Senior Accountant

Role Purpose

AP and Expenses Senior Accountant is responsible for processing invoices and expense claims in a timely and high-quality manner as defined by Service Level Agreements and Customer expectations. The role involves responding to assigned inquiries, resolving open items with vendors, and collaborating closely with the AP and Expenses team to seek opportunities for continuous improvement, ensuring a good customer experience, and contributing to a positive working atmosphere. Additionally, the Senior Accountant supports Junior Accountants in their daily work.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Code and process invoices and expenses claims in line with procedures

• Ensure that all processed documents are posted in accordance with accounting rules and legal compliance

• Reverse and post correctly the documents posted with error

• Handle customers' requests and inquiries

• Write and maintain process documentation

• Perform all activities in line with agreed SLAs and KPIs

• Seek opportunities for AP process improvements and implement them

• Both share and apply best practices in Accounts Payable area

• Support AP and Expenses Junior Accountant with the daily tasks

• Act as a Deputy for an AP and Expenses Coordinator in the delegated areas and/or tasks

• Communicate with internal and external customers in an efficient and effective manner

• Ensure that all relevant company’s standards and guidelines are met

• Prepare and review payments proposal

About You

• English skills minimum at level B2

• 3-4 years of experience in Finance department will be a strong asset

• Familiarity with MS Office, accounting software

• Attention to details

• Analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

• Creativity and open mind attitude

• Very good self-organization and target orientation skills

• Customer and teamwork focus and capability

• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills

• Flexibility, especially in the period of the month/year-end closing

About Us

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers and business service professionals located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence, and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

Our Values

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients, and our Communities, we live by these values:

• Be Supportive – we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfully

• Be Collaborative - we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationships

• Be Bold - we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutions

• Be Exceptional - we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations

Diversity and Inclusion

At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative, and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.

Diversity of perspective, thought, background, and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that’s why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance, and regardless of how you identify.

Hybrid Working

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That's why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.