Ap Accountant

This job will provide you with an opportunity to further your career alongside some of the best and most passionate technology experts from around the world in a leading company within the test, measurement and data analytics industry. You will be a strong contributor collaborating closely with colleagues from various business functions.

At HBK, we live up to our three values: Be True, Own It and Aim High. We believe in absolute integrity - it’s how we win for stakeholders, the environment and each other. We believe in teamwork and keeping our promises - to ourselves and others. Finally, we believe in being bold and positive. This is how we perform at our best and achieve greater success.

Accounts Payable Accountant

The position

We are currently looking for an Accounts Payable Accountant to join our Central Europe Cash Management team. You will report to the Head of Cash Management, Central Europe Cluster.

You will join a company on an exciting journey and a finance function in transformation, where the focus is on developing the finance organization, upgrading our ERP system and optimizing our processes.

You will be part of a truly global company with a strong growth agenda, you will interact with colleagues across the world and you will have a key role in our daily accounting operation and ongoing process optimisation.

Primary responsibilities

You will be responsible for Accounts Payable tasks, mainly within our in Central Europe based businesses.

Your daily work includes:

- Registering and posting incoming supplier invoices and match invoices to purchase orders via electronic invoice scanning system in SAP
- Reconciliating vendor statements
- Creating and maintaining vendor master data
- Processing weekly payments to suppliers
- Checking and paying travel expenses
- Participate in the monthly closing procedure, such as account reconciliations etc.
- Answering queries from internal stakeholders
- Prepare documentation for auditors
- Assist in streamlining and improving the accounts payable processes - identifying areas of performance improvement
- Solving various ad hoc tasks

Professional qualifications

You have an Accounting or Finance Bachelor degree or a training/apprenticeship in the commercial field with several years (3-5 years) of professional experience with the mentioned tasks.

You have excellent communication skills in English and experience with SAP. Skills in German are an advantage. You also have experience with MS Office including Excel and you are passionate about participating in optimizing processes and procedures and motivated by achieving the goals as a team.

Personal skills
- High degree of responsibility
- As a colleague, you have good collaboration skills, are a prominent team player and provide a good service both internally and externally.
- Strong understanding of numbers and high attention to details
- Ability to structure a varying working day
- Ability to work in under pressure and with tight deadlines
- Natural ability to communicate with a range of stakeholders with ease
- A pro-active and ambious approach to your work and career
- You are flexible and thrive in a changeable environment