Senior Specialist, Finance

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Finance (Accounts Payable & Expense Reimbursement)

Location : Bangalore(Hybrid)

Why should you choose us?

Rakuten Symphony is reimagining telecom, changing supply chain norms and disrupting outmoded thinking that threatens the industry’s pursuit of rapid innovation and growth. Based on proven modern infrastructure practices, its open interface platforms make it possible to launch and operate advanced mobile services in a fraction of the time and cost of conventional approaches, with no compromise to network quality or security.

Rakuten Symphony has operations in Japan, the United States, Singapore, India, South Korea, Europe, and the Middle East Africa region. For more information, visit: https://symphony.rakuten.com.

Building on the technology Rakuten used to launch Japan’s newest mobile network, we are taking our mobile offering global.

To support our ambitions to provide an innovative cloud-native telco platform for our customers, Rakuten Symphony is looking to recruit and develop top talent from around the globe. We are looking for individuals to join our team across all functional areas of our business – from sales to engineering, support functions to product development.

 Let’s build the future of mobile telecommunications together!

 About Rakuten Group, Inc. (TSE: 4755) is a global leader in internet services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. Founded in Tokyo in 1997 as an online marketplace, Rakuten has expanded to offer services in e-commerce, fintech, digital content and communications to 2 billion members around the world. The Rakuten Group has over 30,000 employees, and operations in 30 countries and regions. For more information visit https://global.rakuten.com/corp/.

Role Summary

·       Role: Accounts Payable & Expense Reimbursement

·       Experience: 6–9 Years

·       Qualification: B.Com / MBA Finance

·       Role Purpose: To manage the end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) cycle, ensuring vendor relationships are maintained and employee reimbursements are processed in strict accordance with company policy.

Key Responsibilities

·       P2P Cycle Management: Manage end-to-end Accounts Payable, ensuring 3-way matching (PO, GRN, Invoice) within the ERP system (SAP/Oracle).

·       Operational Integrity & TAA: Oversee daily AP processing, ensuring every payment—including vendor payments and employee reimbursements—has the required approvals as per the Table of Administrative Authority (TAA).

·       Policy Compliance: Rigorously audit employee expense claims and vendor invoices against corporate travel, procurement, and reimbursement policies.

·       Vendor Management: Reconcile vendor statements, resolve payment discrepancies, and ensure tax compliance (TDS) is applied before payment.

·       Cash Flow Support: Provide accurate cash flow inputs to the Finance Manager to support working capital planning.

Required Competencies

·       Technical Proficiency: Strong working knowledge of ERP P2P modules and automated expense reporting platforms (e.g., Concur or ERP-native tools).

·       Attention to Detail: Ability to perform high-volume invoice processing with zero-error tolerance.

·       Communication: Excellent communication skills for vendor interaction and resolving internal reimbursement queries.

Rakuten Shugi Principles:

Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviours that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.

·       Always improve, always advance. Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen.

·       Be passionately professional. Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best.

·       Hypothesize - Practice - Validate - Shikumika. Use the Rakuten Cycle to success in unknown territory.

·       Maximize Customer Satisfaction. The greatest satisfaction for workers in a service industry is to see their customers smile.

·       Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! Always be conscious of time. Take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team.