Corinium Language Associates is a company that provides language services to other businesses, specialising in multilingual recruitment. We work with clients from a wide range of industries located throughout the country.

Our client, an international manufacturing company in Gloucester, is recruiting an Accounts Payable Supervisor with fluent German.

You will directly manage and supervise a team of approximately 8 people, leading by example. This will include performance and pay reviews, and discipline issues. You will be the Accounting lead within the payables process for the German Entities. Your responsibilities include ensuring standard controls within payables are understood and implemented, working with German entities to improve the AP processes to align with the global vision, and to ensure daily reconciliations are performed and documented. You will also act as part of the Accounts Payable Senior team, which will involve taking part in ongoing improvement efforts, and assisting in identifying and tracking key metrics for the group. You will play a backup role for team leaders and the Accounts Payable Manager.

You will have sound experience in accounting and experience in managing a team, including performance and pay reviews, discipline issues etc. You will have native level German and an understanding of German business practice. You will have excellent IT skills, preferably including SAP. You will be a self starter, with attention to detail and the ability to understand the bigger picture. You will need to be a strong character for this challenging role.

Excellent salary, benefits package and career development prospects

Job reference: w2528jn