Vacant job

Are you a structured and solution-oriented person with experience in Accounts Payable and SAP? Do you thrive in a coordinating role where you take responsibility, drive improvement work, and collaborate with international stakeholders?

About the role

Academic Work is now recruiting an Accounts Payable Specialist for a leading international industrial company.

You will have a central role within the finance department, responsible for ensuring efficient processes in Accounts Payable. The role involves close collaboration with both internal stakeholders and an outsourced AP function, offering great opportunities to contribute to the development and improvement of working methods and processes.

You will become part of an engaged team characterized by collaboration, knowledge sharing, and a helpful culture. Here, you will have the opportunity to take significant responsibility in an international organization where your ideas and initiatives are valued.

Key Responsibilities

The role involves coordinating responsibility for Accounts Payable, ensuring that processes are followed and optimized in close collaboration with international colleagues.

• Ensure that supplier invoices are processed and approved in a timely manner.
• Follow up on and coordinate work with the outsourced AP function.
• Prepare payment files and ensure efficient payment flows.
• Act as the contact person for AP-related questions within the organization.
• Participate in testing and development work related to SAP and process changes.
• Identify areas for improvement and drive initiatives that streamline work.
• Monitor key performance indicators and contribute to increased quality and control in processes.

Who we are looking for

• Have a few years of experience working in Accounts Payable.
• Have experience working in SAP.
• Have a good understanding of financial processes and flows.
• Communicate fluently in Swedish and English, both verbally and in writing.

It is an advantage if you have

• Experience collaborating with outsourced finance functions.
• Experience from an international organization.
• Participated in process development or change management projects.

To succeed in the role, you possess the following personal qualities:

• Structured and organized.
• Independent and solution-oriented.
• Proactive and accustomed to driving work forward.
• Precise with a high sense of quality.
• Communicative and confident in interactions with various stakeholders.
• Unpretentious and team-oriented.

Our recruitment process

This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work, and our client's request is that all questions regarding the position be sent to Academic Work.

We apply continuous selection and will remove the advertisement when a sufficient number of candidates have reached the final stage of the recruitment process. A CV is required when applying. We do not use cover letters as a selection method, so one does not need to be attached. The recruitment process includes two selection tests: a personality test and a cognitive ability test. The tests are a tool to help find the candidate with the highest potential for the role, as well as to promote equality, diversity, and a fair recruitment process.