Accounts Assistant – temporary contract

Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company founded in 1973. At a time when all life on earth is under threat of extinction, we aim to use the resources we have—our business, our investments, our voice and our imagination—to influence changes needed to protect our planet. A registered B Corporation and founding member of 1% for the Planet, Patagonia is recognised internationally for its commitment to product quality and environmental activism, contributing over $145 million in grants and in-kind donations to thousands of grassroots environmental groups around the world.

Your role:

We are in business to save our home planet. You’ll be helping us achieve this by supporting the Accounting Team with the consistent recording of financial data into the relevant systems in accordance with accounting principles and internal procedures.

You will work closely with the different functions across the accounting team to gain comprehensive knowledge of the payment and AP processes. The primary focus in this role is to ensure day-to-day transactions are prepared, recorded and reconciled on an accurate and timely basis.

Main tasks:

Support the accounting team with payment operations by preparing payment proposals for the weekly payment runs, troubleshooting payment uploads errors and processing manual payment requests including customer refund and token payments.

Perform daily check on bank balances to ensure funding requirements to cover EMEA payment obligations and prepare weekly reporting on balances to the US.

Provide weekly support to the AP team by:

o Processing multi-currency invoices in a timely manner and ensuring invoices are billed correctly with the proper approvals.

o Daily management of the AP mailbox and vendor/employee inquiries.

o Reconciling vendor statements and invoice discrepancies.

Act as a back up to the treasury accountant for tasks including but not limited to the processing and mapping bank transactions and reconciling the banks when requested.

Support the accounting team with other day-to-day operations and month-end accounting tasks upon request (e.g. preparation of AR/AP balances reports).

Assist the GL leads with projects related to process automations and the EMEA credit card roll out.

Support GL leads with preparing of documentation for the US finance team and/or auditors and support with ad hoc accounting queries.

Filing, scanning, storing, and retrieving of all related financial documents in accordance with local rules, regulations and company policies.

Adhere to accounting principles and internal procedures.

What we’re looking for:

Education background in accounting, business administration or a related field.

Minimum of 2-3 years’ relevant experience in Accounting or related functions.

Strong IT skills and an aptitude to learn new systems quickly, with advanced Excel proficiency and an understanding of essential Accounting ERP features.

Self-starter with the ability to work in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment and work towards set timelines.

Enthusiastic about taking on a diverse role.

Creative mindset, ability to confront different problems by thinking outside the box.

Flexibility by taking on ad-hoc responsibilities as required.

Ability to treat all data with care and confidentiality.

High level of commitment, integrity and responsibility.

Team player and able to build effective cross-functional relationships.

Highly accurate, organized and have excellent attention to detail.

Broad understanding of business needs with excellent analytical and effective oral and written communication skills.

Fluent English, other languages are a plus.

A love of the outdoors

An interest in saving our home planet and making a positive impact through your work

It’s a plus if you also have the following:

Part-qualified accountant or interest in pursuing further accounting education.

Experience with Microsoft AX, D365, Power Bi.

Other important details:

This is a temporary term full-time vacancy based in Amsterdam, intended to support the team until approximately the end of 2024. If you’re successful in the selection process, we will offer you a contract until December 31 2024.

We have a hybrid work model, working from home for maximum 3 days per week

We strive to make unbiased decisions and to offer a great experience to every person who applies for a role at Patagonia. Our interviews include standardised questions that focus on the aspects that are important for success in the role.

To find out more about

what we offer our employees click here: https://eu.patagonia.com/nl/en/what-we-offer/

Please, note that the interviews with the shortlisted candidates will be scheduled between 17th and 19th of June.

At Patagonia, we commit to becoming an anti-racist company that leads by example. This means doing the work to be inclusive and equitable, across all aspects of our business.

Every person who applies to join Patagonia receives equal employment opportunities, and we value a welcoming environment where each member of our EMEA team feels included, respected and empowered, regardless of their race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, civil status, national origin, disability or age.

At Patagonia, we strive to have inclusive representation within our organisation and embrace a diverse mix of talent to contribute to our culture. We actively seek applications from Black and People of Colour (BPOC) and other underrepresented groups.

As we are in business to save our home planet, we can only do this together.

Please make sure that your CV and cover letter are in English.

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:

Thanks for your interest in supporting us for this role, but we don’t accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies