Junior Accountant

Location: Paço de Arcos, Portugal

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Thales Portugal is a Competence Centre of the Thales Group, whose mission is to integrate and develop solutions and products for Thales projects worldwide. Having around 220 specialized human resources Thales Portugal has a strong capability to design, develop, and deploy systems and services efficiently in the Defence, Security (Critical Information Systems, Critical Infrastructure and Banking) and Transportation markets.

We have an excellent opportunity to join the Query Management & Treasury Team within Thales Business Support Services in Portugal. This position offers an individual with the opportunity to develop and enhance their existing skills, while learning new skills within a shared services environment.

TBSS acts as a shared service centre for a number of Thales countries for various key tasks associated to finance, reconciliation, procurement and supply chain. This position will focus on supplier invoice receipting, confirming to suppliers that invoices are checked and correct, resolving any invoice queries as required.

Key Responsibilities & Tasks

The purchase to pay process includes several administrative tasks:

• Record and update the suppliers master data base
• Record and updated bank details in the supplier master data
• Purchase order creation
• Goods receipt follow up
• Receiving and processing of invoices
• 3 way match which means checking the right goods, the right amount and the right quality
• Invoice approval follow up
• T&E Report processing and reports audit
• Manage all approved payment activities
• Reconcile supplier statements, identify any transactional issue or disagreement as early as possible
• Urgent payments processing
• Invoice payment release
• Manual payment
  
  
  

Skills & Experience

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook (essential)
• Organizational and communicational skills
• Able to work in a multicultural work environment
• Relevant Degree such as Finance & Accounting, Economics, Business Finance, Management, Business Management & Administration or equivalent.
• Fluent in several languages - Portuguese and / or English plus at least one the following; Dutch, Polish, Romanian and Spanish.
  
  
  

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