Accounts Payable (German)

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

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 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.

Individual accountabilities:

Responds to more advanced supplier invoices, expense reports, and payment inquiries

Supports accounting-related tasks such as tax audits.

Support other team members and managers as a subject matter expert. Review work of junior team members, help resolve escalated inquiries including complex issues, create reporting, etc.

Provides guidance in relevant accounting principles, have a strong understanding of the AP practices and end-to-end workflow of the function, and have knowledge of internal control processes and procedures.

Advanced knowledge of Fraud Awareness to ensure that correct processes are followed

Proactively identifies areas for improvement

Key shared accountabilities:

With the support of Accounts Payable Associate and Accounts Payable Analyst, takes charge to support and deliver the service level agreement on invoice processing, expense claims, payments, and customer service

Supports the AP Managers in streamlining processes, reducing errors and enhancing productivity. Also assists in KPI reporting.

Profile requirements

The candidate should have:

Bachelor's Degree preferably in Accountancy, Finance, Business or equivalent

Knowledge of German, with the ability to confidently use the language in more than 50% of daily tasks

Minimum of 1-5 years of experience in accounts payable or related field

Strong understanding, knowledge, and expertise of Arcadis AP business structures, policies, procedures, and Microsoft/ERP applications

Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills

Good customer service skills

Breadth of experience: Working internationally, across different industries and business lines and/or functions, managing projects impacting people/issues/solutions across organizational boundaries.

Driving innovation: Involved in generating and driving innovation, engaging with clients, working with alliances and ecosystems to deliver the best outcomes.

Data and technology: Adopting data-driven decision making, leveraging data to create and demonstrate value. Tech savvy and comfortable and curious about technologies.

Living our purpose: Mentoring and sponsoring people coming through the business and from outside. Proactively, supporting communities and social initiatives, and showing attention for the planet and sustainability.

Aligned to the Arcadis Leadership model we seek leaders with a strong fit to our leadership success profile, to build and drive our culture of inclusion, accountability, human-centricity, and sustainability. Successful leaders at Arcadis will possess strong learning agility, combined with a balanced mix of being curious, driving success and igniting passion.

Be curious:

Demonstrate and develop curiosity in oneself and others; bringing clients and Arcadians on a journey of discovery and co-creation.

Have a global, strategic, and future thinking mindset.

Are digitally-savvy, entrepreneurial and innovative.

Build organizational networks that are value-adding, engaging and purposeful.

Incorporate a human-centric, experimentation and continuous learning mindset to lead innovation and transformation.

Actively engage diverse points of view and manage healthy issues-based conflict.

Drive success:

Create a sense of shared ownership and accountability balancing this with decisiveness and holding others to account for delivery.

Take ownership for own responsibility, creating clarity and motivating and aligning others.

Internalize organizational goals, making them one's own personal stretch goals.

Are outcomes focused and tackle challenges head-on.

Demonstrate commercial acumen in general, and specifically with regards to sustainable solutions.

Actively shape the future of the organization.

Ignite passion:

Personally role model own commitment to improving quality of life and putting sustainability at the core.

Apply an adaptive style to engagement that is culturally sensitive and appeals to the personal needs of others.

Bring clarity and manage anxiety in others, through clear communication and inspiring storytelling.

Integrate their work, helping others make the connection between their work and the bigger picture.

Maintain personal resilience and rebound from setbacks and help others to do the same.

Build trust through authenticity, demonstrating integrity and courage regarding own convictions.

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.