Accounts Payable Accountant (40-50%)

IKEA Supply AG (ISAG) is the wholesale company within the Inter IKEA Group belonging to IKEA Supply, owning the goods in the IKEA Distribution and Regional Customer Distribution Centers world-wide. The main functions located at ISAG are Supply Chain Operations, Supply Chain Development and Finance.
The Finance organization at IKEA Supply AG (ISAG) is responsible for financial matters of the entity including among other financial planning, performance reporting, decision making support, pricing, external accounting and reporting, tax management, customs and connected business development.
Finance Operations within ISAG Finance supports wholesale by securing an efficient and accurate payment and settlement process for suppliers and service providers, and compliant agreement administration.

The accounts payable accountant secures IKEAs assets by ensuring that Food wholesale related invoices are controlled, authorized and paid on time.

• Verify and book in timely manner commercial goods supplier, transport and logistics service provider, and indirect material and service invoices.
• Authorize invoices according purchase agreements, performing various controls and checks on invoices within given responsibility area.
• Actively take responsibility and initiative to investigate and close deviations relating to the invoice control.
• Ensure on-time payment by following up invoices in authorization and preparing invoices for payment
• Act upon requests from suppliers and service providers (e.g. payment information, reconciliations)
• Ensure correct archiving of invoices
• Provide reports to stakeholders e.g. for audit purposes (i.e. Purchase operations)
• Support cooperation with main stakeholders
• Perform assignments or projects according to competence and business needs (e.g. Readsoft super user)
• Actively contribute to secure and increase the quality and efficiency throughout the process.

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  Good knowledge of invoicing, accounting, and payment processes.
• Good knowledge of compliance and control requirements within accounts payable.
• Good knowledge of supply chain operations in wholesale business.
• Knowledge of MS Office programs e.g. how to create comparison tables, charts and word document templates.
• Good knowledge of accounting/invoice processing solutions.
• Fluent in English.

At IKEA, we continuously look for better ways of working, following our vision to create a better everyday life for the many people. It is in our culture to work together and to be open, straightforward and inclusive. If this sounds like an environment you could enjoy working in, please send yourCV and Cover Letter(in English) until January 16th, 2022.

For further information about the role please contact Veronika Toker, (veronika.toker@inter.ikea.com). For questions about the recruitment process feel free to contact Désirée Gerber, P&C Generalist (desiree.gerber@inter.ikea.com).