Vendor Onboarding Supervisor

Kindle Energy LLC (“Kindle”) specializes in the management, optimization, and development of power generation in the United States and Canada and is a portfolio company of Blackstone Group Inc. Blackstone is a leading global alternative asset manager with $1 trillion of total assets under management. Kindle manages 8.7 GW of generation in Ohio, Indiana, Texas, and Louisiana, with a 700 MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine project in Louisiana and a 164 MW Simple Cycle Combustion Turbine project in Colorado, both currently under construction.

Job Summary:

The Vendor Onboarding Specialist role is responsible for managing the process of creating new vendors and editing existing vendors in our ERP in accordance with our policies and procedures, including verbally verifying banking information with vendors, gathering tax documents and performing tax verification procedures. This role is critical for the finance team’s internal control environment to prevent fraud and error.

This position will report to the Assistant Controller for Kindle Energy and will be based in our Princeton, NJ office.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

+ Manage the vendor masterfile email inbox and vendor masterfile dedicated system + Gather and verify required documentation and information from new vendors + Perform verbal verification and early-warning-system checks on banking information + Perform Tax ID number verification + Perform FCPA sanctions checks + Ensure compliance with company policies, processes, legal requirements, and industry standards + Manage all vendor setup activities in Netsuite

+ Serve as a primary point of contact for vendors during the onboarding process + Communicate clearly and effectively with vendors, addressing questions and concerns + Build and maintain positive relationships with vendors

+ Administrator role for the dedicated vendor onboarding system (VendorInfo) + Identify and mitigate potential risks associated with vendor relationships + Communicate clearly and effectively with service initiators on the status of onboarding + Produce vendor related KPIs + Conducting training on the vendor onboarding process + Developing and conducting annual procedures to ensure FCPA sanctions checks are performed on our vendors on a periodic basis + Supervision of other vendor onboarding staff

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Kindle Energy offers comprehensive total rewards:

Kindle Energy LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. In addition to federal law requirements, Kindle Energy LLC complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has or operates facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, compensation, and training.