Accounts Payable Analyst

Beam Suntory is Crafting the Spirits that Stir the World. Rooted in two centuries of family heritage, Beam Suntory has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Beam Suntory is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

Accounts Payable Analyst  

What makes this a great opportunity?

Develop a service led organization to provide the best administrative services to the business.

Establish and comply Service Level Agreements with GBS customers.

Ensure accuracy on vendor balances, payments and other AP and intercompany balance sheet accounts.

Ensure transaction and processes follow proper controls and evidences are maintain to ensure a control work environment

Management of the T&E process including tool definition until employee training and aging follow up.

Role Responsibilities

Suppliers management, Invoice posting and invoice payment.

Managing the Travel & Expenses area, including Corporate Card administration, T&E reimbursement and Car Fleet administration.

Follow up customers’ satisfaction level and promote actions to increase it. Ensure effective communication channels with the final aim to provide outstanding proactive support and service to both internal and external customers.

Establish guidelines and follow up for ensuring quality and accuracy of the data included in the reports: develop and improve reporting tools and reports

 Beware of the technical needs required in order to provide the best service to internal and external customers.

Participation in projects representing the area: work closely with IT.

Improve Accounts Payable and T&E processes to ensure reliability and cost effectiveness.

 Improve reporting systems for the Account payable and T&E processes.

Promote a working atmosphere, ensuring the overall team improvement

Set up and maintenance of activity & efficiency measures for the area (KPI´s) Scorecard delivery & Operational Review.

Support on Audits: Supporting information delivery to external & internal

auditors and internal customers.

Analysis and reconciliation of BS accounts owned by EMEA GBS-AP & Interco area

Qualifications & Experience 

Strong SOX / Internal controls knowledge: Internal controls focused

Transactional processes and problem solving

Business and internal customer oriented

Knowledge of legal, tax and regulatory requirements and management information reporting.

Account payable and Financial processes expertise

Strong PC skills (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Small/Medium size diverse team management experience

SAP AP module and GL

Concur and Readsoft will be a plus

Graduate

Involvement in change management projects.

Experience in Finance

Fluent verbal/written English and German

Other EMEA language would be a plus

At Beam Suntory, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Beam Suntory is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant’s skills and experience.