AP/AR Accountant with Dutch

Join Our Team as AP/AR Accountant with Dutch

Company overview 

Asahi Europe & International is part of Asahi Group Holdings, a global beer, spirits, soft drinks, and food group with leading positions in European and Asia-Pacific markets, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Japan. As of November 2020, Asahi Europe & International Group runs 19 production facilities in 8 countries across Europe and is the custodian of some of the best beer brands in the world, including Asahi Super Dry, Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Grolsch and Kozel. Within the Asahi Group, the remit of Asahi Europe and International is also to develop and manage all export markets globally, outside of Japan and Oceania. Covering 90 markets and with over 10,000 passionate colleagues on board, the business is well positioned to inspire people around the world to drink better.   

Functional overview 

ABS encompass a broad range of financial activities designed to support businesses in their day-to-day financial operations, long-term planning, and compliance with regulations. These services are crucial for maintaining financial health, making informed decisions, and achieving the overall financial objectives of the organization. The key outputs of ABS are to provide accounting services including the summarizing and reporting of financial transactions of a business, preparing financial statements, managing accounts payable and receivable, and ensuring compliance with relevant accounting standards and regulations. ABS is also responsible to adhere to multi-jurisdiction financial regulations and reporting requirements, including ensuring compliance with these regulations and ensure accurate and timely reporting to relevant authorities. In addition to this, ABS is to use effectively use financial software and systems to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and enhance data security.

Purpose of the role:

• As AP/AR Accountant you will play an important role in performing accurate accounting duties related to both AP and AR transactions.
• This role involves the daily use of SAP and other finance systems for processing invoices, expenses, invoicing, billings, debit and credit notes, and maintaining accurate records of post receivables entries.
• The AP/AR Accountant provides customer service to both internal and external stakeholders, serving as a point of contact for invoice queries.
• Working under the supervision, the Junior AP/AR Accountant supports the In-Market Credit Team in the analysis of receivables and AR-related controls when appropriate.
• This role contributes to the efficient management of accounts payable and accounts receivable processes, ensuring accuracy and adherence to company policies.

Responsibilities:

• Verify and match invoices with purchase orders and receiving documentation, resolving discrepancies as necessary.
• Process vendor invoices accurately and efficiently, ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures, including tax rules and guidance.
• Code and enter invoices into the accounting system, ensuring proper general ledger account allocation.
• Control over AP and AR virtual tools, including input data assurance, quality output, and job scheduling.
• Support the preparation of the payment run for approval as per market policy.
• Create manual bank transfers according to the manual payment procedure.
• Submit AP invoice data to financing entity under reverse factoring.
• Process advance/early payments in SAP.
• Assist in generating/checking customer invoices based on approved orders and delivery documents.
• Manage Vendor and Customer Master Data in SAP, ensuring all internal financial controls over Vendor and Customer Master Data are executed and documented - create/maintain vendors and customers in SAP.

Requirements:

• Vocational or Bachelor Degree
• 0-2 years of experience in AP/AR 
• Experience of working in a finance shared services functions is desirable.
• Experience of working within regional teams in a matrix environment is advantageous.
• English and Dutch on professional level
• Good IT/excel skills, SAP are an advantage