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• Company

  Markit

• Location

  New York, NY, 10018

• Compensation

  Commensurate with experience

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  28 Nov 2008

• eFC Ref no

  452160

Responsible for day to day operation of accounts payable for Markit North America, MarkitWire and FCS. Unique opportunity to work in a dynamic, fast growing and entrepreneurial, global company.

The Company

Markit is a financial information services company with over 1,000 employees in Europe, North America and Asia.  Over 1,000 financial institutions use our independent services to manage risk, improve operational efficiency and meet regulatory requirements.

Duties and Accountabilities

• Establishment and maintenance of accounts payable practices to ensure accurate and reliable data that is necessary for business operations.
• Work with the accounts payable clerk to ensure payments are processed on a timely basis.
• Reconciliation of accounts with vendors.
• Streamline the accounts payable cycle.
• Preparation of various management reports including monthly cash requirements and monthly expense accruals.
• Review vendor expenses to ensure expenditures have been properly budgeted.
• Assist with the SAP implementation of the North America vendor file.
• Prepare and file year-end 1099 forms.
• Review travel and entertainment expense reports to ensure expenses adhere to Markit’s travel and entertainment policy.
• Matching, batching and coding invoices including proper General Ledger coding.
• Preparing check runs, wire transfers, daily O/S Check List
• Continually educating departments regarding the purchasing./payables/cash disbursement. policies and procedures.
• Assist with external audits
• Business Competencies Bachelor’s degree
• Good accounting skills with 5-7 years’ relevant experience.
• Proficient in SAP, QuickBooks, Word, Excel

Personal Competencies

• Ability to work in a team environment
• Able to work in a fast paced environment.
• Must have drive and a can-do attitude
• Ability to juggle a wide variety of responsibilities in a fast-moving environment.
• Ideally applicant would reside within reasonable commuting distance from the NYC office.

The Contact

Please apply with CV and cover letter to careers.na@markit.com citing "Accounts Payable Supervisor" in your email.