Associate, Accounts Payable; EU

About Permira

Permira is a global investment firm that backs successful businesses with growth ambitions. Founded in 1985, the firm advises funds across two core asset classes, private equity and credit, with total committed capital of approximately €89bn. The Permira private equity funds make both buyout and growth equity investments in four key sectors:
Technology, Consumer, Healthcare and Services. The Permira credit funds support businesses with flexible financing solutions across Direct Lending, Strategic Opportunities and CLO Management. Established in 2007, the firm advises investment funds and products which have provided approximately €25 billion of debt capital to over 300 businesses.

Permira is a global investment firm that backs successful businesses with growth ambitions. Founded in 1985, the firm advises funds across two core asset classes, private equity and credit, with total committed capital of approximately €89bn. The Permira private equity funds make both buyout and growth equity investments in four key sectors:
Technology, Consumer, Healthcare and Services. The Permira credit funds support businesses with flexible financing solutions across Direct Lending, Strategic Opportunities and CLO Management. Established in 2007, the firm advises investment funds and products which have provided approximately €25 billion of debt capital to over 300 businesses.

Permira is building a Transaction Centre in Madrid to centralise Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable activity for the firm globally, under a single team and standardised way of working. The Transaction Centre Associate will help stand up and run this new function, supporting the transition of AP/AR activity from local teams, and contributing to the design of consistent processes, controls and systems across the firm's entities.

• Support the end-to-end processing of accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions across entities as they onboard to the Transaction Centre.
• Assist with the transition and standardisation of AP/AR processes previously run locally, helping to design consistent workflows, controls and documentation.
• Process invoices, expenses and payments, and manage the resolution of queries with suppliers, customers and internal stakeholders.
• Reconcile supplier and customer accounts, investigate discrepancies, and ensure accuracy and timeliness of processing.
• Support the roll-out and adoption of AP/AR systems and tools, acting as a day-to-day user and point of contact for onboarding entities.
• Maintain accurate master data (supplier/customer records, bank details, coding) across systems.
• Support month-end close activities relevant to AP/AR, and assist with audit requests as needed.
• Contribute to process improvement and documentation as the Transaction Centre scales to cover additional entities and geographies.

• Previous experience in Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable within an international organisation.
• Relevant accounting, finance or business background.
• Organised and self-motivated, with strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable working with standardised processes and systems across multiple entities and geographies.
• Good communication and customer-service skills, able to build effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Able to work to deadlines in a fast-paced, changing environment, as the Transaction Centre is being built out.
• Competent user of Microsoft Excel; experience with AP/AR systems (e.g. Yooz, Infor Sun Systems) is an advantage but not essential.

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