Team Lead Accounts Payable

Discover Your Next Challenge as Team Lead Accounts Payable at Sunweb Group

Are you the Team Lead Sunweb Group is looking for? Discover your next challenge as Teamlead Accounts Payable. You will have great responsibility for key financial processes and collaborate with various stakeholders.

For this position, we are working together with our recruitment partner STAAN.

Job description

Together with the AP team, you will be responsible for maintaining an accurate accounts payable administration. The role covers administrative responsibility for approximately €1 billion in expenses. As the Team Lead, you will have close communication with several stakeholders, including suppliers, partners, and service providers. Within Sunweb Group, a distinction is made between business suppliers (direct costs) and organizational suppliers (indirect costs). In your role, you will also contribute to Sunweb’s supplier NPS. You will report directly to the Head of Accounting and lead a team of 15 FTE. The Accounts Payable team is part of the Accounting department within Finance. This also includes the Accounts Receivable and Financial Accounting teams. Within Finance, there is also a team of Controllers.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Leading the Accounts Payable team, ensuring a timely and accurate accounts payable administration;
• Ensuring on-time payments to suppliers, and actively contributing to Sunweb’s supplier NPS. Through service-oriented communication, you will strengthen supplier relationships. You will also seek opportunities for process improvements and cost-saving initiatives;
• Actively identifying improvements and optimizations within the accounts payable process;
• Contributing to accounting-related matters, objectives, and (strategic) developments across the Accounting department, in collaboration with the Head of Accounting and the other Accounting teams;
• Acting as the key point of contact and sparring partner for Procurement and other departments involved in accounts payable processes, with a strong focus on stakeholder management across Sunweb Group.

Requirements

For the role of Team Lead, solid knowledge and experience in team management within an operational financial or administrative environment is essential. This includes expertise in people management, process management, stakeholder management, and change management. A strong internal and external service orientation is also important.

Additional requirements include:

• A completed Bachelor’s degree in Finance or something related;
• A minimum of 4 years of relevant work experience (Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Accounting, and leadership);
• Strong communication skills;
• You thrive in a dynamic environment;
• You foster a positive atmosphere within the team. You are flexible, socially engaged, supportive, a good listener, and proactive.

About Sunweb Group

Sunweb Group is one of the largest online travel organizations in Europe, arranging holidays for over 1.3 million travelers each year. Operating in eight international markets, the company serves a variety of customer segments through its brands Sunweb and Eliza Was Here. With more than 600 employees and operational hubs in Rotterdam, Girona, Paris, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Antwerp, Chambéry, and Zurich, the company offers carefree, high-quality holidays at competitive prices. The organizational culture, known as “Fast Forward,” is built on focus and trust. This approach shapes the future of travel while helping customers create truly relaxing experiences.

Employment conditions

• Salary: €55.000 to €77.000 annually (including 8% holiday allowance);
• 25 vacation days plus 6 additional leave days (ATV) based on a full-time contract;
• Attractive discount of up to 20% on holiday bookings with one of the travel brands, available for personal use, family, and friends;
• Pension scheme;
• Hybrid work option, including a budget for setting up a home office;

A pleasant and informal working environment, with benefits such as personal coaching sessions, healthy lunches, relaxing office spaces for breaks, and surprising extras.

Sunweb Group is an equal opportunity employer, which means we do not discriminate in any way. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and safe environment for all employees.

For questions, you can reach them via Roos Roovers: rroovers@staan.nl