AP/AR Coordinator

AP/AR Coordinator

Lighthouse

Ghent, Belgium

What you will do

As our AP/AR Coordinator, you will join our Finance team in our Ghent office. This is a fantastic opportunity to manage both accounts payable and receivable processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in all transactions. You will play a crucial role in our day-to-day financial operations, support the Accountant with their tasks, and assist the team during monthly closings.

Where you will have impact

• Prepare and process payments, ensuring they are set up correctly in our banking systems.
• Collect and manage all documentation related to purchases, ensuring it is correctly filed in our accounting system.
• Perform initial validation and checks on company expenses within our expense management tool, Spendesk.
• Process incoming payments and transactions accurately within our accounting system.
• Assist the accounting team with processing purchase bills and support critical monthly closing procedures.
• Handle inquiries related to payments, investigating and resolving any issues that arise.
• Ensure all transactions are correctly booked to the right account and cost center.

About our team

You'll be joining our dynamic and collaborative Accounting team, a core part of the wider Finance department, which is distributed across the globe. We pride ourselves on being true team players who work together towards common goals, and you'll be a key point of contact for colleagues across all departments for payment-related inquiries. Our team is a mix of personalities that creates a great balance, and we are always ready to help each other out to meet our deadlines. It's a structured yet fun environment where teamwork is everything.

Who you are

Essential

• A degree in Accounting or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Exceptional attention to detail, with a commitment to accuracy and punctuality in your work.
• Proven ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines, especially during monthly closings.
• A strong team player with a collaborative, helpful, and humble attitude.
• Highly structured and organized in your approach to tasks and responsibilities.
• A quick learner, eager to develop new skills and grow within the finance field.
• You are fluent in English, both written and spoken.

We welcome

• Previous experience in an AP/AR or accounting role, for instance through an internship.
• A clear ambition to grow your career and evolve into an Accountant role with us.
• Fluency in Dutch or another language used within our company is a plus.