Country: Portugal

City: Lisbon Department: Corporate Functions Job ID: 40315 Job Grade: Hiring Manager: Ricardo Silva

Our Corporate Functions teams make sure everything at Grünenthal runs smoothly by bringing together people with a wide range of skills ? from experts in finance, IT, HR, law and compliance through to business strategists and creative media minds. If you?re a great collaborator and a strong communicator, you?ll feel right at home here. Join our team and join forces with colleagues across our business to maximise our company?s positive impact on patients and their families.

What the job looks like:

• Ensure that robust processes, controls and systems are in place to process supplier invoices & payments;
• Resolve open issues with the operating units and clarify complex situations in AP (e.g., partial / initial payments);
• Ensure that vendor accounts are analyzed and reconciled, to prevent frauds;
• Interact with the relevant Business Partners and / or operating units such as clarification of complex accounting issues;
• Enhance policies and procedures related to the accounts payables function, including automation, to meet business needs;
• Drive continuous process improvement & standardization initiatives towards greater efficiency & costs reduction;
• Ensure that targeted performance is in accordance with service level agreements;
• Set clear goals to team members;
• Settle and resolve any issues or conflicts promoting a feedback culture environment;
• Encourage analytical thinking on team members;
• Delegate tasks and set deadlines for internal team;
• Monitor team performance and report on metrics always foreseen the application of improvements measures;
• Constant seek for P2P process best practices within benchmark references;
• Focus on the development of P2P process initiatives.

What you´ll bring to the table:

• Completed professional education with degree in Business Administration and/or Management, Human Resources, Finance or another related field;
• Professional Experience in GBS Industry 3-5 years (in an accounting environment is a plus);
• Professional Experience in P2P area ( is a plus to be consider);
• Very good knowledge of SAP module FI + workflow solutions and good knowledge of Microsoft Office;
• Experience in KPI reporting & analysis;
• Strong analytical skills;
• Innovation thinking mentality;
• Constant seeking of P2P world class best practices;
• Strong communication skills and leadership skills;
• Decision making skills;
• Team player;
• Quality- and service-oriented;
• Highly motivated and flexible;
• End-to-end-process knowledge on P2P;
• English ( additional European language skills is a plus).

Ricardo Silva, the Hiring Manager