Accountant Purchase-to-pay Polestar

**It’s all about people**
We put people at the centre of everything we do. Being curious about what the people around us need and want is key to creating safe, personalised and sustainable mobility solutions. If you believe in the power of people and share our respect for human-centric innovation, you'll thrive at Volvo Cars. We are people who care about other people. With us, you’ll be surrounded by brilliant, curious colleagues all committed to making a difference.

**Let's introduce ourselves**:
You will be part of the Global Accounting Delivery (GAD) team, where we strive for smart and nimble finance processes by analyzing financials to support the business in the best way. Working at GAD gives you the opportunity to work in a truly global environment, with colleagues all over the world. Our culture is human-centric and we embrace honesty, transparency, respect, empowerment and authenticity.

Global Accounting Delivery (GAD) is a team of 400 people operating from six different countries and representing over 30 nationalities Our focus is to deliver compliant and quality assured financial information faster and smarter to support business decisions. In GAD, dedicated professionals are working in a dynamic and customer focused environment.

We are now looking for an Accountant to join the Purchase-to-Pay (PTP) team in the Polestar team to be based in Madrid (metro Cuzco). Polestar is an all-electric car Swedish brand, which sells directly and online to consumers and listed on Nasdaq. Our continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment.

**What’s in it for you**
People are at the heart of our business. We want you to innovate, challenge and build a career at Volvo Cars. In return we offer flexible working hours and hybrid working* to allow for greater flexibility and work-life balance, further enabling us to reduce our environmental impact and support your personal circumstance. You can even work 15 days per year from any location in the world. Did you know that every Volvo Cars employee worldwide has the right to our Family Bond, our new all-gender, 24 weeks paid parental leave policy**? You’ll also enjoy a culture and benefits package that’s made us one of the world’s most awarded and progressive employers.

**What you'll do**:
You will coordinate with different teams and be responsible for daily execution of correct PTP processes. You will be the interface and the point of contact for our Polestar entities in the EMEA region and the Business Process Outsourcing delivery team. In addition to this, you will perform judgement-based issue resolution of inquiries relating to PTP processes.

In this role, you will secure correct accounting principles and comply with national and international laws and regulations as well as company guidelines. You will also be responsible for the accuracy of reported financial figures.
- Focus on the self-billing invoice processes of direct materials and support indirect material processes: On-boarding new suppliers, set up, fix issues, and detect improvement areas in the process
- Analysis of overdue invoices
- Management of supplier inquiries
- Approving invoice payment proposals
- PTP period end activities
- Analysis of KPIs
- Account reconciliation review
- Intercompany reconciliation
- Phone support for supplier calls
- Problem solve escalated tickets through the ticketing system

As part of our Continuous Improvement initiative, you will have the opportunity to coordinate projects in various areas and monitor rule-based activities performed by our Business Process Outsourcing delivery team.
**What you'll bring**:

- You have experience in Purchase-to-Pay processes in an international environment. You enjoy working in a structured way, but at the same time can detect areas of improvement within your area and like implementing their improvements.
- A university degree in Finance or equivalent.
- Minimum 3 years experience in Accounting and PTP processes
- Fluent in English both verbally and written (C1)
- Experience in SAP (MM/FI modules)
- Be a great communicator with good collaboration skills.
- Have an ability to plan and prioritize with a positive mindset.
- You have high integrity regarding your work
- Great analytical skills
- You are service minded and curious.

**Ready to Take the Next Step?**

Location: Madrid (Hybrid)

**Volvo Cars - driving change together**
Volvo Cars’ success is the result of a collaborative, diverse and inclusive working environment. Today, we’re one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with around 43,000 employees across the globe. At Volvo Cars, your career is designed around your skills and aspirations, so you can reach your fullest potential.

And it’s so exciting - we’re well on our way on our journey towards full electrification. We have five fully electric cars already on the market, and five more on the way. Our fully-electric and plug-in hybrid cars combined make up almost