Senior Accounts Payable Accountant
Your role:
In this Senior AP Accountant role, you'll cover a wide range of accounting functions. Whilst your primary responsibility will be Accounts Payable, you will also be responsible for AP accruals and fixed asset accounting. You will support the team as a back-up in general ledger, tax and treasury. You will participate in monthly closings, statutory reporting and external audits, ensuring the quality and timeliness of financial information.
Your Impact:
Accounts Payable
-Oversee the end-to-end accounts payable process, including invoice processing
-Prepare, analyse and review transactions and related reports (aging reports, open items)
-Prepare various financial reports related to AP for management review
-Monitor and enforce accounts payable policies and procedures
-Ensure timely and accurate recording of financial transactions in the accounting system
-Liaise with internal departments to resolve AP related issues and discrepancies.
Financial Accounting
-Accruals: Oversee the end-to-end accrual process. Liaise with FP&A to identify accruals; prepare journal entries, including accruals and reclassifications, for both P&L and balance sheet.
-Fixed Assets: Maintain fixed asset ledgers; review, analyse, reconcile and process all fixed asset transactions.
General duties
-Assist in the preparation of monthly financial statements and annual statutory reports.
-Contribute to the continuous improvement of accounting processes and related systems.
-Handle ad-hoc projects and tasks as required.
Your skills:
-Formal accounting qualification
-Experience in accounts payable or related finance roles with increasing levels of responsibility
-Ledger, accrual and fixed asset accounting
-Knowledge of key EU VAT regulations for invoice processing
-Experience of multi-country, multi-currency set ups
-Experience of MS Dynamics / Business Central or other modern ERPs
-Fluent in Business English
-Excellent communicator with various stakeholders
Understand the required skills and qualifications, anticipate the questions you may be asked, and study well-prepared answers using our sample responses.
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