Expenses Accountant

**Key duties**:

- Process supplier invoices accurately, efficiently and on time.
- Reconcile vendor statements, resolve discrepancies, and maintain up-to-date vendor records.
- Collaborate with procurement department to address invoice discrepancies and other issues.
- Handle inquiries from vendors regarding payment status, invoice discrepancies, and other account-related matters.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- Prepare payment runs, in accordance with payment terms and vendor agreements.
- Assist in quarter-end and year-end closing activities, including accruals and reconciliations.
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives aimed at optimizing efficiency and effectiveness within the accounts payable function.
- Generate reports and provide analysis as needed to support management decision-making and financial reporting requirements.

**Operational activities**:

- **Accounts Payable**:

- Ensure the process of invoices management, external as well as internal, is consistent and efficient from reception to payment (incl. check address, VAT and IBAN).
- Checking and processing of electronic invoices from supplier invoices via Ariba-SAP MM/SAP Cockpit, with integrated digital approval workflow, including support for internal users.
- Ensure a proper process of vendor creation.
- Manage payment proposal and provide input for liquidity planning.
- Ensure the reconciliation of inter-companies according to the closing calendar.
- Justify and clear P2P goods receipt transit account and bank suspense items.
- Answer Vendor & requestors reminders.
- Preparation of analyses/commentaries for balance sheet and P&L accounts.
- Check the open items of all accounts payable incl. analysis of old positions.Follow the closing operations (Accruals, Deferred charges, etc.).
- **Expense claims (Travel & Expenses)**:

- Process of expense claims with Concur Tool.
- Weekly proposal run for EMEA locations.
- Upload to SAP including verification of Air Plus invoice data (for flight/rail costs).Know the Group Travel & Expense Policy and related materials and be familiar with the principles and expectations, to ensure adherence to the rules.
- **Ensure proper VAT and declarations (SCOR Ireland)**:

- Launch and check of the transaction, settlement of the accounts.
- Calculate, complete, and submit the preparation of VAT declaration to tax department.
- VAT Bimonthly Returns to Revenue for Ireland
- Annual VAT Return of Trader Details (RTD) for IrelandKeep records of the VAT paid and ensure that it is properly accounted for.
- **Documentation for internal and external auditors (SCOR Ireland)**:Provide external auditors with all necessary information regarding all accounts and business transactions.

**Finance transformation involvement**:

- Collaboration in the further development and optimization of (IT) processes in accounts payable accounting
- Support the transformation, harmonization, and simplification initiatives as well as the related finance ToM and One SCOR cultural journey. This includes the oversight of the transition of the Regional Services Center team to the target organization.International dimension of the organization has to be considered, with inclusion and multicultural aspects.

**Quality of service provision**

Reinforce a client focused mindset as more services are being pooled to maximize the satisfaction of internal clients.

**Required education**

Bachelor's degree in accounting

**Required experience & competencies.**
- Proficiency in French and English (written and spoken)
- 3-years’ experience in accounting and / or accounting background
- Flexible and open to change
- Experience in working in a multi-cultural environment with teams from various locations.
- Customer and services oriented, problems solving, pragmatic, and constructive.
- Proactive communicator (oral and written) with highly effective influencing, negotiating, and motivational skills.
- Unquestionable integrity
- Good Excel skills are also required.

Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry - actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others - as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.

As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.