Job Description
Accounts Payable Specialist MEA

It's more than a job

As a finance professional at Kuehne+Nagel, your work includes managing budgets, strategic planning, and overseeing financial operations. You also help make ordinary and special moments possible for people around the world. Because your financial diligence allows your colleagues across the company to stay focused on the core of their work, whether it's getting vital healthcare products to those who need them or fresh fruit to children playing in the park. Finance work at Kuehne+Nagel, means more than we imagine.

If you are interested in providing excellent supplier experience and working in a diverse and fast-growing environment, do not hesitate to learn more about this vacancy. Together with the rest of Accounts payable officer team, you will build improvement possibilities to offer the best quality and efficiency in the service provided.  APO role consider end to end finance (to follow whole flow in regard to creditors): if invoice exists/credit note, its status, due date and actions to take if it is the opposite.  Other side is related to our business units and colleagues who works in operations and willing to know and track/solve Disputes, know how many non-confirmed invoices exists in our system, etc. but as well our colleagues in Standard finance teams (Indexing, Accounts oppening, Payment). 

 

How you create impact

  • Full dedication and cooperation with KN colleagues regarding invoice payment process
  • Direct communication with suppliers, colleagues from EUR region in regard to creditor account management
  • Payment preparations and executions (urgent and manual payments),
  • Overdue items reminders to local operations (unacknowledged invoices, dispute report, etc.)
  • Parked items list
  • Check reversal of incorrectly processed item
  • Advanced payments and short payments analysis and ability to solve
  • Payments outside of our system (Acon) trough bank
  • Creditors in debit and clean-up of creditor accounts
  • Creditors on Supply Chain finance handling
  • Month-end closing activities
  • ICS reporting

What we would like you to bring

  • Experience in finance/accounting 1-3 years junior, 3-5 advanced
  • English language knowledge (both written and spoken)
  • A proactive approach to the task and dedication to it
  • Outside of the box thinking and decision making 
  • Good work/time management and ability to support team members
  • Attention to detail
  • Microsoft office 365 (profficient user)

 

What's in it for you

Joining our Accounts Payable team means becoming part of a dynamic, collaborative, and supportive finance community.

With us, you can expect: 

  • A role where your work truly matters you will directly influence payment accuracy, compliance, and process efficiency. 
  • Opportunities to grow, learn, and expand your financial expertise. 
  • A team culture based on partnership, transparency, and continuous improvement. 
  • Structured workflows and clear processes, with room for initiative and personal ownership. 
  • Exposure to international stakeholders and crossfunctional finance teams. 

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.

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