Senior Accountant – Accounts Payable (m/w/d)

The role

You will manage accounts payable in daily operations and oversee the entire purchase-to-pay process. You will also contribute to monthly, quarterly, and annual closings and work on process improvements using automation and AI.

What you will do

• Process incoming invoices and resolve discrepancies and open items independently.
• Manage the entire purchase-to-pay process from ordering to payment.
• Collaborate closely with involved teams.
• Reconcile accounts payable accounts and handle clarification cases.
• Provide reliable contributions to monthly, quarterly, and annual closings.
• Analyze existing processes across team boundaries to identify bottlenecks.
• Implement improvements with relevant interfaces.
• Evaluate where automation and AI can support processing and help design solutions.

Required qualifications

• Sound practice in accounts payable.
• End-to-end understanding of the P2P process.
• Experience accompanying projects for analysis or improvement of cross-departmental processes.
• Experience working with SAP in accounts payable.
• Very good German and English skills in spoken and written form.

Nice to have

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA

Benefits

• Work from abroad 10 days per year (up to 30 days if family lives abroad)
• Hybrid working and flexible working hours
• International team and regular team events
• Career and further training opportunities
• Attractive locations and modern offices
• Support for mental health through OpenUp

About the company

Statista is the leading global business data platform. Founded in 2007 in Hamburg, it has grown into a global company with offices in cities like London, New York, and Tokyo.