Job Description:
Accounts Payable Specialist
Role Overview:
As an Accounts Payable Specialist within the Global Business Services in Kraków, you will play a vital role in supporting business entities across the EMEA region. Reporting directly to the Accounts Payable Manager, you will be responsible for various key functions, including process payments, account management, supplier and internal stakeholder management, project support, and actively contributing to process improvement initiatives. This is a fixed term position for 12 months with the possibility of extending the contract.
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Role Responsibilities:
- Review of payment proposals to ensure timely and accurate outgoing payments.
- Solve errors in a most efficient way together with Vendor Master Data team, Purchasing department or invoice processors.
- Manage out-of-cycle payments to maintain business.
- Prepare, understand, and review monthly account reconciliations.
- Be responsible for assigned legal entities, including vendor open items (VOI) and Goods Receipt No Invoice (GRNI).
- Perform follow ups to ensure timely closing of outstanding item continuity.
- Be extended support for suppliers & internal stakeholders on their issues and escalations.
- Participate in business-driven reoccurring meetings.
- Proactively reach out to stakeholders to initiate process improvements.
- Working together with invoice processors and helpdesk agents to identify gaps, decide on preventive solutions or simply remove barriers.
- Partner to ensure updated documentation is in place.
- Be a key AP team member for our Business Process Owner & Project Lead to provide expertise and drive success.
- Guarantee the compliance of our organizational regulations and contribute to internal or external SOX and Internal Audit controls.
Experience and Competencies:
What we are looking for:
- At least a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance preferably master.
- Minimum 2 years of accounts payable experience, preferably within a shared services environment.
- Excellent knowledge of English.
- Proficiency in SAP and advanced Excel.
- Strong communication, analytical, and teamwork skills.
- Proactive, solution-oriented mindset with a drive for continuous improvement.
What next?
If you would like to join an innovative, collaborative and multicultural team, please apply now. Your application will be forwarded to a Talent Acquisition Partner, who will strive to get back to you as soon as they can. We understand that applying for a new job is a big decision and we will work hard to keep you updated and support you along the way.
About Us:
At Huntsman, we pride ourselves on being a people-oriented organization. Our family-like atmosphere is cultivated by our diverse groups of team members around the world. We welcome the talent, experience and fresh ideas that employees at all stages of their careers, from interns to seasoned professionals, bring to Huntsman. In return, we offer you the opportunity to become an integral part of a dynamic, industry-leading company, where safety and ethics always come first.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
- Minimum 2 years of accounts payable experience
- Excellent knowledge of English
- Proficiency in SAP
- Advanced Excel skills
- Strong communication skills
- Analytical skills
- Teamwork skills
- Proactive mindset for improvements
What We Do
Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals with 2019 revenues of approximately $7 billion. Our chemical products number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets. We operate more than 70 manufacturing, R&D and operations facilities in approximately 30 countries and employ approximately 9,000 associates within our four distinct business divisions. We view our customers as valued partners. That’s why we believe in a collaborative approach to client relations and work directly with our customers to develop new chemical components that meet their unique needs. Our dedication to our customers is matched only by our dedication to the environment. As part of our commitment to bettering the industry, we strive to operate safe, clean, efficient facilities in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. This means actively seeking opportunities to leverage our resources to assist those in need around the world. It’s all part of our growth-driven approach, which reflects the spirit of free enterprise and is centered on creating mutual benefits for customers, employees, suppliers and the communities where we work.
