Financial Administration Employee (Accounts Payable)

Together with the team, you will be responsible for the complete financial administration of SURF and all associated companies. We are looking for an employee for accounts payable and support on the payroll. Interested? We would love to talk to you!

Where you will work

SURF is the ICT cooperative for Dutch educational and research institutions. Together with them, we work on digital services and complex innovation challenges to enhance the quality of education and research.

The team you will join

The Financial Accounting team has 14 colleagues. We ensure correct, timely but also efficient and effective financial administration that complies with all laws and regulations. Among other things, the department processes purchase and sales administration, subsidy administration, payroll administration, (im)tangible fixed assets, payment transactions, declarations.

We are also responsible for functional management and setting up the master data in the ERP system: the aim is to record the financial processes properly. In this way, we lay the basis for the internal reports of the colleague P&C team. We also prepare external reports such as the annual accounts and subsidy statements. There is an informal working atmosphere within the team, team members are always willing to help each other and take over tasks from each other if the situation requires it.

What you will do

You handle the day-to-day administration of the organisation. You work with a fellow accounts payable manager to support the complete purchase-to-pay process: you check purchase orders and pay purchase invoices, and you do everything in between. In addition, you support our payroll department at peak times. You also occasionally support other administrative processes. You contribute to the monthly closing and improve procedures: you look for opportunities to speed up and improve your own work.

Other tasks you will handle:

• You are responsible for SURF's accounts payable management. You are the face of the organisation and of Team FA, within the organisation and to the outside world.
• You work closely with colleagues and with our suppliers to solve problems.
• You check all purchase orders and process all purchase invoices. You are also responsible for all supplier master data and for paying invoices.
• You support in monthly reporting and follow-up of KPIs and take initiative in improving financial processes.
• You support mainly in payroll, but also in other processes within team FA, as needed.

Your skills and experience

• You are communicatively strong, analytical and persuasive. You separate main issues from side issues and strive for structural improvements and solutions.
• You have a completed education at MBO+ level in the direction of bookkeeping or accountancy.
• You have at least 3 years' experience in accounts payable management and you have experience in payroll administration.
• You can cope well with deadlines and hectics and feel comfortable in a dynamic working environment and you have good knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• You have an excellent command of the Dutch language, orally and in writing; you have a basic command of English.
• You are entrepreneurial by nature and enjoy taking initiative.

SURF takes pleasure in doing its recruitment itself; acquisition is therefore not appreciated.