EMEA Accounts Payable LeadLocation(s):Morges, Switzerland |
For more than 9 years, salesforce.com has been operating in Europe. More than 600 regional employees work in Sales, Professional Services, Customer Support, Marketing, Finance, and other G&A roles. Our Dublin, Ireland, office is the European hub for our Corporate Sales organisation, focused on delivering customer solutions to companies with 1–1,000 employees. Dublin has doubled in size in the last year and now has more than 200 employees supporting all of Europe. The Dublin office is in a state-of-the-art building in Sandyford Business Park, only 20 minutes from the City Centre. With 10 offices across Europe, our Enterprise Sales organisation focuses on field sales to customers and prospects with more than 1,000 employees. We have teams focused on regional as well as vertical markets. To support this expansion into vertical markets, we’ve recently opened a new office in the heart of the City of London and a new facility including customer training facilities in Staines, Middlesex.
The EMEA Accounts Payable accountant is responsible for managing a portfolio withing the EMEA accounts payables sets of books for the 13 EMEA entities in a dynamic, fast-paced, and non-traditional environment. In addition, the EMEA Accounts Payable Accuntant is responsible for process improvements and SOX compliance in those areas; interacts with the internal customers and external suppliers This position reports to the EMEA Accounts Payable Manager.
Responsibilities:
- • Manage a portfolio of Accounts and ensuring that proper payment practices are fulfilled including processing and paying trade invoices and employee expense claims.
- Ensure timely and proper close of the assigned portfolio of accounts payable each month and reconcile accounts payable to general ledger
- The Person will also need to reconcile accounts payable documents to incoming documents log to ensure that all documents are properly processed.
- Complete regular processing of outstanding invoices and support the AP manager in establishing smooth and accurate processing of payments.
- Comply with Corporate Finance policies and properly execute controls laid out in the process documents in the responsible area.
- Provide analytical support to group for accounts payable transactions
- Responsible for continuing process improvements within accounts payable and working with the purchasing organization to improve the purchase to pay process
- Act as contact with internal customers and external suppliers for accounts payable
Required Skills/Experience:
- At least 4 years experience in AP within a multi-country Shared Service Structure
- Financial accounting experience
- 2- 4 years or Lead experience
- Strong analytical skills with demonstrated success in paying attention to details
- Process oriented with strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to improve accounts payable procedures and working practices
- Good communication skills; fluent in English and French
- Good technical skills, a degree in Accounting, a plus
- ERP experience required; ORACLE Financials preferred
- Experience working in a shared services center, dealing with multiple legal entities and foreign currencies
- Ability to multi-task and work in a challenging, evolving organization
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