team lead accounts payable (AP)

citizenM is an affordable luxury hotel chain for mobile citizens of the world. With a style that will knock your socks off, we offer citizens a real home from home, plus the world's fluffiest pillows. Our typical guest is a frequent traveler who is quality and design-driven, and value-conscious. We currently have hotels in the Netherlands, France, UK, Switzerland, Denmark, USA, and Asia, with more to come soon. We are proud to put hospitality back into the hospitality industry and have received numerous awards for our groundbreaking approach. We like to do things differently. This means our hotels are not traditional… and neither are our support offices. We're open-minded, with kind hearts and global minds.

Purpose

The team lead accounts payable (AP) will be responsible for leading the accounts payable team. You are an expert in the field of purchase to pay with focus on accurate invoice processing, timely payment and proactive vendor management. The team lead AP ensures that the team can successfully perform their activities. The team lead AP has a thorough understanding of the AP and reports on this to all stakeholders. You will be required to apply your problem solving skills and look beyond our existing processes and procedures. You will drive continuous process improvement initiatives and foster a service culture and communications with stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the AP team, ensuring optimization and effective use of our resources and time.
• Leads the measurement and delivery of service levels and KPI targets.
• Manage day-to-day activities for the AP team.
• Realize accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year-end close processes and the preparation of internal reporting in accordance with local accounting rules.
• Perform month-end account closing activities and reconciliations.
• Create and monitor a robust vendor reconciliation process.
• Develop, coach and train the AP team in their day-to-day tasks, in order to improve the quality of the process, controls and reporting.
• Work closely and cooperate with business departments in the collection of financial data.
• Identify opportunities for improvements and opportunities for standardization.
• Ensure the AP team to deliver successfully and continuously improve each time our process, in line with our accounting strategy.
• Recommend new approaches, policies and procedures to effect continual improvements in efficiency and effectiveness of the department and services performed.

Qualifications / Skills

• Bsc or Msc in finance.
• Ability to keep a broad overview, whilst no detail is too small and it's possible to maintain structure, organization and the ability to work under pressure.
• True team player.
• Skilled multicultural communicator, with the ability to communicate on various levels and with different stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Business Central 365 and ProQuro / Exact P2P is an advantage.
• Potential to develop coaching and management skills.
• Jump up from excitement by the idea of working in a dynamic, fast moving and transformational environment.
• Familiar with agile way of working.
• Fluent in English, Dutch or French is a plus.

What's in it for you?

• citizenM experience nights for you (and friends and family).
• Personal and professional development opportunities and programmes.
• Latest tech devices and all the tools you need to be successful in your role.
• Commuting travel costs covered (by car or public transport).
• Pension and cycle to work scheme available.
• Subsidized fresh daily lunches at our support office.
• Flexible public holidays.
• Employee assistance program.
• Varied team days and social events (from food trucks and quizzes at the office to parties on boats).
• Spacious office in a historic building surrounded by gardens.

Locations / Hours

Voorschoten Support Office. Hybrid working is possible two or more days in the office per week. No fully remote.

We actively seek applications from qualified individuals and groups who are under-represented in the workplace, whether in relation to religion, ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability. We're also happy to make accommodations in the interview process and beyond to best suit the needs and strengths of disabled people and neurodivergent individuals. If you require accommodations, please add a note in your application and we will work together to find the best solution possible.