Accounts Payable Teamlead

Our client Dufry is an international organisation based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. If you are a traveller you may know them from their duty-free and duty-paid departures and arrivals stores on one of the 420 (airport) locations. They have operations in 66 countries. Geographic diversification is a key element of the company’s strategy. Eindhoven is the location where their Financial Shared Services Center is located. This location processes all of the financial data (which is collected from all locations in the world). At Dufry there is an informal working culture and a dynamic workplace with people from all around the world.

You are in charge of leading the team who manages the AP income and ensures smooth daily operations by proper
allocation of transactional volume to the team. These are your main tasks:

• Develop and monitor daily KPI’s to track the progress of the team’s AP accounts (a team in The Netherlands and India)
• Identification of potential process improvements and encouraging the team to work towards continuous Improvement
• Ensure weekly full tracking of invoice posting backlog and follow up plan with the individual team members to get the backlog processed within the SLA timing
• Conduct regular audits on invoice processing and procedures and work with both the local team and the head of AP to identify and fix deficiencies
• Ensure correct and timely month end closing which includes monitoring and controlling the monthly balance sheet reconciliation by your team of AP specific balance sheet accounts including the intercompany reconciliation.
• Plan and execute monthly meetings with entities to review service level, GRIR, aging reports, IC reconciliations. Develop DTPS - Desktop procedures for each entity under scope

We are looking for a candidate who is accurate and efficient. Specific requirements are:

• Education on HBO/Master level in Accounting or Finance
• Have a valid work permit or EU passport
• 40 hours per week available
• Bachelor in Finance. Minimum 5 years of experience in Accounts Payable or FFSC environment in an international company
• Experience SAP, Basware and MS

• Salary €3.800 - €4.600 based on experience and education
• Work from home (50%)
• Work remote for two weeks per year
• Permanent position
• Working at an international organization
• Amazing work environment with a lot of international colleagues