Junior Accounts Payable Assistant (M/F) Lisbon

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About the Team:

The Accounts Payable team in our clients business in Portugal supports five business units across the international market. We’re responsible for ensuring supplier invoices and employee expenses are paid accurately and on time. We are now looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Accounts Payable Specialist to join the growing finance function.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and manage Accounts Payable shared mailboxes, ensuring timely triage of invoices, approvals, and queries.
• Run daily and weekly AP reports, identifying and addressing issues proactively.
• Process high volumes of supplier invoices, employee expenses, and payment runs.
• Ensure all payments comply with internal policies and guidelines (Payments, T&E, etc.).
• Validate supplier payment details and methods.
• Prepare AP reconciliations, including supplier balances, prepayments, accruals, and intercompany charges.
• Support improvements in the purchase-to-pay process, assisting in system or process enhancements.
• Participate in finance and AP-related projects and initiatives.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure accuracy and completeness of data.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and implement best practices

What We’re Looking For:

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Management or a related area.
• Experience in Accounts Payable, ideally in a multinational or shared services environment.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and AP best practices.
• Comfortable working with large data sets and financial systems (Oracle knowledge is a plus).
• Strong MS Office skills, especially Excel (Power BI is a plus).
• Experience with purchase-to-pay systems and procedures is highly desirable.
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to meet deadlines.
• Proactive, organised, and a strong team player.
• Fluent in English and Portuguese.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a well-established international insurance group.
• Work in a collaborative, diverse, and growth-oriented environment.
• Opportunity to support and influence the development of efficient financial processes.
• Ongoing training and development with exposure to global finance operations.

Ready to join a high-performing finance team at a global level? We’d love to hear from you.

​​​​​​​Apply today!