Accounts Payable Analyst

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ANALYST 

DEPARTMENT 

This Analyst role is vacant within corporate Finance subdepartment GFO (Global Finance Operations) P2P Invoice Management-Europe, global financial operations. In Europe this department consists of 7 employees: 1 Specialist, 2 Senior Analysts and 3 Analysts, all reporting to the Senior Manager.

Key aspect is intensive collaboration with procurement and SCM-departments as well as other stakeholders within the procure-to-pay processes like budgetholders, colleagues within Treasury and other finance departments, tax-department, goods receivers etc.

Please note: The native communication skills of Dutch or Spanish (location-based) is a must have. This role will be based in Geleen- Sittard, The Netherlands or Cartagena ( Spain ), preferable you are currently living in this area to be able to work on site.

JOB PURPOSE

For scope of all European legal entities , both PETCHEM- as well as SHPP-business (65 legal entities):

• process all of the incoming invoices , both purchase order as well as not purchase order related in such a way that all issues have been solved or have been escalated in a correct way to the impacted stakeholder in the process
• Prepare, check and perform all payment runs in scope , in line with all requirements
• Contribute to correctly, completely and timely execution of other operational responsibilities like handling of accounts payable related central mailboxes, corrections, masterdata requests
• Act as contact person for both internal (procurement / SCM / tax-dpt / business) and external stakeholders / suppliers
   

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Daily processing of incoming vendor invoices via the SAP Invoice Management tool ending up in predefined workflow exceptions (according to the system configuration),where the team will be measured on correctness and timeliness of processing (being pro-active and solution driven)
• Execute the relevant activities to prepare, run and check the payment runs / payment exceptions including taking proper (correction) actions and / or escalation to proper stakeholders when needed,, amongst which IM-colleagues, Treasury department, Masterdata team
• Initiate and monitor creation of non-PO vendors as well as of any other relevant masterdata changes for existing vendors (mainly bankdata and VAT-numbers)
• Collect recurring operational issues , report  to align and discuss with Senior Analysts and Specialist within IM-team
• Feel and act responsible for all activities in scope of GFO P2P IM Europe-team, including support and / or take over activities from direct colleagues when and where needed

MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Min. Bachelor degree within Finance / Economics
• Basic knowledge of Procure to pay-processes and especially the roles & responsibilities of  Accounts Payable within these processes
• Fluently verbal and writing knowledge & skills of English next to Dutch or Spanish close-to-native language (depending on the location) 
• Good knowledge of Microsoft tools Outlook / Word and Excel
• Basic knowledge of VAT-guidelines in different European countries and able to aply them in correct way during invoice handling
• Working effectively and constructively with others with a positive mindset; establishing and maintaining good working relationships, committed to the team and targets set (collaboration, customer focused)
• Maintaining stable performance under pressure or opposition (such as time pressure or job ambiguity); handling stress in a manner that is acceptable to others and the organization
• Excellent social and analyzing skills; used to and willing to work in a virtual environment
• Flexible; willing and able to easily adapt to changes (in scope / systems / procedures etc.)
• Eager to learn
• Ideally, approx. 2-3 years of general working experience in an accounting environment. Fresh graduates with first working experience or internships within accounting also welcomed
• At least 1-2 years of relevant SAP experience( transactional processing & FI/CO + basic knowledge of MM)
• Apply accounting principles without difficulties
• Problem analyses and resolution, acting in an organized way
• Relevant knowledge and able to apply VAT-guidelines of different European countries

FURTHER INFORMATION

This role to be executed fulltime, where partially working from home will be allowed.

Interested in this position?

Please apply online by sending us your CV and motivation letter in English. Due to data privacy reasons we do not handle any applications sent by email. For additional questions you can contact Anke Bovens via email: anke.bovens@SABIC.com 

Please be informed that a reference check, an employment verification and E-assessment are part of our recruitment process. A Certificate of Good Conduct can be requested depending on the level of the role in our organization and/or function, allowing us to request depending on local regulations. 

 
Responses from employment agencies will not be considered.

ABOUT SABIC

SABIC is a global diversified chemicals company, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It manufactures on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products:  chemicals, commodity and high performance plastics, agri-nutrients and metals.

SABIC supports its customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end-use applications such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy.

Production in 2022 stood at 61 million metric tons.

The company has more than 31,000 employees worldwide and operates in around 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, SABIC has 9,948 patents and pending applications, and has significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and North Asia.

In Europe, we have over 5,000 professionals running multiple world-scale production sites and 4 technology and innovation centers. We are present in almost every European country. Major locations within our broad network of innovation, production and marketing are: Teesside (UK), Cartagena (Spain), Gelsenkirchen (Germany), Geleen (the Netherlands), Bergen op Zoom (the Netherlands) and Genk (Belgium).

SABIC is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and as such will not discriminate in its employment practices, including recruiting and hiring practices, based on a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.