Senior AP Accountant

The role

As a Senior AP Accountant you will own the most complex and business-critical AP activities within your scope. You will be a senior point of contact for business stakeholders, apply judgment to non-standard situations that have no established precedent, and actively support the development of the broader team. You will also be a hands-on contributor to continuous improvement - bringing operational knowledge to improvement projects led by the Continuous Improvement Specialist. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Own the most complex or business-critical AP activities within your assigned scope, end-to-end 

• Exercise senior judgment on escalations, non-standard cases and situations with no established precedent 

• Act as a primary point of contact for business stakeholders on operational AP matters - resolving issues and managing expectations 

• Manage complex vendor relationships including dispute resolution, payment negotiations and escalation handling 

• Support month-end close at a senior level - reconciliations, AP aging, intercompany and balance sheet review within your scope 

• Provide consistent guidance and day-to-day support to AP Accountant I and II colleagues 

• Participate actively in continuous improvement initiatives - surface operational issues, challenge existing processes and contribute hands-on knowledge to projects led by the Continuous Improvement Specialist 
• Support audit and control activities within assigned entities, including documentation and query resolution 

We expect you to have: 

• 6+ years of experience in Accounts Payable or Finance Operations, including experience with complex or business-critical entities 

• Demonstrated ability to handle non-standard situations independently and apply senior judgment 

• Experience as a point of contact for business stakeholders - comfortable managing expectations and resolving operational issues directly 

• Strong experience with month-end close, reconciliations and AP controls 

• Solid working knowledge of NetSuite and Blackline; familiarity with Zip is a strong advantage 

• Experience in multi-currency, multi-entity or multi-country AP environments 

• Track record of informally developing or mentoring more junior colleagues 

• Excellent written and verbal English - English is our primary working language and the expected standard of communication throughout the team 

It will be an added bonus if you have: 

• Experience supporting external audits and working with auditors directly 

• Exposure to process improvement projects or a continuous improvement methodology 

• Additional European language skills