What is the job about?

The AP&AR Accountant understands and performs tasks assigned to him/her in an SSC environment (AP and AR ), supports senior accountant and proposes journal entries based on own investigation, performs IC, and other controls. Acts as gatekeeper for the assigned activities.      

Your main responsibilities:

• Understands the assigned accounting activities performed in FSS for the entity
• Typical daily accounting activities incl. posting of AP invoices PO and non-PO, manage and keep the AP mailbox up to date, posting the daily bank movements in AR, follow up with Customer balances and outstanding
• Supports migration activities
• Performs MEC and YEC activities, acts as owner of assigned processes
• Identifies, solves and follows up issues, if necessary escalates to Senior Accountant
• Performs analytical tasks and communicates results to Senior accountant
• Prepares and maintains documentation
• Aware of the risks and understands and maintains controls, ensures that IC controls are delivered as required
• Support the operation of the one finance, participates in collaboration forums
• Keeps contact with the affected stakeholders and key contact persons
• Ensures “no surprises” environment, informs senior accountant about problems and changes
• Proactively interact with stakeholders to raise awareness of issues encountered along with any actions taken to support resolution
• Supports Senior accountant in analysing KPI-s and following up problems
• Seeks for continuous improvement opportunities to enhance effective MEC, processes and increase the quality of service
• Implements process improvements or process standardizations
• Support projects related to assigned processes
• Supports audit processes during system/process audits (internal and external).

Your background

We imagine that you have:  

• University or college degree in economics or finance
• Most likely to have 3 years’ experience in the field of AP / AR /GL or Treasury
• Good accounting knowledge
• Advanced level of English (any other European language knowledge is an advantage)
• Solid Excel knowledge
• ERP systems knowledge
• Communicative, people oriented personality
• Good team player and also able to decide independently
• Systematic and quality-oriented way of working
• Distinct flexibility and capacity to work under pressure with regard to function and time
• Sense of duty and responsibility
• Willingness to acquire new skills
• Commitment to constant development
• Applying Expertise & Technology
• Adapting & Responding to change
• Achieving Personal Work Goals & Objectives          

What’s in it for you?

What are your goals? Here at Grundfos it’s our mission to help you develop and fulfil your ambitions, both career and personal. We are guided by our six core values, and you’ll find that your fresh ideas will be welcomed and make a difference in everything from local to large-scale global projects. You’ll encounter colleagues from all over the world both as part of your daily work, supporting and all the while broadening each other’s cultural horizons. Social-, team and sport events, training opportunities are offered.

In addition, your day-to-day benefits include:

• Flexible working hours; home office possibility and equipment; up to 3 days’ paid leave for volunteering
• Annual bonuses, parental support, internal well-being consultants and programmes, engaging team buildings 
• Diverse, inclusive environment with employee-led forums offering colleagues a safe place to connect and share openly
• Long-term career development with regular dialogue, as well as continuous learning and development opportunities.

Do you want to learn more?

If this job sounds appealing, please send your resume by clicking “Apply”.

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