Accounts Payable Specialist (Germany)

At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

🌍 Work model: Hybrid

We are looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to join Air Products and support our Accounts Payable and supplier services activities.

In this role, you’ll be a key point of contact for suppliers, buyers and requisitioners, helping resolve complex invoice and vendor-account queries accurately and on time. Alongside day-to-day supplier support, you’ll have the opportunity to become an expert in country-specific processes, contribute to new country and process implementations, and partner with teams across Procurement, Vendor Master Data and Accounts Payable.

• Manage incoming queries from suppliers, buyers and requisitioners, ensuring accurate and timely resolution.
• Investigate and resolve complex supplier and invoice discrepancies by working closely with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Reconcile vendor accounts and identify the root causes of outstanding or incorrect transactions.
• Apply established Accounts Payable processes to solve individual cases while delivering a positive customer and supplier experience.
• Partner with Procurement, Vendor Master Data and Accounts Payable invoice-entry teams to resolve issues and improve processes.
• Support new country and process implementations, developing expertise in relevant country-specific requirements.
• Monitor, maintain and report agreed KPIs and business metrics.
• Provide backup support for other countries where your language capabilities and process knowledge are required, while contributing to ad hoc projects and continuous improvement activities.

As our Accounts Payable Specialist, you will bring..

• Experience in Accounts Payable, Finance Operations, Supplier Services, Procurement Operations or a similar shared-services' environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate discrepancies and follow issues through to resolution.
• Effective communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with suppliers and internal customers.
• Ability to work accurately with detailed processes, transactional information and vendor accounts.
• Good organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple queries and priorities.
• Fluent German and English.
• Comfortable working with business systems and Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.

• Previous experience with vendor-account reconciliation, invoice queries or supplier-facing Accounts Payable activities.
• Experience in a multinational or shared-services organization.
• Experience supporting process transitions, new-country implementations or continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of SAP.