Senior Specialist Payments Management

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About this role

Service Performance and Issue Resolution 

  • Execute daily Purchase-2-Pay activities, ensuring timely and accurate processing in line with service levels and financial closing timelines.

  • Handle blocked payments, incorrect postings and supplier payment queries, resolving them within area of responsibility.

  • Monitor own performance against KPIs and SLAs, taking corrective actions on assigned tasks when necessary.

  • Liaise with Treasury on payment-related matters at operational level, ensuring clear communication and timely follow-up on queries.

  • Escalate recurring issues, risks, and structural defects to the Team Lead.

Implementation of Changes and Improvements 

  • Contribute to standardization and continuous improvement within the Purchase-2-Pay operations team.

  • Collaborate with the process management team by providing operational input to enhance underlying processes.

  • Apply new or updated work instructions, tools, and systems in daily work.

  • Submit improvement ideas to the continuous improvement backlog.

  • Ideally bring an understanding of AI tools and automation capabilities to identify opportunities for streamlining processes, reducing manual effort and enhancing operational efficiency.

Financial Accuracy and Reconciliation

  • Create payment proposals accurately and on time, in line with agreed payment terms and schedules.

  • Execute payment runs, ensuring timely and error-free processing.

  • Perform payment reconciliation activities accurately and on time, in coordination with Treasury.

  • Ensure accuracy and completeness of payment processing and related system postings within own scope of work.

  • Identify payment exceptions and discrepancies and resolve them or escalate as appropriate.

Stakeholder Management and Communication

  • Work closely with the Team Lead Purchase-2-Pay Operations to ensure daily execution is aligned with operational targets.

  • Engage with colleagues within Purchase-2-Pay and adjacent processes to ensure smooth and coordinated service delivery.

  • Collaborate with the Treasury team at operational level on payment processing, cash management, and banking-related activities.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Supply Chain, HR, Engineering or related field.

Experience

  • 3-5 years of experience in a process‑ or function‑related operational role, preferably within Accounts Payable, Payments Operations or Treasury Operations.

  • Demonstrated experience as senior specialist, subject matter expert or experienced individual contributor within an AP or P2P environment.

Knowledge and skills

  • Solid understanding of end-to-end payment processes, including payment proposal creation, approval workflows, payment run execution and bank file transmission.

  • Knowledge of payment methods and instruments (e.g., bank transfers, direct debits, cheques, virtual cards) across domestic and cross-border transactions.

  • Knowledge of payment-related systems, e.g. banking systems, Serrala (SAP Autobank) and Coupa Treasury.

  • Comfortable coordinating with Treasury, Accounts Payable, Business Units, banks and suppliers.

  • Ability to handle confidential commercial and financial information appropriately.

  • Case and ticket management for payment issues, discrepancies, and queries.

  • P2P master data and transaction administration.

  • Strong attention to detail for financial postings, supporting documentation and approval workflows.

Other requirements

  • Solid understanding of P2P systems and invoice‑to‑pay workflows.

  • Knowledge of internal controls and compliance for AP processes.

  • High accuracy in reviewing payment proposals, bank reconciliation data and payment status reporting.

POSITION SCOPE

Reporting Line(s)

Solid line(s) to: Team Lead Payments Management

Dotted line(s) to: n/a

Number of direct reports: n/a

Number of dotted line reports: n/a

Performance Measures

Performance measures will be defined based on individual service obligations and operational KPIs.

Working Relationships

Internal contacts:

  • Team Lead Payments Management

  • Other Team Members within own team

  • Other Team Members within Purchase-2-Pay and adjacent processes

  • Process management within Purchase-2-Pay

  • HR, IT support

  • Business contacts

External contacts

Service providers or external business partners as required for daily operations

Frequently Asked Questions

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This Senior Specialist Payments Management role at omya is based in Kuala Lumpur. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Is the Senior Specialist Payments Management role at omya full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a Full time position. It is posted as a Senior Specialist Payments Management role in the Omya Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd. department at omya.
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