Job Title: Accounts Payable Accountant (18-month contract), jobs basel
Company: IKEA
Location: Pratteln, BL
Salary: 100%, Pensum: 90-100%
Job Description: Job Description

The Accounts Payable Accountant secures IKEAs assets by ensuring that Food wholesale related invoices are controlled, authorized and paid on time.

Responsibilities

– Verify and book in timely manner commercial goods supplier, transport and logistics service provider, and indirect material and service invoices.
– Authorize invoices according purchase agreements, performing various controls and checks on invoices within given responsibility area.
– Actively take responsibility and initiative to investigate and close deviations relating to the invoice control.
– Ensure on-time payment by following up invoices in authorization and preparing invoices for payment
– Act upon requests from suppliers and service providers (e.g. payment information, reconciliations)
– Ensure correct archiving of invoices
– Provide reports to stakeholders e.g. for audit purposes (i.e. Purchase operations)
– Support cooperation with main stakeholders
– Perform assignments or projects according to competence and business needs (e.g. , process updates, OSC project)
– Actively contribute to secure and increase the quality and efficiency throughout the process.

Requirements

– Good knowledge of invoicing, accounting, and payment processes
– Passion for driving continuous improvement and optimisation of processes with the right proactive approach.
– Good knowledge of compliance and control requirements within accounts payable.
– Good knowledge of supply chain operations in wholesale business.
– Knowledge of MS Office programs e.g. how to create comparison tables, charts and word document templates.
– Fluent in English.

Benefits

– Competitive salary and benefits.
– Opportunity to work in a dynamic and international environment.
– Chance to develop your skills and career.