Accountant Purchase-to-Pay

It’s all about peopleIt’s all about people

We put people at the centre of everything we do. Being curious about what the people around us need and want is key to creating safe, personalised and sustainable mobility solutions. If you believe in the power of people and share our respect for human-centric innovation, you'll thrive at Volvo Cars. We are people who care about other people. With us, you’ll be surrounded by brilliant, curious colleagues all committed to making a difference.

Let's introduce ourselves
You will be part of the Global Accounting Delivery (GAD) team, where we strive for smart and nimble finance processes by analyzing financials to support the business in the best way. Working at GAD gives you the opportunity to work in a truly global environment, with colleagues all over the world. Our culture is human-centric and we embrace honesty, transparency, respect, empowerment and authenticity.

GAD is currently a team of 400 people operating from seven different countries and representing over 30 nationalities! Our focus is to deliver compliant and quality assured financial information faster and smarter to support business decisions. In GAD, dedicated professionals are working in a dynamic and customer focused environment.

We are now looking for an Accountant with customer acumen to join our Order To Cash team to be based in Madrid (metro Cuzco). You would work within Global Online Experience (GOX), which is responsible for our customers from our online business and currently rolled out over several European countries.

What’s in it for you
People are at the heart of our business. We want you to innovate, challenge and build a career at Volvo Cars. In return we offer flexible working hours and hybrid working* to allow for greater flexibility and work-life balance, further enabling us to reduce our environmental impact and support your personal circumstance. You can even work 15 days per year from any location in the world. Did you know that every Volvo Cars employee worldwide has the right to our Family Bond, our new all-gender, 24 weeks paid parental leave policy**? You’ll also enjoy a culture and benefits package that’s made us one of the world’s most awarded and progressive employers.
What you'll do
You will coordinate with different teams and be responsible for daily execution of correct PTP processes. You will be the interface and the point of contact for our Volvo Cars entities in the EMEA region and the Business Process Outsourcing delivery team. In addition to this, you will perform issue resolution of inquiries relating to PTP processes.

• Focus on the self-billing invoice processes of direct materials and support indirect material processes: On-boarding new suppliers, set up, fix issues, and detect improvement areas in the process
• Analysis of overdue invoices
• Management of supplier inquiries
• Approving invoice payment proposals
• PTP period end activities
• Analysis of KPIs
• Account Reconciliation Review
• Intercompany reconciliation
• Phone support for supplier calls
• Problem solve escalated tickets through the ticketing system

As part of our Continuous Improvement initiative, you will have the opportunity to coordinate projects in various areas and monitor rule-based activities performed by our Business Process Outsourcing delivery team.
What you'll bring
You have experience in Purchase-to-Pay processes in an international environment and enjoy working in a structured way, but at the same time can detect areas of improvement within your area and like implementing their improvements.

• A degree in Finance or equivalent.
• Experience in Accounting and PTP processes
• Fluent in English both verbally and written. Other languages positively valued (Spanish, French, German)
• Experience in SAP (MM/FI modules)
• Be a great communicator with good collaboration skills.
• Have an ability to plan and prioritize with a positive mindset.
• You have high integrity regarding your work
• Great analytical skills
• You are service minded and curious.Let's introduce ourselves
You will be part of the Global Accounting Delivery (GAD) team, where we strive for smart and nimble finance processes by analyzing financials to support the business in the best way. Working at GAD gives you the opportunity to work in a truly global environment, with colleagues all over the world. Our culture is human-centric and we embrace honesty, transparency, respect, empowerment and authenticity.

GAD is currently a team of 400 people operating from seven different countries and representing over 30 nationalities! Our focus is to deliver compliant and quality assured financial information faster and smarter to support business decisions. In GAD, dedicated professionals are working in a dynamic and customer focused environment.

We are now looking for an Accountant with customer acumen to join our Order To Cash team to be based in Madrid (metro Cuzco). You would work within Global Online Experience (GOX), which is responsible for our customers from our online business and currently rolled out over several European countries.

What’s in it for you
People are at the heart of our business. We want you to innovate, challenge and build a career at Volvo Cars. In return we offer flexible working hours and hybrid working* to allow for greater flexibility and work-life balance, further enabling us to reduce our environmental impact and support your personal circumstance. You can even work 15 days per year from any location in the world. Did you know that every Volvo Cars employee worldwide has the right to our Family Bond, our new all-gender, 24 weeks paid parental leave policy**? You’ll also enjoy a culture and benefits package that’s made us one of the world’s most awarded and progressive employers.
What you'll do
You will coordinate with different teams and be responsible for daily execution of correct PTP processes. You will be the interface and the point of contact for our Volvo Cars entities in the EMEA region and the Business Process Outsourcing delivery team. In addition to this, you will perform issue resolution of inquiries relating to PTP processes.

• Focus on the self-billing invoice processes of direct materials and support indirect material processes: On-boarding new suppliers, set up, fix issues, and detect improvement areas in the process
• Analysis of overdue invoices
• Management of supplier inquiries
• Approving invoice payment proposals
• PTP period end activities
• Analysis of KPIs
• Account Reconciliation Review
• Intercompany reconciliation
• Phone support for supplier calls
• Problem solve escalated tickets through the ticketing system

As part of our Continuous Improvement initiative, you will have the opportunity to coordinate projects in various areas and monitor rule-based activities performed by our Business Process Outsourcing delivery team.
What you'll bring
You have experience in Purchase-to-Pay processes in an international environment and enjoy working in a structured way, but at the same time can detect areas of improvement within your area and like implementing their improvements.

• A degree in Finance or equivalent.
• Experience in Accounting and PTP processes
• Fluent in English both verbally and written. Other languages positively valued (Spanish, French, German)
• Experience in SAP (MM/FI modules)
• Be a great communicator with good collaboration skills.
• Have an ability to plan and prioritize with a positive mindset.
• You have high integrity regarding your work
• Great analytical skills
• You are service minded and curious.

Ready to Take the Next Step?Ready to Take the Next Step?

Please submit your application through our career page. Due to GDPR regulations, we’re unable to store or consider applications from other platforms. Make sure to submit your application in English.

Once your application is successfully submitted, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Applications are open until 6th of January 2025. We’re excited to get to know you!

Location: Madrid (Hybrid)

Volvo Cars – driving change togetherVolvo Cars – driving change together

Volvo Cars’ success is the result of a collaborative, diverse and inclusive working environment. Today, we’re one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with around 43,000 employees across the globe. At Volvo Cars, your career is designed around your skills and aspirations, so you can reach your fullest potential.

And it’s so exciting – we’re well on our way on our journey towards full electrification. We have five fully electric cars already on the market, and five more on the way. Our fully-electric and plug-in hybrid cars combined make up almost 50 per cent of our sales. So come and join us in shaping the future of mobility. There’s never been a more rewarding time to play your part in our inspiring and creative teams!

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* Currently Volvo Car Spain offers up to 50% home office policy, which will be reviewed on a yearly basis. The 15 days per year where you can work from any location in the world are part of the 50% home office policy.

** In Spain the difference between legal parental leave and the 24 weeks will be reimbursed at 80% of gross salary

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