Accounts Payable Specialist Emea

**Who We Are***:
At Brooks, we believe a run can change a day, a life, the world. Everyone who works here is a key part of our obsession to make the best running gear on the planet. We want our business — which also happens to be our passion — to be a place where everyone feels welcome and comfortable being themselves. Our company culture defines us, bonds us together, and drives our success. We live this culture daily through our brand values: Runner First, Word is Bond, Champion Heart, There is no “I” in Run, and Keep Moving. This means we always solve for the runner, do what we say we will, give it our all, are generous with our humanity, and find a way to keep moving every day, because joy is kinetic.

Are you ready to help create something extraordinary?

**Your Job**:

- We are looking for an experienced Accounts Payable professional to perform the purchase to pay processing for Brooks in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) region. You are a motivated professional with the ability to support the business in the Accounts Payable function. In this role, you will ensure the timely and accurate processing of supplier invoices for all entities in the region. As a member of our high-performing Finance Team, you will report to the Purchase to Pay (” P2P”) Analyst EMEA.
- You will contribute to the success and growth of the company by ensuring accurate and timely preparation of status reports for accounts and participating in the financial closing process. You will support supplier maintenance by performing compliance checks based on business requirements and guidelines to minimize fraud risk. You thrive on working in a cross-functional team.

**Your Responsibilities**:

- Process the payment of invoices for suppliers, including intercompany, to ensure effective management of creditor days.
- Perform the daily supplier (internal and external) maintenance, communication, invoice scanning, processing, and monitoring of approval queues.
- Maintain the electronic workflow process to ensure approval policies are adhered to. Assist in follow-up and resolution of supplier queries. Liaise with supervisor to successfully resolve any issues and identify solutions to recurring problems.
- Identify process improvements to increase efficiencies in the purchase to pay cycle.
- Closely align with the Controlling team to ensure accuracy, cut off, accruals and related Accounts Payable scheduled reports.
- Assist in ad hoc analysis as required by management and cross-functional teams.
- Keep templates and training materials updated as they relate to the purchase to pay process and assist with familiarizing new hires with these policies and processes.
- Be a hands-on team player who shows flexibility, adaptability and openness to new ideas.

**Your Qualifications**:

- MBO degree in Finance, Accounting, Controlling or a related business field.
- 2+years of experience in purchase to pay processing within a mid-sized organization.
- Understanding of Financial Accounting to perform Accounts Payable processing tasks.
- Base understanding of VAT and reverse charge within a European environment.
- Excellent supplier service skills, capable of resourceful problem solving, while remaining focused on the long-term business relationship.
- Highly motivated, focused, and goal oriented.
- A strong individual contributor with the ability to work independently with mínimal supervision, but also the ability to work and collaborate as part of a team, and work under pressure in a dynamic environment.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail in planning, organization and execution of tasks, while still seeing the big picture and understanding how all of the pieces fit together and affect one another.
- Excellent interpersonal skills that inspire and build trust resulting in effective working relationships across the company.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrating effective listening through concise, clear verbal and written communication.
- Fluency in business English (absolute must), other European language skills are a plus.
- Unwavering demonstration of Brooks’ brand values: Runner first, Word is bond, Champion heart, There’s no “I” in run, Keep moving
- A passion for the running enthusiast and practicing an active lifestyle.

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