EMEA AP Analyst

Why we're hiring:

We are hiring an EMEA AP Analyst to support and strengthen our Accounts Payable operations. This role is critical to ensure accurate, timely, and well-controlled payments across the Group, compliance with procedures, and effective collaboration with internal teams and agencies.

What you'll be doing:

As an EMEA AP Analyst, you will be responsible for end-to-end support of payment processes, including:

• Preparing monthly payment proposals for the Group’s creative and media agencies.
• Monitoring and maintaining payment control files and monthly payment calendars.
• Reconciling open items and analyzing outstanding balances.
• Managing payment requests from agencies and supporting payments to special clients in parallel with received collections.
• Analyzing media agency payment proposals, including due dates, embargoes, rebates (rappels), and specific payment conditions.
• Preparing reports and analysis using the Company’s ERP systems.
• Creating bank payment files through the internal payment platform.
• Supporting quarterly cash flow forecasts from an Accounts Payable perspective.
• Managing and maintaining Excel files related to suppliers with rebate (rappel) conditions.
• Providing email and phone support to the Group’s agencies regarding payment-related matters.

Who you'll be working with:

You will work closely with Finance, Accounting, Treasury, and Shared Services teams, as well as with creative and media agencies across the Group. This role involves daily collaboration with both local and international stakeholders to ensure efficient and accurate payment processes.

What you'll need:

• Proven experience in accounting administration, ideally within an Accounts Payable or finance operations environment.
• A high level of responsibility and attention to detail, with strong adherence to established procedures.
• A proactive and communicative mindset, with the ability to work autonomously while also contributing effectively within a team.
• Advanced Excel skills, including formulas and pivot tables, to manage and analyze large volumes of data.
• Fluent English and French

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

 

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

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