Accounts Payable Accountant (Fixed Term)

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.  

Accounts Payable Accountant - Your future role?

Overall mission:

• The purpose of this position is to ensure all vendor invoices are paid on time and related Accounts Payable (AP) tasks are maintained as per the SLA. 
  Improvement of responsible AP processes.
• Contacts: Suppliers, Internal stakeholders, PtP RawMat- and IM&S R&F Teams, FiCo Team, Master Data Team, Local Finance Manager and Controllers
• You will be reporting to the Accounts Payable Team Lead in Budapest.
• This position is a fixed 2 year term contract.

Main responsibilities:

• Process and park RawMat, IM&S, freight, contract & non-PO vendor invoices 
• Follow-up on parked items, resolve payment issues 
• Perform GL reconciliations
• Maintain vendor accounts
• Perform invoice/credit memo corrections
• Monitor and resolve open items and decrese debit balance
• Answer external (supplier) and internal (local business) queries
• Participate in internal- and external query resolution calls
• Follow- and apply all relevant internal audit & business compliance guidelines, controls and policies
• Analyze root causes of re-occurring errors
• Running standard and ad-hoc reports
• Identify areas of process improvement and deliver measurable results
• Make AP Team Lead / AP Manager aware of issues/problems/deviations as necessary
• Perform any other tasks defined by the line manager or above

Your professional profile includes:

• Diploma: degree preferably in Finance/Economics or related field
• Languages: English and Hungarian
• Professional experience: 2+ years relevant experience
• MS Office literacy, SAP knowledge is a plus

Our benefits for you:

• Flexible Working Arrangements (1-2 days office days per week)
• Private Health Insurance
• Monthly cafeteria plan
• Travel reimbursement when commuting from out of Budapest urban area
• Access to exclusive perfumes and other employee discounts
• Recognition and referral programs
• Career development opportunities in our multinational environment
• Team buildings and company events
• Learning programs to develop your soft and hard skills
• Free coffee and tea in our equipped kitchen

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At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.