Sr Finance Analyst

Senior Finance Analyst – AP Legal Operations

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We believe that the heart of innovation lies within our people. We are dedicated to fostering a dynamic, inclusive environment where every voice matters, and every idea has potential. Join us on our mission to transform the world for the better and seize the opportunity to drive meaningful change, work with innovative people and lead the transition from automation to autonomy.

In this role as Senior Finance Analyst – Controllership Operations, servicing our Corporate function, you will play a critical role of providing seamless vendor support to our external law firms and legal services providers. Your primary goal will be to maintain our Legal spend payable ledgers reconciled and current, and to provide reliable and timely support to both – internal and external stakeholders, related but not limited to their payment status queries and troubleshooting requests. You will be a primary Point of Contact (POC) for Honeywell’s Legal Operations team before, during and after engaging with new or existing legal vendor partners in terms of assuring proper master data, system and AP workflow setups.

The role will be reporting directly into the Controllership Manager in our GBS Hub in Bangalore, with matrix line to the Legal Operations leadership, and will be based out of Bangalore, India.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor the weekly Team Connect-to-SAP invoice feed (legal invoice validation system and workflow)
• Verify that U.S. legal invoices have compliant and successful posting into the ledger, and correct postings where appropriate
• Serve as point of contact for law-firm/legal vendor inquiries regarding payment status, remittance details, missing or incorrect payments, outstanding or past-due balances, and related AP questions.
• Use Team Connect to validate the underlying matter/invoice information supporting AP inquiries.
• Confirm payment dates/pay runs for approved invoices and provide remittance information to firms.
• Triage invoice and vendor issues, including determining whether an invoice is properly billable to Honeywell, directing non-Honeywell matters to the appropriate company/contact, and routing vendor/Collaboration issues to the correct support team.
• Support vendor setup and maintenance activities that require coordination across Team Connect, SAP, Sourcing and Finance, including coding/data issues that prevent invoices from posting.
• Escalate recurring feed, coding, payment or integration issues and maintain sufficient reporting to identify aged and unresolved items.
• Partner with Legal Operations Team around opportunities to further streamline and improve the overall process efficiency

Qualifications

You Must Have

• A minimum of 3 years of AP experience (previous experience in Disbursements, Vendor Master and/or Procurement is a plus)
• Good Accounting and US GAAP knowledge
• Excellent AP vendor ledger reconciliation knowledge
• Above average understanding of reporting standards, and compliance.
• Proactive and customer-centric mindset and skills

We Value

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• Significant experience in SAP (ECC or S4/HANA), Advanced Excel
• Experience with Statement of Account reconciliations
• Knowledge of SAP Disbursement workflows and bank integrations
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities.
• A deep commitment to the company's mission and values, along with a passion for contributing to its growth and success