Senior AP Specialist with German

For Linklaters Service Delivery Centre Warsaw, we are currently recruiting for the Senior Accounts Payable Specialist with German role.

About the Team
Join our local team responsible for the full scope of accounts payable activities for diverse business entities. Collaborating closely with finance, tax, and business teams, our team handles process excellence across the accounts payable function.

You will be responsible for

• Supporting the team as an accounts payable process expert

• Managing end-to-end accounts payable operations

• Resolving complex queries for vendors and employees

• Communicating with business teams on invoice coding and compliance

• Providing end-to-end customer support for Travel & Expense system users in resolving issues

• Verifying and posting invoices with quality checks

• Reconciling payments and resolving discrepancies

• Driving process improvements and automation

Apply if you

• Hold a degree in finance or have completed a professional accounting course

• Have at least three years of accounts payable experience

• Have a functional knowledge of Travel & Expense principles and practices

• Speak fluent English (B2) and German (C1)

• Bring experience in SAP (SSC/BPO experience a plus)

• Focus on accuracy and service orientation

• Work efficiently under pressure

• Show initiative for process optimization

Location
Warsaw (hybrid model - 2 days in the office per week)

Linklaters and the Team

Linklaters are a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.
 

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people  who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.
 

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair and open atmosphere.
 

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set.
 

We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an    ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

Key relationships

LSDC Finance Teams (AR, CA, GL), Local Finance Teams, Tax Team

Key Benefits

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:

• Private medical care

• Free in-house fitness centre

• Life insurance

• Worldwide travel insurance for business and non-business travel

• Benefit Multisport club card or subsidised travel card

• Wide range of training opportunities

What sets us apart

At Linklaters

• We offer a truly global work experience and the opportunity to be involved in strategic projects that drive innovation and shape the future of our business

• We belong to a firm that embodies its corporate social, environment and governance responsibility commitments

• We celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion so our people can bring themselves to work

• We advocate speak-up culture to empower our people in sharing their voices and an open-door policy to ensure they are listened to

• We invest in custom-fit career paths for our people in line with their talents and aspirations

• We provide agile working solutions to meet the changing needs of our people and our business

• We are committed to people first relationships based on mutual trust, respect and appreciation

• We support the health and wellbeing of our people, providing a safe space to talk about emotions and mental health with access to expert advice as needed

• We invest in developing leaders of the future who demonstrate emotional intelligence and a passion to discover, coach and develop the talents of others

Technical Skills:

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive.  It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.