WME have a great opportunity for an Accounts Payable Specialist to join the team in Milan.
The Role and What You’ll Do:
Main Responsibilities
Vendor invoices posting (IT, EU, Extra-EU)
Receive and codify electronic vendor invoices via dedicated platform
Manage vendors database (being able to give information to the Vendor Master Data team, and set up Vendors in time-efficient way)
Analyse contracts and related expense reports
As per the Accounts Payable perimeter, keep the monthly accounting records for the processing of balance sheets and other financial statements
Support Monthly closing (capable of making accruals and verifying the status of prepaid expenses and invoices received, extracting information and reconciliation in complete autonomy)
Bank Reconciliation for payments and collections posting
Accounting management of Vendors payment requests to support weekly Cash-Flow (advance payments, payments due, exchange rate difference reconciliation, etc.)
VAT, LIPE, Esterometro, Intrastat declarations (qualified to prepare declarations in complete autonomy) General-Ledger accounting (fit to perform accruals and giro account of postings)
Support Clients accounting (ready to support accounting while request giro account of postings)
WTH and FATCA declarations (previous experience with US tax requirements)
T&E expense analysis (accounting correctness and rules observing)
Technical Skills
Skilled SAP and MS Excel Experienced user (will be requested to manage reports that contain intermediate level formulas, and to extract information crossing various sources)
Knowledge of CRM tools (previous experience with CRM tools is highly requested to be able to use the tool to extract information and make the adequate checks)
You Have These:
Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, Finance and Control, or similar
Tax/Statutory Advisor/ Chartered Accountant firm experience preferred
+5 years of all-around accounting experience in small/medium companies
Fluent Italian and English (must-have)
Quick Learner, Self-Starter, Communication, Proactivity, Helpfulness, Team player
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance and Control, or similar
- +5 years of all-around accounting experience in small/medium companies
- Skilled SAP user
- Experienced Microsoft Excel user (intermediate formulas, reporting, cross-source extraction)
- Knowledge and experience with CRM tools
- Ability to prepare VAT, LIPE, Esterometro, Intrastat declarations autonomously
- Experience with WTH and FATCA (US tax) requirements
- Experience with monthly closing, accruals, prepaid expense verification, and bank reconciliations
- Tax/Statutory Advisor or Chartered Accountant firm experience
- Fluent Italian and English
- Soft skills: quick learner, self-starter, proactive, strong communicator, team player
What We Do
WME (The WME Group) is a leading talent and media agency representing artists, creators and brands across film, television, music, theater, books and digital media. The company provides talent representation, content services and brand partnerships and — through its IMG and related businesses — operates major sports, events and media rights businesses globally. WME positions itself as an advocate and connector between talent and global audiences.
