AP Accountant

You will be a part of building an initial Finance COE team in Lithuania including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and General Accounting. The team will consist of approx. 15 colleagues and the Accounts Payable Accountant will report to the Sub-ledger Team Leader on site. The role of an Accounts Payable Accountant involves performing day-to-day operations of Accounts Payable activities in an accurate, timely and efficient manner as well as collaborating with the junior staff in processing financial transactions within the Accounts Payable area.

Key responsibilities:

• Receive, verify, code, and process invoices;
• Process supplier payments e.g., prepare payment proposals, allocate payments to supplier invoices in the Accounts Payable (AP) sub ledger;
• Evaluate and escalate new suppliers;  
• Follow up unapproved supplier invoices in approval flows;
• Analysis and posting of AP accruals; 
• Reconciliation of accounts payable subledger to General Ledger balances; 
• Contribute to other month-end closing activities related to accounts payable;
• Define and monitor relevant accounts payable KPI’s; 
• Process supplier reminders/statement of outstanding payables; 
• Manager queries to and from suppliers regarding e.g. invoices and payments; 
• Prepare relevant accounts payable reports and analyses;
• Investigate and resolve invoice discrepancies and other payment-related issues; 
• Interact and engage to build positive working relationships with Global Finance colleagues, other functions and the business as required. (e.g., respond to queries, follow-up on outstanding invoices, etc.);
• Comply with internal controls and policies; 
• Optimate the end-to-end process together with Sub-Ledger Team Lead & the Sourcing function;
• Identify, help initiate and support continuous improvement opportunities; 
• Initiate and Implement automation and digitalization within the accounts payable process;
• Be a part of taking over the tasks from another company to Finance Center of Excellence (COE) Lithuania, and building up the team and processes;
• Support in the training of new employees in Accounts Payable team; 
• Attend to ad hoc matters at the direction of management;  
• Statistical reports.

• A bachelor’s degree from university or similar in Finance/Accounting; 
• A minimum of 1-3 years of experience in similar roles; 
• Language: Fluent in English, both speaking and writing; 
• Experience and proficiency in Excel; 
• Experience in using Accounts Payable module integrated in ERP software;
• Experience in a financial process’ role, preferably within an international environment; 
• Ability to prioritize and schedule workload; 

Nice to have:

• Other languages; Spanish, German, Dutch, Nordic Languages; 
• Worked in either of the following systems: IFS, ADRA, Aaro, Power BI, RPA, Pagero; 
• Experience from MS Teams, PowerPoint, MS outlook.

• Ability to shape and be part of creating a new Shared Services Centre;
• Vibrant and diverse work environment with a lot of opportunities to gather various experiences;
• Career growth, progression, and promotion opportunities;
• International and talented team;
• Remote work up to two days a week.