Accounts Payable Accountant / Accounts Payable Accountantess

Company Description

The Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Retail concept, Range, and Supply. Together, we are constantly striving to enhance the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. As part of IKEA Supply and Risk Management & Compliance organization, you will play a pivotal role in achieving this mission.

IKEA Supply is responsible for ensuring that the product offer is produced and delivered to our customers. We lead the supply agenda across various functions and collaborate with all business areas, different business units, and retail markets to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at the lowest total cost.

The Finance organization at IKEA Supply AG (ISAG) handles all financial matters of the entity, including financial planning, performance reporting, decision support, pricing, external accounting and reporting, tax management, customs, and related business development. Finance Operations within ISAG Finance supports wholesale by ensuring an efficient and accurate payment and settlement process for suppliers and service providers, along with compliant agreement administration.

Job Description

The Accounts Payable Accountant is vital in safeguarding IKEA's assets by ensuring that food wholesale-related invoices are controlled, authorized, and paid on time.

Your daily responsibilities will include:

• Verifying and booking commercial goods supplier, transport and logistics service provider, indirect material, and service invoices in a timely manner.
• Authorizing invoices according to purchase agreements, performing various controls and checks within your area of responsibility.
• Taking responsibility and initiative to investigate and resolve discrepancies related to invoice control.
• Ensuring on-time payments by following up on invoices awaiting authorization and preparing them for payment.
• Acting on requests from suppliers and service providers (e.g., payment information, reconciliations).
• Maintaining accurate archiving of invoices.
• Providing reports to stakeholders for audit purposes (e.g., Purchase operations).
• Supporting cooperation with key stakeholders.
• Performing assignments or projects according to competence and business needs (e.g., process updates, OSC project).
• Contributing actively to enhance quality and efficiency throughout the process.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of invoicing, accounting, and payment processes.
• A passion for driving continuous improvement and optimization of processes with a proactive approach.
• Strong understanding of compliance and control requirements within accounts payable.
• Familiarity with supply chain operations in wholesale business.
• Proficiency in MS Office programs, including creating comparison tables, charts, and Word document templates.
• Fluency in English.

More Information

The IKEA culture and values are crucial to our business and day-to-day work life. For you to thrive and grow with IKEA, it is important that you share our values!

Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves—to experiment, try new approaches, and dare to ask, “What if?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer global career development opportunities. At IKEA, we foster a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, and there is always the opportunity to learn new skills, with the shared goal of creating a better everyday life for the many people. We empower down-to-earth, straightforward individuals to grow, both personally and professionally. This position is offered in a fast-paced, truly global environment, presenting an abundance of challenges and developmental opportunities.

If this sounds like an environment you would enjoy, please apply online using the form below.

Only applications matching the job profile will be considered.

This role is part-time, 20 hours per week (Monday to Friday), based in Pratteln, Switzerland.