Junior Accounts Payable Accountant Porto

Junior Accounts Payable Accountant
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

You will be responsible for managing the accounts payable transactions, ensuring timely and accurate processing of invoices, and maintaining accurate financial records.

Client Details

Our client is a large organization in the Automotive industry, with a global presence. The group is now preparing for the implementation of 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.
• 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
  - 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).

Profile

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 2 to 4 years of experience in Accounting (AP preferably).
• Knowledge of accounting principles and financial standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interacting with suppliers and internal teams.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• 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 of SSC migration is a plus.
• 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 with excellent salary conditions.