Accounts Payable | Open Bank, S.A., Netherlands Branch

Your role and the team 
For our office in Utrecht, we are looking for an Accounts Payable. In this position, you will be part of the Finance department, reporting to Accounting Manager, which is responsible for all financial activities of Dutch and Belgium branches.

You will fulfill an independent role, where you are primarily responsible for your own Accounts Payable duties. You prepare invoices for payment after verifying that they comply with all internal policies (e.g., internal approval guidelines and cost competency matrix). Organizing supplier inquiries or claims is also part of the role and your domain.

The team can best be described as an enthusiastic group with a lot of diversity. Result-oriented work is important. Both as a team and on an individual level. You report directly to the Manager Financial Accounting.

You are
You are someone who works accurately, is well-organized and structured, and has an eye for detail. You have a flexible, hands-on, and independent work attitude and feel comfortable in a dynamic environment. You are eager to follow strict policies and procedures and reinforce them. You enjoy working independently but also thrive in a team environment where you contribute to solutions and improvements.

Your duties and responsibilities in short

  • Checking and booking incoming invoices in the financial system (FIS2000) For the Netherlands and Belgium branches
  • Processing and coding all supplier invoices.
  • Processing and controlling business credit cards.
  • Processing weekly electronic payments, and manual payments request, ensuring timely and correct payments to suppliers.
  • Reinforce approval process and budget controls.
  • Preparing and maintaining AP reconciliations, as well as explaining and resolving discrepancies in reconciliations.
  • Billing for marketing contributions and intercompany entities, as well as collecting the receivables.
  • Collaborating daily with colleagues from the General Ledger (GL) team
  • Contribute to enhancing and establishing new processes and improve existing ones.
  • You assist with the maintenance of the accounting manual, departmental procedures, and work descriptions.

You have

  • At least an HBO/Bachelor education, preferably in the field of accounting.
  • 5+ years of relevant work experience in a similar position
  • Basic accounting knowledge and VAT knowledge.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
  • Preferred: good command of Dutch and English, in both speech and writing.
  • Nice to have experience in an international work environment.

 About us

We are

Open Bank, S.A., Netherlands Branch – also trading as Santander or Santander Consumer Finance. Santander Consumer Finance and Openbank are part of Santander’s global Digital Consumer Bank (DCB) business unit, which brings together all consumer finance activities. This enables us to continuously innovate and improve our services.

 

We have been active in the Netherlands since 1985. We support our partners – such as automotive manufacturers (OEMs), dealers and retailers, and in Belgium also retail partners – in strengthening their sales by offering financing solutions that contribute directly to their growth. In the Netherlands, we serve our customers from our office in Utrecht, and since 1992 in Belgium from our office in Merelbeke (near Ghent).

 

The leasing company Santander Leasing is also part of Santander (in the Netherlands with an office in Den Bosch, in Belgium from Merelbeke). Our Benelux team consists of approximately 250 colleagues. Together, we are part of the Santander Group, one of the largest financial institutions in the world.

 

What makes Santander different and unique?

We collaborate internally and externally with people of many different nationalities. Showing initiative is appreciated here, as is humor. We encourage creativity and brainstorm new ideas together. We have an open corporate culture with an informal working atmosphere.

 

We have an open office with various large and small meeting rooms and focus rooms if you need more privacy and quiet. We understand how important mobile working is. Work permitting, employees can work from home two or three days a week and stay in touch with colleagues and clients via MS Teams.

For nine years now, we have been receiving the Top Employer awards for the Netherlands, Belgium, and Europe.

 

The health and well-being of our professionals are a priority and a fundamental pillar of Santander's value proposition, which is communicated internally and globally under the name Behealthy. At Santander, we believe that the well-being of our employees is the key to creating a positive, dynamic, and innovative work environment. When people feel good, they have more energy, creativity, and engagement, thereby driving the success of the entire organization. In times of change and major challenges we face together, it is even more important to adopt healthy habits that help us prevent illness and maintain physical and mental balance. Our employees can take out a gym membership or make use of the bicycle plan through our FiscFree offer.

 

Our Evermood program offers a free platform for employees on various topics – from support in the form of tips on financial issues to advice on childcare and help resolving workplace conflicts.

 Enthusiastic?

Join the team! This is your chance to use your talent in a dynamic, international organization. Please respond via this link: https://santander.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SantanderCareers/job/Utrecht/Accounts-Payable-Accountant_Req1564846

*Screening is part of the application process. We check, based on the screening procedures in place within Santander, whether new employees are sufficiently reliable to perform work at Santander.

*We have a strong risk culture and expect all our professionals, regardless of their position, to have a proactive and responsible attitude towards risk management.

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not desired.