Accounts Payable Specialist

Accounts Payable Specialist

Are you an experienced Accounts Payable professional who enjoys bringing structure to financial processes, improving efficiency and finding smarter ways of working? Do you like combining your AP expertise with process improvement and working with finance teams across different countries? Then this could be a great opportunity for you.

About Polygon

Welcome to Polygon Netherlands. We are part of the international Polygon Group, operating in 18 countries with more than 8,000 colleagues. In the Netherlands, around 240 colleagues work across several locations.

We specialise in preventing and restoring damage caused by fire, water and climate-related incidents. It is a unique and dynamic industry where no two days are the same and where strong collaboration, speed and quality are essential.

Working at Polygon means being part of an informal organisation with short lines of communication, plenty of responsibility and many opportunities to develop yourself further.

What you will do

As Accounts Payable Specialist within our International Finance Hub, you will support our European finance teams in making Accounts Payable processes more efficient, consistent and easy to manage.

You will look at the full purchase-to-pay process and work together with Finance, Procurement and other teams to improve the way invoices, suppliers and payments are handled.

A key part of the role is finding practical ways to reduce unnecessary steps, improve data quality and create clear ways of working.

• Support and improve Accounts Payable processes.
• Perform supplier account reconciliations.
• Support accurate and timely invoice and payment processing.
• Improve purchase-to-pay processes and controls.
• Look for opportunities to simplify and automate processes.
• Support month-end activities, accruals and AP reporting.
• Improve the quality of supplier and invoice data.
• Help standardise working methods across different entities.
• Work together with Finance, Procurement and Operations.
• Share knowledge and support local finance colleagues.

What you bring

• A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field.
• Experience in Accounts Payable.
• Understanding of purchase-to-pay processes.
• Experience with ERP systems and Excel.
• Good reconciliation and analytical skills.
• A structured and accurate way of working.
• An interest in process improvement and efficiency.
• Good communication skills.

You enjoy making processes clearer and easier. You are accurate, practical and naturally look for opportunities to improve the way work is organised.

This position includes frequent international travel. You should expect to spend a significant part of your working week at our businesses elsewhere in Europe.

Fluent professional English is required. German and/or French is a strong advantage.

You must already have the legal right to work in the Netherlands.

What we offer

This is an assignment for a period of approximately 12 to 18 months. You will be employed by Polygon and will report to a manager based in Sweden. The assignment cannot be carried out on a freelance or self-employed basis.

We offer a salary that matches your experience and background. Although this is a temporary assignment, we are always interested in keeping good people within Polygon. If the assignment goes well and suitable vacancies are available, you are of course welcome to apply for other opportunities within our organisation.

For more information on the jobs, please contact Sander Berghuis, CFO +31 (0)6 16582190.

To apply, please send an e-mail including your motivation and resume to werkenbij@polygongroup.com