Accounts Payable Junior Accountant

at  Airbus Portugal SA

REQUIREMENTS - OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE

• Junior accountant (recent graduates) or with experience in Accounting administrative tasks
• Finance / Accounting degree or experience in administrative accounting tasks
• Ability to handle high-volume of data entry
• Work with appropriate parties to resolve issues on invoices
• Implement and document process improvements
• Ability to process a minimum of 80 invoices daily with 98% accuracy
• Familiar with standard accounting concepts, practices, and procedures
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Organizational and time management skills
• Professionalism
• Service-oriented approach
• Ability to prioritize issues and to efficiently troubleshoot problems
• Effective Communication skills, both oral and written
• Ability to work with all organizational levels
• Language: English - Intermediate level; Other European languages (French / German / Spanish) would be a plus

EXPERIENCE LEVEL:

Entry Level

The tasks to perform are associated with invoice analysis, purchase order assessment, supporting corporate travel programs, and responding to vendor inquiries.

Invoice Processing:

• Receive invoices, verify the accuracy of items ordered, received, and priced when necessary and receive approval from appropriate Department Head
• Investigate and resolve exception invoices associated with processing of invoices and purchase orders
• Prepare invoices for payment

Corporate travel program:

• Review risk expense reports to ensure employee compliance to corporate travel policy and collaborate with employees to correct expense report issues
• Provide support, investigate, and resolve travel and corporate card inquiries concerning account status
• Act as the subject matter expert for the corporate travel online tool and provide administrative support on managing user profiles/account details.
• Provide monthly travel reports to track cost and compliance

Internal and External Customer Service:

• Receive, research and resolve a variety of routine internal and external inquiries concerning account status, including communicating the resolution of discrepancies to appropriate persons
• Acts as a department liaison between departments and vendors
• Maintain vendor statements with selected vendors.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Comply with safety policies and procedures
• Comply with Finance, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, and Supply Chain policies and procedures
• Performs variety of tasks and projects as necessary from the Leadership team