Join our Finance Department at AXA Ireland as a Finance Assistant on a 12-month ContractYou'll play a crucial role in ensuring the accurate and timely completion of daily Accounts Payable tasks. Collaborating with the Accounts Payable team, you will manage invoice processing, payment of expenses, reconciliations and oversights to support our commitment to delivering high-quality financial services.As a Finance Assistant, you will take responsibility for your assigned tasks, engaging and energizing your team while maintaining a customer-first culture. Your contributions will be essential in driving growth and innovation within our customer journeys and upholding the integrity of AXA values and behaviours.At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work majority of your working week away from home. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.What you'll be doing:· Setting up Supplier Master Data in SAP accurately and effectively and preparing payment proposals and executing settlement.· Processing invoices within AP Workflow systems with precision.· Ensuring an accurate and timely month-end close process, reconciling the general ledger to month-end balances and preparing monthly control accounts for management review.· Monitoring and assessing risks associated with the payment process.· Managing the AP inbox and addressing queries from suppliers and employees promptly and collaborating with stakeholders on issue resolution while maintaining a high-quality service.· Addressing creditor issues related to processes or payments and outstanding returns.· A minimum of 1 -2 years total work experience (essential) with customer service experience (desirable).· A third level qualification (Degree/Diploma) or an equivalent combination of education and experience (essential).· A good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications is essential; familiarity with SOLUS and/or SAP general ledger (desirable).· Strong numerical skills with keen attention to detail and excellent interpersonal skills.· Self-motivated with strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a heavy workload in a pressurized environment.As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorized to work in Ireland.This recruitment campaign will be used to support permanent, temporary and/or extension for any upcoming similar positions.