Accountant (AP)

The AP Accountant is responsible for ensuring accurate, timely and well-controlled accounting of supplier liabilities and related transactions across both the Aquaculture and Animal Nutrition businesses in Vietnam.

The role manages day-to-day Accounts Payable activities, including invoice accounting, vendor reconciliation, payment preparation, month-end closing and resolution of supplier and internal stakeholder issues. The AP Accountant works closely with Procurement, Supply Chain, budget owners and Treasury to ensure liabilities are complete and accurately recorded and payments are processed in accordance with agreed terms, company policies and internal controls.

Beyond transaction processing, the role is expected to contribute to a transparent, standardized and continuously improving Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process. This includes identifying recurring issues, improving documentation and ways of working, supporting automation and ensuring knowledge is appropriately shared within the Accounting & Financial Control team.

The position supports the Accounting & Financial Control Manager in maintaining strong financial integrity, internal controls and reliable financial reporting.

Job Description:

Accounts Payable & Supplier Accounting

• Ensure accurate and timely accounting of supplier invoices, credit notes and other AP transactions such as expense claims in accordance with company policies and applicable accounting requirements.
• Review invoices and supporting documentation for completeness, appropriate approvals, correct accounting treatment and compliance with established procedures.
• Ensure appropriate matching of purchase orders, goods/services receipts and supplier invoices where applicable.
• Investigate and resolve invoice discrepancies, blocked invoices and other exceptions together with Procurement, Supply Chain, requestors and suppliers.
• Maintain accurate supplier balances and ensure AP transactions are correctly reflected in the General Ledger.
• Perform regular supplier reconciliations and investigate differences in a timely manner.
• Monitor AP aging and identify unusual, overdue or long-outstanding balances requiring follow-up.
• Ensure supplier advances, deposits, debit balances and other exceptional AP positions are appropriately monitored and reconciled.
• Maintain complete and traceable supporting documentation for AP transactions.

Payment proposals & Controls

• Prepare accurate and timely payment proposals in accordance with agreed payment schedules and supplier terms.
• Verify that proposed payments are supported by appropriate documentation and approvals before submission to Treasury/payment authorization.
• Coordinate with Treasury on payment execution and resolve rejected, returned or otherwise unsuccessful payments.
• Ensure appropriate segregation of duties between invoice processing, payment preparation and payment authorization.
• Identify duplicate payments, unusual transactions or control exceptions and escalate them appropriately.
• Support urgent or exceptional payments while ensuring required controls and approvals are maintained.

Month-End Closing & General Ledger

• Complete assigned AP closing activities according to the Finance closing calendar.
• Ensure the AP subledger is complete and reconciled to the General Ledger at month-end.
• Prepare and post assigned accruals, reclassifications and other AP-related journal entries with appropriate supporting documentation and approvals.
• Review goods received/invoice received and other relevant clearing accounts and follow up outstanding items.
• Prepare assigned balance sheet reconciliations and ensure reconciling items are investigated and resolved.
• Provide explanations and supporting schedules for material movements and unusual balances.
• Support monthly balance sheet reviews and follow up agreed actions.
• Support internal and external audit requirements relating to AP and assigned accounting areas.

Vendor Master Data & Financial Integrity

• Support maintenance of supplier master data in accordance with defined responsibilities and approval procedures.
• Ensure supplier master-data changes are appropriately documented, independently verified and approved.
• Pay particular attention to sensitive changes such as supplier bank-account information.
• Monitor AP data quality and identify incorrect or inconsistent master data affecting accounting or payments.
• Comply with applicable segregation-of-duties requirements and immediately escalate identified control weaknesses or suspicious transactions.

P2P Process & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with Procurement, Supply Chain and business stakeholders to ensure an effective end-to-end Purchase-to-Pay process.
• Proactively follow up missing purchase orders, goods receipts, approvals and other issues preventing timely invoice processing.
• Help stakeholders understand P2P requirements and appropriate Finance procedures.
• Identify recurring process failures and work with relevant functions to address root causes rather than repeatedly resolving individual transactions.
• Maintain clear visibility of outstanding AP issues and communicate risks and bottlenecks to the Accounting & Financial Control Manager.
• Provide professional and responsive support to suppliers and internal stakeholders.

Accounting Records & Document Retention

• Ensure invoices, payment documentation and other AP accounting records are appropriately maintained and traceable.
• Ensure physical and electronic documentation is retained in accordance with company policies and Vietnamese statutory requirements.
• Maintain documentation in a manner that supports efficient retrieval for internal control reviews, external audits and regulatory/tax inspections.
• Support continued digitalization of accounting documentation and reduction of unnecessary manual processes where possible.

Process Improvement, Standardization & Knowledge Sharing

• Actively identify opportunities to simplify, standardize and automate AP processes.
• Support development and maintenance of clear P2P procedures, work instructions and process documentation.
• Ensure important process knowledge is documented and appropriately shared within the Accounting & Financial Control team.
• Contribute to cross-training and backup arrangements within Finance.
• Participate in Finance improvement and automation projects.
• Promote a transparent and collaborative way of working rather than dependency on individual knowledge.

How and why to find out more

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Our organisation:

Nutreco is a global leader in animal nutrition and fish feed. Our advanced nutritional solutions are at the origin of food for millions of consumers worldwide. Quality, innovation and sustainability are guiding principles, embedded in the Nutreco culture from research and raw material procurement to products and services for agriculture and aquaculture. Experience across 100 years brings Nutreco a rich heritage of knowledge and experience for building its future.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Nutreco is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, military status or any other status protected by applicable local law. Please advise us at any point during the recruitment and selection process if you require accommodation. Nutreco is committed to compliance with all applicable legislation, including providing accommodation for applicants with disabilities.