We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented AP Specialist to support our finance operations in Serbia.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a dynamic, multicultural environment and takes pride in delivering high-quality financial support.
Key Responsibilities:1. Accounts Payable Operations
- End-to-end processing of supplier invoices (PO & non-PO)
- Verification of invoice accuracy, coding, approvals, and compliance with internal policies
- Coordination with the SSC Bratislava on invoice flow, discrepancies, and issue resolution
- Support in GR/IR reconciliation and follow-up with requestors
- Monitoring invoice workflow to avoid delays and ensure timely payments
2. Payment Run & Cash Control
- Execution of weekly and ad-hoc payment runs
- Control of incoming and outgoing payments; identifying, investigating, and resolving mismatches
- Coordination with banks and the SSC on payment-related topics
- Tracking returned payments, duplicate payments, vendor banking issues, and ensuring corrective actions
3. Vendor Management Support
- Supporting vendor master data updates (e.g., bank details, address updates)
- Ensuring accurate and complete vendor documentation
4. Reporting & Month-End Support
- Preparing AP reports and reconciliations
- Support to month-end closing activities (accruals, cash forecast, open items review)
We are looking for someone who brings not only technical knowledge but also the right mindset:
Must-have competencies:
- Team player who collaborates actively with colleagues locally and across regions
- Strong communicator — clear, proactive, and solution-focused
- Hard-working & reliable, with a high level of accuracy
- Flexible and able to adapt to changing priorities and ad-hoc demands
- Strong ownership mindset — you follow tasks through end-to-end
- Problem solver with positive, can-do attitude
- Experience in AP, finance operations, or SSC environment is an advantage
- Strong understanding of invoice flow, P2P processes, and payment cycles
- Good command of English (daily communication with SSC Bratislava)
- Solid Excel skills (pivot, vlookup/xlookup, data cleaning)
- Experience with SAP or any major ERP is an advantage
- Knowledge of accounting basics (VAT, invoice coding, GR/IR) is a plus
- Opportunity to work in an international, supportive team
- Learning and career development within a global organization
- Stable role with exposure to multi-country AP processes
- Hybrid working possibilities (depending on local policy)
- Modern tools, professional support, and knowledge-sharing culture
At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
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At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. This means understanding urbanization and, together with our partners and customers, helping cities to become better and more sustainable places to live. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, we operate in more than 60 countries around the world, employ over 60,000 people and serve 550,000 customers. In 2022, KONE had annual sales of EUR 10.9 billion. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
