Accounts Payable Manager

We are looking for an Accounts Payable Manager to make an impact that matters.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-growth company with a unique business model in a workplace where you can truly make a difference. We are currently 500+ employees across 31 different nationalities and counting, and we are looking for an Accounts Payable Manager to join our Accounting team in Copenhagen, being part of the Accounting management team.

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The team consists of five full time employees in Denmark, 1 FTE in Poland, and 1 student worker in Copenhagen. The team is responsible for processing invoices, making payments to vendors, managing expense reimbursements, maintaining vendor master data, and ensuring compliance with financial policies and procedures related to accounts payable. The team is processing invoices for Denmark, Poland, Sweden and Finland. There can come more markets in the future.

We offer an excellent opportunity for professional and personal development together with like-minded, friendly, and talented colleagues who prioritise delivering the best results while remembering to share a good laugh.

How you will make a difference in Better Energy
Leading the Accounts Payable team, you will have an important role to ensure, that the team is thriving and getting the right support and training to carry out their job, in the most efficient way. It is important that technology is used to the fullest, to ensure the team can focus on the more complex task, while the on-going processing is done automatically through the systems.

Besides focusing on getting the automation implemented in the team, you should continually look for process improvements and how to work smarter, not harder.

Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Implementing process improvements.
• Utilise automation where possible.
• Leading and developing the team.
• Managing the entire AP process.
• Handling expense management.
• Ensuring backup plans are in place during absences.
• Assisting the team with specific tasks during busy periods.
• Identifying process issues and finding best practice.
• Implementing best practice solutions.
• Conducting one-on-one meetings with team members.
• Checking in with the full team on a weekly basis.
• Providing training to the team on new tasks.

So, who are we looking for?
We find it important that you have leadership experience and prior hands-on experience within an Accounts Payable department.

The ideal candidate will meet the following criteria:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• At least five years of experience within an accounting department
• Previous leadership experience
• Good knowledge with technology within the accounts payable area
• Experience with Business Central and Document Capture an advantage.

Additionally, we find it important that you possess the following competencies:

• Strong organisational and multitasking skills
• Structured and detail oriented.
• Good at prioritising
• Empathetic and good listener
• Objective with strong analytical skills

When joining Better Energy, you must be ready to drive change and make an impact that matters. You share our drive and commitment, and you are enthusiastic about joining a company with a broad professional foundation where we collaborate across departments and professional backgrounds. Like us, you are passionate about your work, and you share our vision of engineering a sustainable future.

This is, of course, a wish list from our side. If you do not match every criterion, please do not be discouraged from applying. Let us know why we would be a great fit and what you uniquely can bring to the table.

Our promise to you
Working at Better Energy should be inspiring, fun and guided by purpose. We ensure this by hiring great people from a wide variety of backgrounds and continuously developing our employee handbook and benefits scheme. Our People team is dedicated to making sure that you feel great about going to work and it is their mission to make Better Energy one of the top employers in the world.

Want to join our team?
We know that it is our people who make the difference. It gives us great pride to see the impressive efforts made every day by our dedicated employees toward shaping a sustainable energy future. Guided by our mission, we have set out to strengthen ecosystems and accelerate the green transition at the same time. We measure our sustainability and regenerative efforts using the Future-Fit benchmark.

We encourage a diverse culture and invite all qualified applicants to apply regardless of age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, country of origin or ethnicity.

If you are interested in applying for this job, please don’t hesitate to send your application and your résumé via the link as soon as possible. The application deadline is 17 May 2024.

If you have any questions about the position, you are more than welcome to contact Mette Kronborg - Vice President, Group Finance, Accounting at [email protected].

17. May 2024

Full time

Denmark

Copenhagen