AP Accountant - French speaking

We are a safe, proud, diverse, equal, inclusive and family - like organization with principles everyone can relate to on a personal level.
A team to which everyone wants to belong to, where employees have a tangible impact on the business performance and their colleagues' lives.
A sustainable and stable company where work-life balance is valued, where employees find professional fulfillment while realizing a flexible, hybrid- type of working and where the concept of "working from anywhere" or "parents welcome" is not a buzzword, but a fundamentum.
A brave, pioneer, trendsetter community where different opinions and views are valued, respected and believed to be the drivers of the joint success.
A modern company where experts jointly strive for great quality and efficient solutions for our customers.
A dynamic solution center where individual development with a clear career of challenging, complex, value - added roles and fair recognition is a base.
A workplace where explaining the why and understanding the higher purpose is a base of a joint communication and where employees speak a joint language of shared vision and values.

Your responsibilities

• Be involved in the transition of accounting processes from European entities to Hungary and actively shape a new SCE in Budapest
• Be involved in day-to-day operations in the following process areas (not exhaustive)
  • Document receipt
  • Invoice verification and processing
  • Outgoing payment processing
  • Reclaims & corrections
  • AP Closing and periodical activities
• Be adherent to agreed service levels, policies and procedures
• Determine, evaluate and resolve issues,
• Identify and work on process improvements
• Engage in collaboration with the business and stakeholders to develop a professional relationship
• Be the ambassador of our organization towards our Suppliers
• Provide qualitative customer service
• Ensure that all process manuals/relevant work instructions are created and updated on a regular basis
• Coach and train junior team members
• Support Senior and Team Lead colleagues in reaching the team's performance against deliverables set in the SLAs.

Your profile

• College or University degree (preferably in Economics or Finance with major in accounting or equivalent qualification)
• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in accounting (primarily AP in an SSC environment)
• Transition experience is beneficial
• Very good understanding of the AP processes
• Continuous Improvement and Quality (CI&Q) mindset
• Strong customer orientation
• Strong English and French language skills (ideally Hungarian skills as well)
• Very good knowledge of SAP FI or other ERP system
• Enthusiasm for establishing and ramping up a new Shared Service Center
• Ability/willingness to travel (2 to 6 weeks periods for knowledge transfer- when circumstances allow to do so)
• Self-starting attitude and ability to work independently
• Strong team-player
• Ability to pay close attention to detail and prioritize the right things at the right time
• Excellent communication skills

Your benefits with us

It goes without saying that we offer attractive conditions such as:

• With us, you experience an SSC-start-up environment with all the possibilities to build it up together
• Flexible working arrangements
• Attractive remuneration, including special benefits, e.g. company events, fitness & health offers or modern co-working workplaces.