• Looking for a Senior Accounts Payable Accountant to join their new team.
• A multinational company building a new Regional Shared Service Centre.

Description

• Invoice Processing: Receiving, verifying, and recording supplier invoices and credit notes in the accounting system;
• Payment Management: Preparing and executing payments to suppliers, ensuring adherence to deadlines and internal procedures;
• Supplier Account Reconciliation: Identification and follow up of discrepancies between invoices and payments;
• Disputes management: Identifying and following up with operations invoices subjects to disputes;
• Period end closing participation: Close AP Sub ledger & reconcile with GL;
• Risk Management: Assess and manage financial risks related to accounts payable and propose mitigation measures;
• Compliance and Audit: Ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulations and preparing necessary documents for audits;
• Continuous Improvement: Participating in projects to improve processes and systems for managing supplier accounts;
• Governance with internal clients: supporting the AP Tower Lead in the governance bodies with the internal clients (entities based in Spain and Portugal), preparing and following-up on KPIs reports, performance reports;
• Transition support: Active contribution in process migrations from IBERIA countries to the SSC Porto (trainings, understanding local processes, process documentation);
• Training and Development: Train and develop the skills of team members.

Profile

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. A professional certification (e.g., CC) is a plus;
• 5 to 7 years of experience in Accounting, with significant experience in Accounts Payable;
• In-depth knowledge of accounting principles and financial standards;
• Ability to analyze processes, identify pain points and propose optimization actions;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interacting with internal stakeholders / internal clients and suppliers;
• Proficiency in English;
• Ability to travel around Iberia Region for the first 2 to 3 months (migration period from local Spanish and / or Portuguese entities towards the SSC in Porto);
• Experience working in an SSC environment is a plus;
• Proficiency in any other European languages is a plus (French, Dutch, German, Polish, Spanish - Catalunya, English - Irish, etc).

Job Offer

• A great opportunity for professional growth and excellent salary conditions.