Accounts Receivable Accountant (m/f/x)

Center Parcs; Valkenswaard; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Center Parcs Europe is seeking an Accounts Receivable Accountant to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance of AR activities across the organization. You will support the AR Manager in credit control, dispute resolution and complex invoicing streams, acting as a subject matter expert for internal and external stakeholders.

You will gain a broad view of AR within an international setting, reviewing accruals, billing, VAT postings, and month-end closings while driving optimisations and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a comparable field.
• First relevant work experience in financial accounting or Accounts Receivable.
• Solid understanding of Accounts Receivable processes, credit control and financial reporting.
• Ability to analyse issues carefully and propose practical, sustainable solutions.
• Experience with Excel and SAP.
• Fluent in Dutch and English.

Responsibilities

• Review accruals, journal entries, VAT postings and manual billing requests for accuracy and compliance with Group standards.
• Manage and review ad-hoc billing, debit and credit notes, and help resolve complex B2B and B2C payment discrepancies.
• Maintain AR accounts of the balance sheet and report potential risks.
• Analyse B2B disputed cases and B2C check bounce issues, recommending corrective actions to mitigate financial risk.
• Oversee billing and payment accounting flows.
• Collaborate with the external business partner to provide expert-level support, share local accounting knowledge, and resolve escalations efficiently.
• Ensure correct, on time delivery in month end closure and audits.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and automation initiatives in AR processes across the organization.
• Support the AR Manager during audits, reconciliations, and financial closings.
• Represent the AR function in internal meetings, ensuring financial data consistency and operational alignment.

Skills

Excel

SAP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a comparable field

Job description

At Center Parcs Europe, we believe in the power of togetherness and in creating meaningful moments, for our guests and for each other. We build places where people feel at home, take a deep breath and reconnect with what truly matters. That same spirit shapes our culture: collaborative, open and full of opportunities to grow. Whether you work in our parks or at our headquarters, we are growing, becoming more digital, more authentic and more sustainable, and we are looking for people who want to grow with us in a culture where your ideas count, your work matters and no two days are the same.

As an Accounts Receivable Accountant, you ensure the accuracy, timeliness, and compliance of all Accounts Receivable activities across Center Parcs Europe. In this role, you secure and improve accounts receivable processes, support the Accounts Receivable Manager in credit control, dispute resolution and complex invoicing streams. Acting as a key expert, this role provides operational and technical support to our internal and exteral business stakeholders.

Your daily impact

In this role, you will gain a broad view of the full Accounts Receivable (AR) process within an international organisation. You will:

• review accruals, journal entries, VAT postings and manual billing requests for accuracy and compliance with Group standards
• manage and review ad-hoc billing, debit and credit notes, and help resolve complex B2B and B2C payment discrepancies
• maintain AR accounts of the balance sheet and report potential risks
• analyze B2B disputed cases and B2C check bounce issues, recommending corrective actions to mitigate financial risk
• oversee billing and payment accounting flows
• collaborate with the external business partner to provide expert-level support, share local accounting knowledge, and resolve escalations efficiently
• Ensure correct, on time delivery in month end closure and audits
• contribute to continuous improvement and automation initiatives in AR processes across the organization
• support the AR Manager during audits, reconciliations, and financial closings
• represent the AR function in internal meetings, ensuring financial data consistency and operational alignment

In this position, you act as an important link between the Accounts Receivable team, our external business partner and various Finance and business departments across Center Parcs Europe. This gives you exposure to a wide range of financial processes and stakeholders and allows you to further develop your expertise in Accounts Receivable.

Does this sound like you?

For this role, we are looking for someone with a solid financial foundation who works accurately, enjoys analysing issues and does not stop at simply identifying that something is wrong.

• You have a bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a comparable field
• A first relevant work experience in financial accounting, Accounts Receivable or a similar financial environment is preferred
• You have a solid understanding of Accounts Receivable processes, credit control and financial reporting
• You analyse issues carefully, while also focusing on practical solutions that can improve processes in a sustainable way
• You have experience working with Excel and SAP
• You are fluent in both Dutch and English