Senior accounts payable specialist

Introduction to the job

As a senior accounts payable specialist, you are working closely with several Finance departments, Procurement, IT and our Vendor Operations team, ensuring prompt and accurate payment of liabilities to vendors, encouraging positive supplier interactions and assuring paid-on-time invoices. These processes are highly automated. You will be responsible for a wide range of senior activities in the area of accounts payable such as invoice and payment handling, resolving issues, vendor communication, handling customer requests, supporting/leading improvements, month-end-closing activities and projects and analysis on request including necessary (senior) stakeholder management. Moreover, you will act as a functional lead, process expert, spokesman and coach for one of the sub-teams within Vendor Operations.

Role and responsibilities

In this role, you will join our Vendor Operations team, which is part of the ASML Business Services (ABS) organization, a shared services organization offering transactional services for Finance, HR&O, Sourcing & Procurement, IT, CRE, and Sales. ABS is supported by a centralized Capability Center, Master Data and Reporting Operations. Vendor Operations offers wide range of services for the Purchase to Pay processes. The services range from contractor accounts, contract management, purchasing up until accounts payable and providing payments to our suppliers.

Besides acting as a functional lead of one of the sub-teams, you will execute accounts payable activities to a limited extent to keep feeling with operations, including: invoice handling by entering invoices into ERP system, matching to POs and processing for payment; supplier communication such as working with ServiceNow tickets to respond to supplier inquires and requests; contacting suppliers, buyers and employees about questionable items on invoices.

As a senior accounts payable specialist, you will:

• Assist the Regional Vendor Operations Manager on special projects and analysis as needed
• Support and guides team members in accounting compliance and SOX compliance
• Provide specialist operations support for a wide variety of AP activities such as invoice booking/posting, approval workflow, payments, settlement, clearing, reconciliation, closing activities, corporate actions and/or activities related to accounting for scope external and intercompany suppliers
• Participate in process re-design, improvement, documentation and training projects
• Perform complex AP analysis with knowledge of policies and procedures such as researching invoices by contacting vendors and/or buyers and receiving

Education and experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent experience in accounting/finance or business administration, a professional finance certification is a plus
• At least 6 years of experience in a financial environment with a proven track record in AP
• Experience with SAP, Oracle or a similar ERP system
• Accounting, budgeting, planning and analysis experience
• Experience with Basware or similar scanning application is a plus
• Previous working experience in a multinational environment is a plus

Skills

To thrive in this role, you will need the following skills:

• In-depth knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams; additional Microsoft apps knowledge in OneNote, To Do, Planner and Miro is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Excellent customer service skills, with an advanced understanding of customer (vendor) relationship building
• Ability to work with (periodic) deadlines
• Ability to challenge the status quo in a positive way to achieve optimal results; being able to share your helicopter view and to dive deep into processes and optimize them where possible
• Coaching/mentoring skills and collaborating as a team player
• Ensuring accountability and balancing stakeholders

Diversity and inclusion

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

About Us

ASML is a leading supplier of lithography equipment, used by the world’s top chipmakers to print microchips that are increasingly powerful, fast and energy efficient. Working at ASML is inspiring, no matter what field you're in. That’s because we push the boundaries of technology: if it’s moving the world forward, chances are, we’re behind it. In fact, we’re probably a part of the electronic device you’re using right now.

We’re a global team of more than 32,000 people from 122 different nationalities and counting. Headquartered in Europe’s top tech hub, the Brainport Eindhoven region in the Netherlands, our operations are spread across Europe, Asia and the US.