The Accounts Payable (AP) Support Analyst plays a crucial role within the Shared Service Centre (SSC), providing essential operational support to specific business units and processes. This temporary (12-months contract) position directly assists the internal AP Team and the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) partner in managing and optimizing daily operational workload requirements, ensuring efficiency, compliance, and high performance in accounts payable functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Support BPO Operations: Assist the BPO partner with daily AP activities, including query resolution and issue management.
• Ensure Compliance: Verify compliance with AP SOX controls, conduct process checks, and oversee reconciliations by both the BPO and local AP teams.
• Manage Supplier Data: Accurately input and verify Supplier Master Banking Data, ensuring adherence to control policies.
• Review Reconciliations & Payments: Approve Supplier statement reconciliations and manually processed Supplier payments.
• Reconcile GRNI: Address and reconcile aged Goods Received Not Invoiced (GRNI) balances.
• Drive Standardization: Identify and support initiatives to standardize AP tasks and activities.
• Meet Performance Targets: Contribute to achieving and exceeding AP performance goals.
• Promote Ethics: Uphold the company's Code of Ethics & Business Conduct.
• Foster Relationships: Help manage relationships with other SSC departments, Business Units, and partners.
• Assist Training: Support staff training and development as needed.
• Encourage Improvement: Foster an environment of continuous improvement within the AP function.

What you will need to be successful: 

• Experience: Minimum 3 years in Accounts Payable (AP) processes, preferably in a multinational environment.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of AP process controls, reconciliation, and supplier master/banking data.
• ERP Systems: Required experience with ERP systems; Oracle Financials/Fusion is a plus.
• Skills: Excellent problem-solving, communication (oral & written), and analytical skills.
• Personal Attributes: Resilient, adaptable, proactive, team-oriented, and committed to continuous improvement.
• Language: Fluent in English; a second European language is a plus.

We offer:

• Flexible working hours
• Attractive salary package
• Workplace & work hours flexibility
• Structured learning and development / Mentoring program 
• International environment 
• Events like International Women’s Day, Earth Day, etc.
• A growing and welcoming team with a good spirit!

Who we are! - Our Story:

Each of us, Every day! Eight Values. One Team!

Being open to every voice, every day, brings our value of diversity to life and makes Avery Dennison a vibrant and engaging place to be. We understand diversity and equal opportunities as enrichment for our future-oriented work. Across our diverse, global team, every voice makes us stronger. When we listen to and learn from each other, there is no limit to what we can achieve together. Each of us is unique, and we appreciate bringing together different personalities and talents.

Avery Dennison is an equal-opportunity employer. In the EMEA region, we have these Employee Resource Groups: 

• EmpoWer - focusing on the engagement, mentoring, and promotion of women
• Mental Health - striving to provide a safe space for employees to discuss mental health issues in the workplace
• Unite - supporting the LGBTQI+ and ally community in the EMEA region

To find out more about all our employee resources groups globally as well as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach, please go to our Diversity and Inclusion pages in the About Us section of our website: https://www.averydennison.com/en/home/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion.html 

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