About this job

We are recruiting a Payable Accountant for Sapienza to work on our Customers Site (ESA-ESTEC) who will support to ESA Finance Department including following typical tasks:

Responsibilities

• Analysing, validating and approving all Agency payments to suppliers in compliance with ESA accounting policy, the Financial Regulations, instructions and procedures (internal rules); carrying out related financial operations and interfaces with suppliers
• End-of-period adjustments, offsetting of prepayments against progress invoices and vendor clearing, analysis of balances, clearing of accrued costs versus invoices received and other accounting practises related to accounts payable
• Contributing to the verification of contracts/purchase orders and CCNs to ensure compliance with financial requirements
• Contributing to monthly and yearly closure of ESA accounts payable, ensuring accounts reconciliation, providing specific notes relating to ESA Financial Statements
• Contributing to drafting instructions, procedures and guidelines for the Sections/Divisions
• Responding to queries from industry
• Preparing urgent payment lists
• Maintaining close liaison with the appropriate Cost Centre managers, project managers and administrators providing financial advice and information on the relevant processes
• Other ad hoc financial accounting tasks as requested by management

Profile

• Master’s degree or equivalent professional qualifications in a financial discipline and a significant period of practical experience of financial accounting at ESA or in a comparable environment.
• At least 04 years of relevant work experience
• Experience as a user of SAP and in particular ECC and SRM modules and familiarity with relevant ESA corporate applications (e.g. ESA-p) is an asset
• Excellent numerical skills as well as an accounting background with the analytical skills required to operate a complex accounting system
• Familiarity with modern office automation tools and techniques, in particular Microsoft Office as well as customised database and software applications.
• Fluent in English; knowledge of another ESA member-state language is an asset

Contact:

Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU

Please send your CV (in English) as soon as possible, but no later than 31/03/2021 to jobs@sapienzaconsulting.com

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