Location: Barleben, Germany. Optional location: Holzkirchen and Nuremberg.
We are welcoming a highly motivated, precise and enthusiastic Procure to Pay (P2P) professional, to join our German P2P community in the role of P2P Specialist - AP Services and Systems! In this role you will provide expert advice to superiors for a sub-area within FSC and related key activities. You will ensure compliance with external and internal accounting reporting requirements in a timely and accurate manner, more precisely, the position ensures strong interaction with internal and external Stakeholders and helps to find an ideal solution for win-win situation. Furthermore, this role will help to gain an overall view about the entire FRA P2P processes.A fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to grow professionally in our financial sphere. Join us and become an invaluable member of our German P2P community!
Major accountabilities:
- Supports alignment of P2P processes and systems with customer needs through collaboration with local, divisional, and global stakeholders from various functions (Finance, BPA,
Sourcing, IT) to ensure buy-in from all involved parties. Manages transition and is responsible for knowledge transfer and critical deliverables.
- Operational oversight to provide solution center services at expected levels with a clear customer focus including dealing with exceptions.
- Independent completion of all tasks arising in the field of Accounts payable according to SOP/work instructions/tasks/checklists Factual verification of incoming invoices and credit memos according to tax, vendor, legal and compliance requirements Timely and accurate recording, account assignment, posting and archiving of purchase invoices/credit memos with and without purchase orders
- Act as System Key User Lead and actively initiate and participate in improvements to sustain a highly effective and efficient process, and realize cost reduction opportunities including areas to standardize processes to optimize investments made in global ERP/SAP systems and financial services
- SAP Super User activities including ITSM ticket and access management. Working on resolutions of system related issues for SHAPE IV, VIM and AP4SAP systems
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Minimum requirements
- Fluent German and English (both written and verbal)
- Proven track record / years of experience in the financial sphere, preferably FRA / P2P
- Accountability, Operations Management and Execution
- Strong customer orientation
- Resilience, excellent interpersonal skills, operational excellence
- Agile learning skills, compliance and integrity in dealing with business matters
Why consider Novartis?
236 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2022, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives.
We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.
We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!
Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!
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