Temporary Accounts Payable Specialist
We are seeking a highly skilled temporary Accounts Payable Specialist to join our dynamic team on a 10-month contract. This exceptional opportunity allows you to handle high-volume invoice processing within a fast-paced global finance environment.
The EMEIA Accounts Payable team is central to all invoice processing across the business, making your role vital in managing the high volume of both manual and EDI invoices, ensuring strict adherence to financial controls, and supporting a large base of key vendors.
Your primary focus will involve invoice induction, ensuring compliance with local financial rules and regulations, and collaborating with business partners and vendors to drive the transition towards more scalable induction methods.
Key Responsibilities:
* High volume invoice induction and processing
* Driving processes within the OCR program, including reporting, continuous process improvement, query management, and metric tracking
* Developing and facilitating scheduled and ad hoc global business review forums with various stakeholders
* Working with internal customers and business partners to provide necessary financial data, metrics, and reports
* Monitoring and enforcing policy and compliance across all processes
* Working effectively in a busy accounting environment with tight deadlines
Requirements:
To succeed in this role, you should have:
* Leaving Certificate examination (or equivalent) with passes in Mathematics and Accounting or Business Studies
* Qualified Accounting Technician or studying for a similar qualification (preferred, not required)
* Previous experience working in a high-volume accounts payable department is essential
* Previous experience processing invoices for numerous vendors in several different currencies
* Familiarity with posting journals through both the AP Ledger and the General Ledger, and a working knowledge of balance sheet items
* Experience with SAP systems is essential
As a successful candidate, you will possess excellent communication and organisational skills, strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively. Proficiency in Arabic, Spanish, German, Italian, or French would be highly beneficial due to the EMEIA focus.