administratief vacatures in Elst

Position title: Senior Administrator SSC

Job group title: Senior SSC Staff (with a focus on process improvement)

Reports to: Manager SSC

Manages/supervises: not applicable

Position of the role and purpose:

Seeking a skilled IT/Finance professional to bridge the gap between financial operations and technology. This role involves managing financial systems, analysing data and implementing IT solutions to enhance business performance. The ideal candidate should have a good understanding of financial principles, basics of IT infrastructure. This is a new role within the SSC and will lead key projects for continuous improvement and optimization. The employee will report to the SSC manager and is a key part of Global Financial Shared Services Centre (SSC) team.

The SSC is based in Duiven (Arnhem) in the Netherlands, a central location to support the Group’s global activities. The team covers transaction processing for accounts payable (AP), all group-wide treasury payments, cash allocations, bank reconciliations/related bookings and monthly close activities. They also support customer invoicing and collections for some group entities while also supporting the annual audit process. For AP, the SSC annually handles circa 10,000 invoices, with a purchase value of €50m and has a staff of circa 10, plus 3 interns.

He/she will work closely and, partner with, the SSC team, external IT providers, business unit finance managers, supporting the SSC manager with all process analysis, benchmarking, improvement projects and roll out of automated and standard solutions. In the first instance the focus will be on Accounts Payable (Purchase to Pay). The role is a hybrid one, based in the Netherlands, with requirements to spend time in Duiven. Potential business trips overseas may be required.

He/she should be able to carry out financial tasks in a timely manner, maintain accuracy and to ensure financial information is kept up to date for compliance with statutory and business requirements. A key responsibility is to guide the team in recording financial information with accuracy within the timelines as outlined.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

- Standardize, simplify AP processes to ensure the processing of invoices and credit notes are done correctly and efficiently

- Lead the implementation of the Accounts Payable Automation/Scanning software (OCR: SAP Concur Invoice Scanning) to ERP and interface AP to Standard Treasury Application for Payments.

- Standardise, simplify and automate the processing of bank transactions from ERP. Automate customer cash allocations and bank reconciliations

- Plan and coordinate AP transitions new acquisitions in collaboration with stakeholders

- Co-lead and support the roll-out of an expense management tool (Concur)

- Ad-hoc analytic support for SSC manager and Finance Leadership team

- Develop project plans, gathering inputs for key stakeholders

- Ensure procedures are established and documented

- Identify opportunities, propose and implement continuous improvement actions in collaboration with the SSC Manager, Corporate Controller and CFO who are the key Business Process Improvement/LEAN zealots

- Design, preparation and scoping of activity reports, measure, track and report performance. Monitor the SSC Key Performance Indicators and propose corrective actions.

- Ensure that internal customer needs are met; provide operating information to internal customers that is both meaningful and actionable.

- The business is migrating from a business unit to a functional process-oriented approach to managing its SSC activities. Functions (e.g. AP, Banking) need to maintain service-oriented mindsets, as they support all the sites and business units across the company

Profile of the candidate:

Qualifications skills and experience:

- A bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent and 4+ years of experience in a similar role and/or in accounts payable operations/management is required. Prior experience in international business is preferred

- Project, change management and process improvement experience (using LEAN/Agile, in particular) would be a plus and highly desired

- A strong control and analytical toolkit that makes use of processes, ERP systems, and excel

- Prepared to learn new skills and work on own initiative is essential to be successful

- Fluent in English and preferable Dutch

- Ability to communicate technical concepts to Finance teams

Competencies

- You have a strong process improvement, analytical and data-driven mind, and an eye for detail; the result of your work is characterized as considered and accurate. Hands on, a do-er and a strong sense of ownership (but humble execution)

- Creates and acts on opportunities for improvement, capability to lead cross functional projects throughout an organization

- Eager to learn and embrace change, broaden your knowledge, and pick up new things. You love being part of a team and always take time to support colleagues and more junior team members when needed

- Capable to multi-task and adapt to a constantly changing environment, managing multiple priorities and deadlines effectively

- Good communication skills and relationship-building abilities

- Seeks pro-actively advise and expertise from others when needed, admits and learns from mistakes, seeks feedback

What’s on offer:

- Permanent position

- Monthly company performance bonus

- Good and fun team spirit

- Hybrid working model

- Holiday pay

- Pension participation

- Travel allowance

- 27 Vacation days + 3 ATV days based on full time employment.

About the organization:

The Shared Service Center is part of the “SK AeroSafety Group”. The SK AeroSafety group, is a group of companies specialised in the repair and overhaul of aircraft safety components. The group has locations in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Dubai, Malaysia and Australia, consist of around 450 employees and has an annual turnover of around EUR 100m. The Shared Service Center, which is currently consisting of seven employees, was started in 2019 and is currently still expanding. For 2025 further expansion of the scope of responsibilities and software automations are on the agenda. Company’s mission is: To provide the best possible support for our customers in the Aviation industry. You will find a driven and committed team with a warm culture combined with a strong entrepreneurial attitude. Focused and dedicated to further standardization, integrate new acquisitions and automate existing processes and sharing best practices are key objectives. We truly believe in teamwork, building and succeeding together.
The company’s core values are: Respect, Integrity, Positivity, Reliability, Efficiency. It is any employee’s task to uphold these core values at any time.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: In person