Senior OTC Accountant with German

Aryzta Europe Business Service Center; Wrocław; On-site; PLN 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical healthcare for you and

Life insurance for you and your family

Multisport card

Prepaid cards Lunch card

Referral bonus Congratulatory gifts

Job summary

Aryzta Europe Business Service Centre in Wrocław seeks an Accounts Receivable Accountant to perform O2C activities for the newly established hub. You will handle collections, billing, and cash applications while driving process standardisation and improvements across EMEA.

The role requires a 2–3 year background in accounting, SAP proficiency, and fluency in English and German; other European languages are a plus. Based in Wrocław, it offers a dynamic finance hub environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance & Accounting or similar asset.
• 2–3 years of relevant accounting/finance experience.
• Experience with SAP and process documentation.
• Fluent in English and German; additional languages a plus.
• Experience in a Shared Service/finance hub is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Execution of O2C activities: cash application, billing, collection, reporting.
• Support internal and external audits; maintain SOPs.
• Ramp up new hub activities and knowledge transfer.
• Drive standardised, optimised O2C processes across EMEA.
• Build strong relations with stakeholders and HQ partners.

Skills

SAP

MS Office

Fluent English

Fluent German

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance & Accounting

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

Swiss-based Aryzta is an international food business with a leading position in the frozen B2B bakery business in Europe and APAC. Aryzta’s customer channels consist of grocery, convenience, quick service restaurants, bakeries and foodservice. Listed on the Swiss stock exchange, Aryzta employs around 8,000 people today and has leading market positions in the bakery markets in Switzerland, Germany, Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, Spain, Sweden, Romania and other European countries.

About Aryzta Europe Business Service Centre

The Business Service Centre in Wrocław was established in 2023. Since May 2024, we have been operating as a separate company based in Wrocław at Legnicka Street. Our team currently consists of more than 100 employees. Our portfolio includes processes in the areas of finance, master data, procurement, IT and project management.

About the Role

The Accounts Receivable Accountant perform O2C activities for the newly established Business service.

Organisation in Wrocław, Poland. They will be responsible for Collections & Billing Management, Cash Application, as well as proposing and driving the most effective and efficient ways of work through process standardisation and optimalisation. The O2C Accountant will be responsible for the respective country or number of countries / cluster in the EMEA region.

Key responsibilities

• Execution of operational activities for assigned BUs/Countries and activity cluster within the O2C area, in particular: Cash Application, Billing, Collection, Reporting.
• Manage / coordinate the support for internal and external audits.
• Execution of project activities to successfully ramp-up newly established hub organisation (i.e. enable transition of finance activity including knowledge transfer and process documentation)
• Preparation, creation and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Ensure Accounting principles, group accounting standards, internal controls compliance
• Establish and manage effective business relations with stakeholders, partners and peers
• A partner between the BU/country and the headquarters providing necessary analysis for decisiveness processes
• Strong advocacy and drive the standardised and optimised solutions for O2C processes, including improvements and automations across the countries in EMEA
• Assessment of standardisation potential from BU/country specifics and documentation of it
• Technical skills: Advanced proficiency with processing in ERPs (SAP). Knowledge of MS Office
• Language skills: Fluent in English and German
• Knowledge of other European languages is a plus
• Education requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance & Accounting or similar would be an asset
• Required job experience: Min. 2–3 years of relevant work experience in Accounting and/or Finance
• Prior to work experience with execution of Accounts Receivable processes
• Work experience in a Shared Service Finance organisation is preferred
• Project work experience is a plus
• Customer-centric mindset
• Effective communication and strong cooperation skills
• Great team player
• Process automation related skillset required
• Private medical healthcare for you and your family
• Life insurance for you and your family
• Multisport card
• Prepaid cards Lunch card
• Referral bonus Congratulatory gifts