Accounts Payable Specialist

Logoplaste; Cascais; On-site; EUR 22,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Logoplaste is seeking an Accounts Payable Specialist to join the Treasury team in Lisbon area. You will work under the Senior Treasury Controller to ensure timely payments, manage cash flow, intercompany loans in SAP and maintain accurate postings including month-end adjustments. IFRS 16 knowledge is a plus.

The role requires a degree in accounting or economics and at least 3 years in a similar function, with strong Excel skills and English proficiency. SAP experience is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting, management or economics.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in an Accounts Payable or equivalent role.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and English language (mandatory).

Responsibilities

• Liquidity Management: manage funding to ensure scheduled payments and elaborate short term cash flow forecast.
• Budget and Forecast: elaborate payment files, analyze vendor open items and coordinate with departments.
• Treasury Postings: handle bank statements, payments, receivables, intercompany transfers and month end tasks.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

English language proficiency

Education

Degree in Accounting, management or economics

Tools

SAP

Job description

Logoplaste is currently seeking to recruit a Accounts Payable Specialistwith knowldge in IFRS 16 to integrate the Treasury team of Logoplaste.Reporting directly to the Senior Treasury Controller, you will be required to work as an integral part of the team.

Logoplaste

Present in 16 countries, Logoplaste is a global value-added service provider and producer of rigid plastic packaging for well-known fast moving consumer goods companies in the food and beverage, cosmetics, personal care and household industries. We are experts in manufacturing sustainable plastic packaging through embedded, just-in-time supply chains. Our Wall to Wall business model eliminates the need for secondary packaging and the logistics associated with transporting empty bottles. We've been reducing CO2 emissions since 1976. Logoplaste goes beyond expectations turning rigid plastic packaging’s impact on the planet into a net positive for the environment and business.

Job Summary

The Accounts Payable function ensures timely and accurate payments, bank debt management and cash management.

Key tasks & Activities

Liquidity Management

• Manages funding to ensure scheduled payments;
• Elaborates short term cash flow forecast;
• Manages intercompany loans in SAP;
• Manages cash pooling.

Budget and Forecast

• Elaborates payment files based on the invoices posted in SAP;
• Analyzes vendor's open items;
• Coordinates with other Logoplaste departments to solve pending issues;
• Liaises with suppliers over invoices queries.

Treasury Postings

• Performs accounting of bank statements, and validated bank balances;
• Performs accounting of payments and receivables, debt, commissions and interests;
• Performs accounting of intercompany bank transfers, and respective interests and commissions;
• Performs month end tasks, such as accruals, deferrals and maturity adjustments.

Who we are looking for…

Background and Experience

• Degree in Accounting, management or economics;
• Minimum 3 years of experience in equivalent function.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel (mandatory);
• English language proficiency (mandatory);
• Previous experience using SAP (is a plus).

Interpersonal Skills

• Critical thinking;
• Excellent analytical skills;
• Aptitude for process improvement, attention to detail, getting to root cause of problems;
• Team spirit.

Logoplaste is committed to creating a workplace where you feel welcomed and cared for. Where you can grow as a professional and as a person. Where you have access to resources and knowledge. Where respect and integrity guide all interactions and behaviors. Where your success depends on your performance, approach and mindset.

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