Junior Invoice Processing Accountant

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role: The Junior Invoice Processing Accountant, Global P2P Invoice Processing performs the processes associated with global invoice mailing, processing, and posting activities.  This position does not have direct reports.

Your Responsibilities:


* Process, Governance, Stakeholder Management


* Executes the P2P invoice processing activities to include mail processing, invoice intake management, scanning, data entry completeness and accuracy, invoice posting, and issue resolution


* Processes invoices from receipt through posting in an efficient manner to ensure compliance with relevant payable systems, policies and procedures


* Communicates with third parties as needed to resolve invoice questions or discrepancies in order to post invoices (and/or credit memos) in a timely fashion and within customer Service Level Agreements


* Conducts reviews of vendor statements against open and closed invoices to identify missing or misbilled invoices


* Coordinates with invoice approvers and/or requisitioners to ensure timely review and approval of invoices to be released for disbursement


* Adheres to process governance including regular reporting and analysis of key metrics


* Supports General Accounting’s month‑end/year‑end closing procedures including general ledger reconciliations


* Supports and implements process change improvements and system upgrades/updates


* Supports the Global Sourcing team in supplier identification, analysis, and maintenance


* Executes the governance process to evaluate and implement localization / customization


* Supports internal and external auditors during audits and other data inquiries

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):


* Degree in Business and/or Accounting (or equivalent work experience)


* Less than 1 year of experience in PTP or Finance function in SSC/BPO environment


* Ability to work in global team environment and communicate effectively with both internal business partners of all levels & disciplines as well as external team memb...