KERING AP Accountant

Job description

Summary
A global Luxury group, Kering manages the development of a series of renowned Houses in Fashion, Leather Goods, Jewelry and Watches: Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, Dodo, Qeelin, Ulysse Nardin, Girard-Perregaux, as well as Kering Eyewear. By placing creativity at the heart of its strategy, Kering enables its Houses to set new limits in terms of their creative expression while crafting tomorrow's Luxury in a sustainable and responsible way. We capture these beliefs in our signature: “Empowering Imagination.”

Job Description

How you will Contribute

You perform any task within AP Process.

Day to day responsibilities are:

·  Manage incoming invoices:

    - Receive mails, classify and allocate to the team

    - Reconcile invoice data, check invoice consistency and send back to supplier if not correct

    - Follow up approval workflow

    - Key invoices (with or without purchase order) in the system

    - Contact other departments to solve discrepancies and complete the invoice

    - Manage vendor credit memos

·  Manage staff expenses:

    - Check invoices consistency and reconcile with payment application

    - Follow up approval workflow

    - Contact other departments to solve discrepancies

·  Key staff expenses in the system and answer queries from employees
·  Ensure staff policy application
·  Review of employees’ accounts
·  Collect and update vendor and employees bank details
·  Posts advanced payments
·  Manage payments:

    - Launch payment proposal

    - Print and send preparatory list of payments for approval

    - Proceed payment in the system (e banking)

    - Send payment advice to supplier

    - Answer to vendor inquiries regarding status of payment

    - Manage errors in payment, follow supplier refund

    - Control prepayment

·  Collect and update vendor and employees bank details

Who you are

Experience, business and technical skills:

• Approx. 3 years + of experience in a similar position

• Recognized professional qualification in accountancy

• Experience from prior work in an accounting department

• General knowledge of processes within Finance Function

• Good understanding of the Payable function

• Process knowledge associated with an ERP-application (AP module)

• Knowledge of Japanese accounting rules

• Good English skills would be appreciate

• Good organization and analytical skills

• Proactive

• Flexible to new ideas and ways of accomplishing tasks

• Rigorous & responsiveness

• Team player

• Result / Customer oriented

Why work with us?

This is a fabulous opportunity to join the Kering adventure and to actively contribute to the development of the business by becoming part of a thriving Atelier in a global Luxury Group that offers endless possibilities to learn and grow. Talent development is a managerial principle at Kering and we are committed to fostering internal mobility. Our common vision promotes leadership skills and helps every employee to reach their full potential in a stimulating and fulfilling workplace environment.

Job Type
Regular

Start Date
2020-02-01

Schedule
Full time

Organization
KERING JAPAN LIMITED