Senior Accounts Payable Analyst - Coca-Cola Beverages Florida

Senior Accounts Payable Analyst

Tampa, FL, USA Req #29966

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Who We Are:

• Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned independent Coca-Cola bottler that is the third largest privately-held and the sixth largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States.
• Coke Florida sells, markets, manufactures and distributes over 600 products of The Coca-Cola Company and other partner companies including Monster Beverage Corporation and BODYARMOR.
• Coke Florida was named as a 2023 US Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal. This program recognizes outstanding U.S. private companies and the achievements of their management teams in four key areas: strategy, ability to execute, corporate culture, and governance/financial performance.

What We Offer:
Eligible full time Coke Florida Associates can participate in our Total Rewards Program which includes:

• Total Wellness Programs including health, dental and vision plans
• 401K program with healthy company match
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Three weeks of vacation pay, and 11 company paid holidays*
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Competitive compensation

Coke Florida is searching for a Senior Accounts Payable Analyst to work out of our Tampa HQ area office.

What You Will Do:

The Senior Accounts Payable Analyst is responsible for the accurate processing and timely payment of supplier invoices. This involves working with various Company business partners (as the buyers) and the suppliers to resolve exceptions involving pricing, quantities and general ledger coding. This role will engage with Capgemini for support and monitoring operational metrics in addition to providing training to the buyers on effective use of SAP for direct spend and Ariba for indirect and capital spend. This role is responsible for overseeing daily activities which includes proper creation of purchase orders, timely application of goods receipts and management of accurate invoice processing. This role will perform month-end general ledger close and account reconciliation procedures. This role may assist with monthly financial reporting as well as provide support for the annual financial statement and tax audits. This role may also assist with the administration and accounting for the Company credit card program using Concur. This position reports to the Accounting and Finance Manager.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Proactively assist with vendor set-up and vendor payment management
• Timely research and resolution of supplier invoice exceptions
• Monitor operational metrics (DPO, DPC) to identify and escalate any issues
• Train business partners on proper purchase order, goods receipt, invoice coding procedures
• Assess the completeness and accuracy of monthly reserve journal entries
• Facilitate month-end close, reconciliation and reporting procedures
• Review monthly aging reports for trends and improvement opportunities
• Lead interactions with Capgemini for accounts payable support
• Continuously evaluate opportunities to leverage support from the Capgemini team
• Provide vendor information from research and analysis performed for ad hoc management requests
• Drive the initiative to convert vendor payments from checks to ACH
• Initiate Accounts Payable goal to go paperless by assisting suppliers with electronic invoicing
• Seek opportunities to perform supplier master data clean-up
• Administer the Company credit card program and generate reporting from Concur

For this role, you will need:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of relevant accounts payable experience with increasing responsibilities
• Comprehensive understanding of general accounting/finance
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Focus oriented with strict attention to details
• Demonstrate effective prioritization abilities
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Flexible communication style (both verbal and written)
• Use of SAP, Concur and Ariba are a plus

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. Coke Florida reserves the right to revise the job description at any time and to assign additional duties and responsibilities as needed.

Employment with Coke Florida is at-will. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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• Job Family Finance
• Job Function Finance
• Pay Type Salary

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initStaticMap(true); Coke Florida is searching for a Senior Accounts Payable Analyst to work out of our Tampa HQ area office. What You Will Do: The Senior Accounts Payable Analyst is responsible for the accurate processing and timely payment of supplier invoices. This involves working with various Company business partners (as the buyers) and the suppliers to resolve exceptions involving pricing, quantities and general ledger coding. This role will engage with Capgemini for support and monitoring operational metrics in addition to providing training to the buyers on effective use of SAP for direct spend and Ariba for indirect and capital spend. This role is responsible for overseeing daily activities which includes proper creation of purchase orders, timely application of goods receipts and management of accurate invoice processing. This role will perform month-end general ledger close and account reconciliation procedures. This role may assist with monthly financial reporting as well as provide support for the annual financial statement and tax audits. This role may also assist with the administration and accounting for the Company credit card program using Concur. This position reports to the Accounting and Finance Manager. Roles and Responsibilities: Proactively assist with vendor set-up and vendor payment management Timely research and resolution of supplier invoice exceptions Monitor operational metrics (DPO, DPC) to identify and escalate any issues Train business partners on proper purchase order, goods receipt, invoice coding procedures Assess the completeness and accuracy of monthly reserve journal entries Facilitate month-end close, reconciliation and reporting procedures Review monthly aging reports for trends and improvement opportunities Lead interactions with Capgemini for accounts payable support Continuously evaluate opportunities to leverage support from the Capgemini team Provide vendor information from research and analysis performed for ad hoc management requests Drive the initiative to convert vendor payments from checks to ACH Initiate Accounts Payable goal to go paperless by assisting suppliers with electronic invoicing Seek opportunities to perform supplier master data clean-up Administer the Company credit card program and generate reporting from Concur For this role, you will need: Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience 3+ years of relevant accounts payable experience with increasing responsibilities Comprehensive understanding of general accounting/finance Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills Focus oriented with strict attention to details Demonstrate effective prioritization abilities Strong interpersonal skills Flexible communication style (both verbal and written) Use of SAP, Concur and Ariba are a plus

• Tampa, FL, USA