Accounts Payable Specialist

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

The Accounts Payable Specialist will provide financial, administrative, and clerical support to associates and analysts within a European AP Hub. This role requires collaborating with the offshore GSSC AP team, as well as interacting with external vendors and multiple organizational layers, ensuring seamless communication and support.

Role accountabilities:

• Responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:
• Serve as a key point of contact for external vendors and various internal departments across the organization.
• Process invoices and payments, ensuring alignment with AP policies and protocols.
• Provide ongoing collaboration and support to the offshore GSSC AP team, including troubleshooting, problem resolution, and process improvement.
• Oversee AP performance and produce reports for process enhancements.
• Ensure effective communication in Dutch, with fluency in English and German as essential; additional languages are a positive asset.
• Monitor cash position and ensure that payments are fully funded before release.
• Audit employee expense reports based on established criteria.
• Ensure all accounts payable policies and procedures are adhered to, including those for travel, vendor approval, and invoice processing.
• Reconcile supplier statements with ledger accounts.
• Reconcile sub-ledger and general ledger transactions of accounts payable.
• Respond to queries and audit requests in a timely and accurate manner.
• Handle recharge invoicing accurately and on time.
• Prepare schedules and reports as required.
• Manage vendor relations and build effective partnerships.
• Update individual and team metrics regularly.
• Archive supporting documents consistently.
• Act as Officer-In-Charge in case the team leader or supervisor is absent.
• Support the team leader or supervisor with strategic functions such as organizing meetings or planning for the day.
• Review monthly accrual reports, ensuring completeness and accuracy.
• Review and manage vendor statements monthly, confirming the accuracy of vendor reconciliation performed by team members.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy; CPA preferred.
• Three or more years of experience in payables processing, treasury, billing, and audit work.
• Experience in a Shared Service or multinational environment is advantageous.
• Proficiency in ERP systems is preferred.
• Strong computer skills, including MS Office applications (Excel, Outlook, and Word).
• Accurate data entry skills and strong attention to detail.
• General GL account knowledge.
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills; Dutch and German proficiency required, with additional languages being advantageous.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

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