Founded in Japan in 1887, Kao is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives with our high quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all - a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment.
As a company driven by purpose and strong corporate values we pride ourselves to be listed among the World’s Most Ethical Companies since 16 consecutive years. Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do - acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation and treating each other with trust and respect.
Founded in Japan in 1887, Kao is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives with our high-quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all – a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. As a company driven by purpose and strong corporate values, we pride ourselves to be listed among the World´s Most Ethical Companies since 16 consecutive years. Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do – acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation, and treating each other with trust and respect.
This role is for a 12 month fixed term period initially.

THE ROLE

The Accounts Payable Specialist is part of the Accounts Payable (AP) team within our EMEA Finance Shared Service Center. A person in this role will be supporting EMEA Accounting operations by timely processing of invoices across 18 legal entities, resolving queries from internal and external stakeholders, and assisting in any necessary month end tasks.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Responsible to register PO (purchase order) and Non-PO (purchase order) invoices, ensuring invoices are approved either via a 3-way match (PO, Goods Receipt, Invoice) or via workflow and prepare them for payment.
• Timely prepare the payment batches to be reviewed and perform all necessary checks
• Responsible for supplier account management, proactively liaising with suppliers or other stakeholder to manage, investigate and periodically perform vendor’s statement reconciliation and fix all findings by registering the invoice and credit notes.
• Manage open items report including aging and balance of invoices in OpenText and SAP
• Supporting and training internal stakeholders
• Analyzing GR/IR mismatch with seeking for solution on late payment and missing early payment discount
• Follow month end checklist and ensure all tasks are done accurately as per timeline