Accounts Payable Supervisor
uniQure is a leader in the field of gene therapy, seeking to develop single treatments with potentially curative results for patients suffering from genetic and other devastating diseases. uniQure is advancing a pipeline of innovative gene therapies, including our clinical candidate for the treatment of Huntington’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (“ALS”) as well as preclinical product candidates, including candidates for the treatment of refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (“rTLE”) and Fabry disease.
uniQure is dedicated to bringing innovative therapies or unmet medical needs to patients. This responsibility should be part of our day-to-day working life by (i) living up to high quality standards and (ii) by recognizing the sense of urgency in areas of high medical need.
The Role
The Accounts Payable Supervisor is part of our Accounting Team based in Amsterdam (uniQure Corporate HQ) and will be operating in a dynamic environment, reporting into the Senior Director of Global Accounting and supporting the European Finance Manager. The position will focus on managing the Accounts Payable for uniQure European entities, as well as monthly AP close activities and reconciliations of AP and Cash balance sheet accounts.
This position will also be contributing to and owning workstreams related to global and/or regional finance projects (e.g. new SAP ERP implementation and P2P Process improvements projects). Experience with working in a US public company environment and with SOx404 requirements is a plus. The right person will have the experience, passion, and energy to successfully fulfill a wide variety of AP tasks.
Key result areas (major duties, accountabilities and responsibilities)
- Accountable for AP operations, Lead for day-to-day planning and guiding the Accounts Payable Team based in Amsterdam.
- Perform monthly close activities related to AP, enter monthly accounting journals, reconcile ledgers and other records detailing financial business transactions.
- Handle Finance e-mailboxes and researching and resolving AP issues with Vendors.
- Coding Non-PO invoices and matching PO invoices and entering in Exact.
- Process Expense Reimbursements and Credit Card Expenses.
- Proactively follow up with business owners for approval of invoices.
- Processing daily bank statements for all entities.
- Weekly payment batches and manual payments all entities.
- Enter Intercompany transactions and invoices all entities.
- Create correct and complete VAT assessments, CBS and Intrastat reporting.
- Assist in external & internal audit preparations and queries.
- Actively participate and bring value to cross functional meetings intended to improve or automate accounting and control processes
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- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Economics.
- Ability to perform the essential functions of the job typically acquired through extensive experience in an international company, including experience with accounting systems (Exact Globe, ELVY is a plus).
- A background in managing people is required
- Knowledge of SAP as a potential future ERP landscape, is a plus.
- Good communication skills.
- Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office products, performing data analytics and presentation through, i.e. x-lookup, SUMIF, pivot tables etc.
- Ability to perform accurate and detailed work in a dynamic environment - Knows how to prioritize and get things done. Be a self-starter.
- Experience or affinity with working in a diverse and international environment.
- Maintains an innovative mindset and on the lookout for process improvements, automation and the development of dashboard metrics.
- Excellent knowledge of the English language, both verbal and written.