Our multinational partner company is looking for experienced French speaking candidates for their exciting new Accounting Transition Project from France. We are looking for AP, Cash Application and AR, and Payment Accountants for the expanding team. Travel will be included in the job in the first months of the project. This is a great opportunity for enthusiastic and experienced SSC accountant candidates who are willing to travel and be part of a growing center in Budapest.

Why it is a good opportunity for you:

Working in a successful organization
Hybrid working: 3 days home office and 2 days office
Health & Safety: highest standards and a wide range of health promotion and healthcare activities (Medicover package)
OTP Szép Card: Gross 39.000 HUF / month and annual bonus
Pension: they have various financial models to give you individual support
Training and education programs to help you develop professionally and personally
 

Job summary

AP and Payment Accountant role:

·         Be involved in the transition of accounting processes from European entities to Hungary and actively shape a new SCE in Budapest

·         Prepare, validate and regularly update Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and Desktop Procedure

·         Be involved in day-to-day operations and participate in the periodical closing processes

·         Participate in projects assigned to the role (incl. Process optimization)

·         Support in defining main KPI’s and the delivery model of Shared Service Center (SSC).

·         Be adherent to agreed service levels, policies and procedures.

·         Determine, evaluate and resolve issues,

·         Identify and work on process improvements

·         Engage in collaboration with the business and stakeholders to develop a professional relationship

·         Be the ambassador of our organization towards our Suppliers

·         Active role during internal and external audits.

·         Provide qualitative customer service

·         Ensure that all process manuals/relevant work instructions are created and updated on a regular basis

·         Coach and train junior team members, conduct onboarding training

·         Support Senior and Team Lead colleagues in reaching the teams performance against deliverables set in the SLAs

·         Support Team Lead in a cross functional collaboration.

Cash Application and AR Accountant role:

·         Support the transition of Order to Cash processes from European entities to Hungary and actively shape a new SSC in Budapest

·         Overall responsible for the dedicated accounts receivable process defined by the direct (AR Team Lead) or indirect (Senior Manager, Head of Finance) leader.

·         Responsible for regular/daily clean-up of bank transit account and match with open AR customer invoices 

·         Monitoring and accounting of bad debts at periodical closing

·         Allocate all customer payment on customer accounts

·         At periodical closing  preparing and accounting of customer statistical provisions

·         Proactive collaboration with treasury and collection departments

·         Creating and updating DTP-s and process documentation

·         Participate in projects assigned to the role (incl. Process optimization support).

·         Follow rules and regulations and ensure KPIs are met.

·         Provide qualitative customer service.

·         Be adherent to agreed service levels, policies and procedures

·         Engage in collaboration with the business and stakeholders to develop a professional relationship

·         Identify, evaluate and resolve issues (incl. process improvements)

Requirements:

·         College or University degree (preferably in Economics or Finance with major in accounting or equivalent qualification)

·         Minimum of 3 years of experience in accounting in SSC environment

·         Transition experience is beneficial

·         Very good understanding of the accounting processes

·         Continuous Improvement and Quality (CI&Q) mindset

·         Strong customer orientation

·         Strong English and French language skills (ideally Hungarian skills as well)

·         Very good knowledge of SAP FI or other ERP system

·         Enthusiasm for establishing and ramping up a new Shared Service Center

·         Ability/willingness to travel (2 to 6 weeks periods for knowledge transfer- when circumstances allow to do so)

·         Self-starting attitude and ability to work independently

·         Strong team-player

·         Ability to pay close attention to detail and prioritize the right things at the right time

·         Excellent communication skills