Accounts Payable Accountant (Long Leave Cover)
Airbus • Full Time
Posted on Fri, Nov 13, 2026
Job Description: Responsibilities
Your mission: Drive operational excellence and strategic Accounts Payable end-to-end workflows. Ensure payment accuracy, compliance while implementing process automations, maintaining robust internal controls, and mitigating financial risks.
Stakeholder Management: Lead end-to-end resolution of high-complexity financial inquiries and escalated account discrepancies for strategic internal and external stakeholders. Analyze systemic root causes of recurring issues to implement process automation and cross-functional frameworks, ensuring SLA compliance, risk mitigation, and strong key account relationships.
Additional Responsibilities: Ensure full operational compliance with internal controls, Finance, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, and Supply Chain policies across teams. Drive ongoing policy reviews and audits to identify compliance risks, streamline cross-functional workflows, and enforce best practices aligned with corporate standards.
Requirements - our ideal candidate will have:
- Finance / Accounting degree or experience in administrative accounting areas
- Ability to handle a fast paced environment
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Organizational and time management skills
- Drive, implement and document process improvements
- Analytical mindset with ability to follow and apply strict processes and internal controls
- Systems and tools – SAP knowledge & Google tools would be a plus
- Language: English; Other languages (French / German / Spanish) would be a plus
Benefits - what’s in it for you:
- The chance to work in a multicultural environment.
- The opportunity to grow your skills and capabilities thanks to our Airbus learning offer and career opportunities across the globe.
- A hybrid working model, allowing you to combine onsite and offsite work.
- A modern office, well connected to public transportation.
- A motivated and fun crew to build and shape the GBS together.
- Work in a balanced environment: Beyond the many benefits offered to its employees, joining Airbus is also the guarantee of a respectable work-life balance.
This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
Company: Airbus Portugal SA
Employment Type: Fixed term
Experience Level: Professional
Job Family: Transactional Accounting <JF-FI-FB>
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Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com.
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
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