Barry Callebaut Group

Purchase to Pay Executive

Barry Callebaut Group  •  Onsite  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

About the role

  • Provide Purchase to Pay support for the business, vendors and other stakeholders in order to ensure employee expenses and travel management on time with highest quality, as per the KPIs settled.


Key responsibilities include

  • Verification of incoming employee expenses
  • Processing employee expenses reports in Concur in accordance to accounting standards, global and local policies
  • Reconciliation of employee accounts
  • Monitoring of open items and balances on employee accounts
  • Preparing and booking journal entries whenever needed
  • Ensuring that travel policies are respected
  • Reporting all violations of travel policies in a structural form and on regular basis to respective stakeholders
  • Handling employee queries - answering questions and requests related to employee expenses, company policies, travel management, credit cards and travel agency
  • Resolving the issues in order to release outgoing payments
  • Coordinating with employee and their managers to ensure timely submission and approval of expenses
  • Managing corporate card program and relation with external card program provider
  • Supporting business travel management – maintenance of relationship with travel agencies, supporting VIPs travels, supporting travel coordinators
  • Preparation and update of internal processes and manuals as well as any other knowledge management activities
  • Maintenance of relevant documents for audit
  • Delivering productivity and quality results as per the KPIs and targets settled
  • Identification and implementation of potential process improvements
  • Performing monthly, quarterly and yearly close activities
  • Perform regular reporting and ad hoc data analysis
  • Preparing internal controls in accordance with established policies & recommendations
  • Maintaining good working relations within the team and other stakeholders
  • Supporting project work and various initiatives
  • Maintaining actions from regular ‘Gemba’ meetings and keeping a track on the progress
  • Support to other team members


About you

  • University Degree preferable in Finance/Accounting or similar educational background
  • Official Finance and Accounting certification will be an asset
  • Fluency in written and spoken English
  • Additional APAC language capabilities would be an advantage
  • At least 2 years of professional background in a similar position
  • At least 1-2 years of effective experience in finance and accounting area - SSC or BPO environments preferred
  • Purchase to Pay and T&E advanced process knowledge
  • Understand book-keeping and basic tax principles (VAT/GST/SST/WHT)
  • Knowledge of SAP / OCR / VIM / Concur
  • Knowledge of MS Office tools – advanced Excel will be an asset
  • Google-based applications knowledge
  • Strong English skills (written and spoken)
  • VBA, RPA and PowerBI knowledge will be an asset
  • Procurement and/or Sourcing knowledge will be an asset
  • Experience in process transitions/transformations will be an asset
  • Travel agency background will be an asset
  • Strong teamwork, Self-organized, Able to work independently
  • Focused on results
  • Digging to details approach, Pro-active approach
  • Customer orientation
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Positive and professional attitude
  • Flexibility
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity and change
Barry Callebaut Group

About Barry Callebaut Group

With annual sales of about CHF 14.8 billion in fiscal year 2024/25, the Zurich-based Barry Callebaut Group is the world’s leading solutions provider of high-quality chocolate experiences across the full spectrum of chocolate, cocoa, cacao coatings and non-cocoa alternatives – from sourcing and processing cocoa beans to crafting premium chocolates, fillings and decorations. 

The Group operates more than 60 production facilities worldwide and employs a diverse, committed workforce of over 13,000 people. Barry Callebaut serves as a trusted partner for the entire food industry, from large-scale food manufacturers to artisanal and professional users such as chocolatiers, pastry chefs, bakers, hotels, restaurants and caterers with Callebaut® as its main global brand. 

The Barry Callebaut Group is dedicated to making sustainable chocolate the norm – helping secure the future of cocoa and improving the livelihoods of cocoa farmers. It supports the Cocoa Horizons Foundation, which aims to shape a sustainable future for cocoa and chocolate.

Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Zurich, CH
Year Founded
Unknown
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