Accounts Payable

An international reference company in the retail sector, with a strong people-oriented culture focused on collaboration and continuous improvement, is looking to strengthen its Centre of Excellence in Lisbon by hiring a
P2P & Accounting Process Specialist
.
Your New Role
Governance & Performance
Operational Oversight: Monitor and control end-to-end P2P activities, with a strong focus on accounting controls, rather than invoice booking or purely transactional AP tasks.
KPI Animation: Follow up daily performance indicators related to external partners and local teams, ensuring SLA compliance, quality of service, and timely resolution of open items.
Continuous Improvement: Identify workflow bottlenecks and implement corrective actions to improve quality and lead times.
Financial Controlling & Account Integrity
Account Reconciliation & GL Control: Perform regular reconciliations of transitory accounts and support GL-related controls, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and proper reflection of accounting entries.
Ageing & Incidence Management: Take ownership of AP ageing follow-up, analyse invoice incidences and open items, and coordinate with countries, external partners and local teams to clear outstanding balances.
P2P Process Advocacy
Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as the internal expert on the end-to-end P2P flow, ensuring seamless integration between procurement and accounting.
Stakeholder Animation: Engage regularly with local country teams, external partners and internal departments to review performance, explain issues, align priorities and promote best practices.
Root Cause Analysis: Investigate recurring workflow issues, invoice incidences and process deviations, driving long-term solutions to reduce manual intervention and improve process efficiency.
What You Need to Succeed
Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
Experience: Minimum of 1-3 years in Accounts Payable or P2P roles, ideally within a Shared Service Center (SSC).
Technical Skills: * Deep understanding of the P2P cycle and its impact on the Financial Statements.
Proficiency in ERP systems (SAP, Oracle or Google Dynamics).
Advanced Excel skills.
Soft Skills:
The "Animator" Mindset: Ability to influence and motivate remote teams.
Analytical Rigor: Strong attention to detail regarding reconciliations and financial accuracy.
Communication: Fluent in English (written and spoken) with the ability to explain complex accounting issues.
What You Will Get in Return
Permanent contract, with integration into an international and growing structure;
Hybrid working model, with 2 days per week at home;
Salary package adjusted to experience, including fixed remuneration and a variable component linked to collective performance;
Attractive benefits, including insurance, exclusive discounts, sustainable mobility support, additional rest days and wellbeing programmes;
Continuous training plan, national and international development opportunities, and a close, collaborative environment marked by continuous feedback.
Next step
If you are interested in this opportunity, please send us your updated CV.
If you are looking for a different professional challenge, feel free to contact us to discuss other career opportunities, always in complete confidence.