Senior Accountant - Payment Operations & Projects

Company: Marsh Corporate Description: We are seeking a talented individual to join our Regional Accounting team at Marsh. This role will be based in Kuala Lumpur . This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office. Senior Accountant – Payment Operations & Projects The Senior Accountant – Payment Operations & Projects is responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payment authorization while supporting payment-related projects, process improvements, system enhancements, and control initiatives.

The role requires strong payment operations knowledge, attention to detail, stakeholder-management skills, and the ability to independently coordinate activities across internal teams and external parties. In addition to business-as-usual payment responsibilities, the incumbent will play an active role in projects relating to payment processes, banking systems, payee bank-detail validation, automation, process optimization, and operational improvements.

This is an individual contributor position . People-management experience is not required. The successful candidate, however, must be comfortable independently managing stakeholders, project activities, timelines, outstanding items, and deliverables . We will count on you to: Payment Request Review & Validation Review payment requests submitted by various departments to ensure completeness, accuracy, and appropriate supporting documentation.

Ensure all requests comply with company policies, procedures, delegated authority, and internal control requirements. Identify discrepancies or documentation gaps and work with relevant stakeholders to resolve them promptly. Payment Authorization Review and authorize payments through designated e-banking platforms Ensure payments are processed accurately, securely, and within agreed timelines. Ensure appropriate segregation of duties and compliance with payment-control procedures.

Sanctions & Compliance Checks Perform sanctions screening and verification of payees in accordance with company requirements and applicable sanctions-listing procedures. Escalate potential sanctions, compliance, or control issues to the appropriate stakeholders. Ensure adherence to internal financial controls and regulatory requirements. Project Coordination & Implementation Participate in and support payment-related and finance-operation projects.

Coordinate activities relating to: Payment-process improvements Banking-platform enhancements Payee and bank-detail validation System implementations or upgrades Automation and digitalization initiatives UAT and system testing Process migration and transition Workflow optimization Control enhancements Maintain project trackers, action logs, timelines, issue logs, and status updates. Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to obtain required information and complete agreed deliverables.

Monitor outstanding activities and proactively follow up to ensure timely completion. Identify project risks, dependencies, and operational issues and escalate where appropriate Stakeholder Management Work closely with Finance, Treasury, Accounts Payable, business teams, banks, vendors, auditors, and other relevant stakeholders. Gather, consolidate, and organize information from multiple parties. Communicate requirements, issues, action items, and timelines clearly and effectively.

Drive outstanding items toward resolution and ensure appropriate follow-up. Provide guidance and advice to colleagues on payment processes, documentation requirements, controls, and operational issues. Process Improvement Identify opportunities to improve payment processes, controls, workflows, and operational efficiency. Recommend practical improvements to enhance accuracy, reduce manual effort, strengthen controls, and improve turnaround time.

Participate in the design, testing, implementation, and stabilization of new or enhanced processes and systems. Support process standardiz