AP Accounting Specialist

Castolin Eutectic is a world leader in Maintenance & Repair Technologies used in a variety of industries with 100 years of experience and offices in most countries worldwide. Our technologies include welding, brazing, thermal spray and prepared parts to improve our customers´ components lifetime and tackle specialist joining problems.

Your main responsibilities

• Vendor invoice verification and registration in accordance with internal procedures and legal requirements

• General ledger and subledger AP related accounts analysis, maintenance, and reconciliation

• Preparing and executing payments in accordance with internal procedures and timelines

• Outgoing payments allocation and reconciliation

• Responding to internal and external inquiries related to payables and payments

• Vendor Master Data maintenance

• Posting and calculating accruals, prepayments, and other accounting entries related to suppliers

• Cooperating with external auditors and providing all necessary documentation for audit purposes

• Participating in internal projects aimed at improving financial and operational processes

• Participating in activities related to month end closing process

• Actively participating in creating, updating, and improving process documentation

• Training new team members if need be and providing ongoing support to the team

• Preparing internal KPI statistics (internal reporting initiatives)

• Ensure compliance with policies and procedures

• Active cooperation with other departments, company units and trading partners

Job requirements

• BA degree preferably in accounting and/or finance (correlated areas such as business administration, economics, etc. will also be considered as a plus)

• 3+ years of accounting experience

• Good knowledge of MS Excel (ERP Systems such as SAP or MS Dynamics D365 will be an advantage)

• Proactive attitude aimed at problem solving, resilience, and persistence

• Ability to work in a structured, analytical, and careful manner, paying attention to details and the quality of the work and results

• Ability to work under pressure

• High degree of independence, flexibility as well as communication and teamwork skills

• Good command of spoken and written English (other European languages will be an advantage)

We Offer:

• Development within a growing company

• Private medical care

• Life insurance

• Sport cards – co-financing

• Positive and professional atmosphere

• Hybrid work model (2 days in the office, 3 days home office)

• Integration events

• Employee referral program

• English and German courses (depending on availability)

• Social Found (Christmas benefit, co-financing of meals)