Benefits is determined under the terms of the applicable Whole Benefits plan at a person’s date of hire. For additional information, visit our Whole Foods Market Careers site: https://careers.wholefoodsmarket.com/benefits.

At Whole Foods Market, we provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all Team Members and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, marital status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Whole Foods Market hires and promotes individuals solely based on qualifications for the position to be filled and business needs.

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