BioMarin is the world leader in delivering therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. We target diseases that lack effective therapies and affect relatively small numbers of patients, many of whom are children. These conditions are often inherited, difficult to diagnose, progressively debilitating and have few, if any, treatment options. BioMarin will continue to focus on advancing therapies that are the first or best of their kind. 

By providing a foundation for all operations company wide, BioMarin’s General and Administrative teams support our mission of providing first and best in class therapeutics to patients who live with rare diseases. Our teams include groups such as finance, legal, human resources, corporate compliance and ethics, and information technology. Come join our team and make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives.

Duties

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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

BioMarin has a high-performing, team based organization, where colleagues are flexible, multi-skilled and empowered to make decisions. A high level of initiative, energy and motivation are key role requirements, as well as organizational skills, able to meet deadlines with strong communication skills.

The Accounts Payable area is responsible for the timely/accurate payment of all vendor invoices. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Accounts Payable team as an AP Specialist. Tasks will include managing the AP inbox, problem solving on the Aging and On Hold reports, as well as prepare ADI Journals related to AP to ensure that all postings are accurate and completed in a timely manner.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to the Accounts Payable (AP) Manager and working as part of a small team, this contract role requires an experienced AP Specialist to work with an outsourced provider (answering queries) and internal colleagues (resolving invoice and PO queries) as well as also being able to input some invoices and managing the AP inbox.

Responsibilities include:

• Working with an outsource provider in managing invoice processing inbox, and resolving issues.
• Working with internal colleagues in resolving invoice and PO queries
• Opening of post and scanning it to be processed
• Main point of contact for phone queries
• Ability to work with vendors with issues on invoices.
• Requesting statements from vendors and ensuring they match the information on file in the system.
• Reconciling supplier statements
• Liaising with vendors to obtain accurate master data, and ensuring its gets updated in Oracle, ie bank details, supplier email addresses
• Ensuring invoices are billed to the correct entity
• Month end duties
• All other administration work as required e.g. post, filing, scanning, photocopying reports from Oracle etc.

 

Skills

Outlook & Excel experience needed for this role

Education

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Experience in working in an AP department with at 2 years’ experience, knowledge of ERP system, preferably Oracle.  Strong communication skills and problem solving skills are key to this role.