Accounts Payable Analyst (French speaking) - Nomad Foods : Job Details

Nomad Foods was formed in 2015 and with revenues of €2.6bn is the largest frozen food company in Europe. Nomad owns a portfolio of leading brands including Birds Eye, Findus and iglo, supplemented in 2018 with the purchase of Goodfellas Pizza and Aunt Bessie’s, and in 2021 with the purchase of Ledo and Frikom.

We manufacture and distribute a range of branded frozen food products across 22 European countries with the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Sweden and France representing our five largest markets.

The long-term goal of Nomad is to develop a global portfolio of best-in-class food brands by growing organically and through strategic M&A.

We are proposing that our new Shared Finance Centre will house both our Financial Accounting teams and our Financial Planning and Analysis Centre of Expertise.

Our vision is to build trusted, equal partnerships through the delivery of timely and valuable services that will ensure growth and business success for Nomad Foods. The team will deliver a step change in performance through a relentless focus on excellence in execution and continuous improvement, enabling us to simplify and standardise our processes and procedures, which in turn, enables quality decision-making, delights our customers and supports Nomad Food’s business objectives.

The Shared Finance Centre will be an outstanding place to work for finance professionals, with new and exciting opportunities to develop careers and by being recognised alongside the very best by our people.

The purpose of this position is to undertake the day-to-day Accounts Payable activities including managing our accounts payable ledger, processing invoices, performing vendor reconciliations, expense report handling and resolution of vendor queries.

• Timely and efficient processing of supplier invoices into the system and that all related issues are either resolved or escalated to the appropriate person
• Accurately process three-way match vendor invoices, matching vendor invoice to the goods receipt/purchase order
• Ensuring resolution of queries on mismatched invoices and orders in conjunction with procurement and business teams
• Reconcile supplier accounts and resolve any resulting queries & discrepancies which may arise with missing or held invoice
• Support team members with workload during times of absence or high activity, to ensure business needs are met
• Maintain good knowledge of ERP and other systems
• Work within all sub teams within the Accounts Payable function as required
• Supporting with the completion of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls within the AP function
• Dealing with processing of non-PO invoices and, by exception, Manual payment requests
• Assisting with month end/Year end activities including audit queries
• Ensuring invoices have correct VAT configuration
• Support the implementation of process improvement across the team

Essential

• >2 years AP experience
• Fluent in French
• Experience in invoice processing, query resolution, P/O and GRNI
• Ability to make timely and rational decisions based on relevant information and experience
• Ability to effectively manage suppliers through strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong planning and organising skills. The ability to meet deadlines is essential.
• Ability to work efficiently whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to accept finance related control/process changes
• Positive "can do" attitude
• Proactive and use own initiative
• Work alone as well as part of a team
• Strong team player

Desirable

• AAT Qualified
• SAP experience
• Familiar with Sarbanes Oxley requirements