Accountant
Miejsce pracy: Gdańsk
Join our Accounts Payable team as an Accountant and thrive in a fast-paced environment! You’ll be part of a young team, handling diverse tasks and collaborating with global stakeholders in English. In our multinational company, you’ll gain hands-on experience, develop new skills, and make an impact from day one. If you're looking for a fresh challenge, love problem-solving, and want to grow your career in an inclusive company, we want to hear from you!
About the job
At Arla, our Source 2 Pay (S2P) department plays a key role in keeping our financial system running smoothly. We are looking for a motivated Accountant to join our Accounts Payable Operation team and support managing payments to vendors through SAP Concur. In this role, you’ll assist in tracking and recording payments accurately and on time, utilizing SAP Concur to streamline processes and enhance efficiency.
You will be responsible for processing employee expense claims, ensuring compliance with company policies, and providing assistance to employees in navigating the SAP Concur platform. This includes addressing inquiries related to expense submissions, guiding users on best practices for submitting claims, and troubleshooting any issues that may arise.
Your work will help maintain strong relationships with our partners and ensure we stay on top of financial transactions, contributing to our daily financial operations.
Specifically, your responsibilities will include:
- Verify incoming expense claims by applying standard procedures and ensuring compliance with company policies.
- Process employee expense claims, ensuring accuracy and adherence to guidelines.
- Assist employees in navigating the SAP Concur platform, addressing inquiries and providing best practice guidance.
- Handle incoming emails and phone calls, addressing discrepancies related to expense claims and escalating issues as needed.
- Monitor open items and perform internal control checks to ensure data integrity.
- Collaborate with other departments to streamline financial processes and enhance user experience in SAP Concur.
- Coordinate the onboarding of new employees regarding SAP Concur usage and training.
What will make you successful:
- Around 2 years of relevant experience, with at least 1 year in finance or accounting.
- Proficiency in English.
- An educational background in accounting or finance, either completed or in progress.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy in financial operations.
- A proactive, improvement-oriented mindset with a problem-solving approach.
- Strong interpersonal skills to foster positive relationships across teams and departments.
- Solid knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel.
- A customer-focused attitude, ensuring stakeholder needs are prioritized.
- Awareness of fraud and the ability to detect potential risks.
- Experience with SAP, SAP Concur, or other ERP systems is advantageous.
- Identifies with Arla's values:
- Lead: Takes initiative and shows commitment and passion.
- Sense: Demonstrates integrity and an open mind, recognizing opportunities in a global context.
- Create: Embraces creativity and learning in a collaborative environment.
What do we offer:
- Flexible working time (start your day of work between 7-9) and home office work possibility.
- Trainings with experts & professional induction in a new position.
- Financial support of your education.
- Medical care & life insurance.
- Additional benefits like gym card, vouchers, travel points or cinema tickets, etc.
- Scandinavian working style & no dress code.
- Home kit – monitor, laptop, keyboard, mouse, headsets, webcam.
- Relocation allowance.
- Referral program for employees.
- Employee Assistance Program (legal, psychological, health, financial consulting, etc.).
- Support for your healthy lifestyle (fruit day, facility for sportsmen, sport challenges and activities, Arla active teams / sport groups).
… while in the office you can also use some of below:
- Modern office space with beautiful view and high standard furniture (i.e. adjustable desks).
- Chill-out rooms with X-box, pool table, board games, football table and swing.
Application and contact
Apply and join our vibrant Accounts Payable team as an Accountant, where you'll tackle diverse challenges, collaborate with global stakeholders, and kickstart your career in a fast-paced, inclusive environment!
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Arla Global Shared Services
Moooo. We are Arla GSS and we deal with business the Scandinavian way.
You most likely associate us with brands like Arla Apetina, Lurpak or Castello. We are part of the global Arla Foods group employing over 20,000 people worldwide and delivering 25 trillion glasses of milk a year. That being said… At our office in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz we do not produce butter or cheese, nor do we conduct milk quality assessment. We are a Global Shared Services Center and we deliver tens of projects in: Finance, IT, Global and Local HR, Risk Controls and Compliance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Customer Service, Member Service and Operations, European Transport Control Center, Supplier Quality Assurance.
