Accounts Payables Accountant (m/f)

About the role

ALEBS, the business services arm of Air Liquide Europe, is recruiting Accounts Payable Specialists and Analysts (junior, experienced and senior profiles) for its Record to Pay (R2P) team. The work centres on processing vendor invoices, managing payment proposals and reconciling balance sheet accounts, in a flexible, collaborative and multicultural environment.

Key responsibilities

• Process vendor invoices and credit notes, prepare payment proposals, manage urgent and advance payments, and allocate direct debits, manual payments or lodge cards.
• Act as first point of contact for supplier queries, build supplier relationships and report master data change requests.
• Run supplier balance reconciliations (debtors/creditors) and complex balance sheet accounts such as GR-IR, AP-GL and downpayments, and manage blocked invoices.
• Identify process improvements, update desktop procedures, run standard internal controls and support audit data requests.
• Work daily with Procurement, Local IT, Finance Business Partners and Country CFOs across European entities.

Required profile

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Management or Economics.
• Open to early-career professionals with an administrative/accounting background and experienced AP professionals; prior experience in a shared service centre, BSC or multinational company is a strong plus.
• Upper-intermediate to fluent English (B2+/C1 mandatory); knowledge of French, German, Spanish, Italian or Dutch is highly valued.
• Flexibility, resilience and excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Required skills

• Solid understanding of Accounts Payable processes, vendor invoice booking and legal invoicing requirements.
• Proficiency in ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Navision) and Excel.

What we offer

• Hybrid/flexible working model based on trust, agility and autonomy.
• Structured career progression and participation in continuous improvement and process harmonization projects.
• An inclusive, multicultural environment within a global industry leader.