About This Role
This Accounting Specialist role is for an experienced professional to join the Finance team in Italy. The position involves managing daily administrative and accounting activities, with a focus on financial processes related to commercial and sales operations. It suits someone with practical experience in Italian accounting and a good understanding of financial processes.
Responsibilities
- Manage active and passive invoicing and daily administrative activities
- Issue and record invoices and manage electronic invoicing / SDI
- Prepare and manage supplier payments
- Record and control bank movements
- Support bank, customer, and supplier reconciliations
- Monitor credits, debits, deadlines, and payments
- Prepare periodic financial and administrative reports for management
- Support monthly and annual closing activities
- Collect and organize accounting, tax, and administrative documentation
- Collaborate with the accountant and external consultants for Italian tax and accounting compliance
- Support the implementation, updating, and application of internal Finance and Accounting policies, procedures, and rules
- Support the standardization of administrative, accounting, and financial processes
- Support Finance Management in control, reporting, and process improvement activities
Requirements
- At least 2 years of professional experience in accounting in Italy
- Practical knowledge of Italian accounting and tax regulations and procedures
- Experience in managing invoices, payments, accounting records, and reporting
- Good knowledge of Excel and main administrative-accounting IT tools
- Spanish at least C2 level, necessary for communication with the parent company in Spain
- Precision, reliability, and ability to organize work independently
Nice to have:
- Experience gained at dealerships or automotive groups, vehicle importers or distributors, automotive manufacturers / OEMs, industrial companies with significant commercial and sales activity, or companies with high volumes of invoicing, purchases, and financial transactions
- English B2 level or higher
- Native Chinese speaker
- Experience in using SAP or other ERP systems
- Previous experience in listed companies or groups belonging to listed companies, with exposure to structured Finance, Accounting, reporting, and internal control processes
- Experience or participation in Finance process digitalization and transformation projects, such as implementation or optimization of ERP, accounting systems, approval workflows, automated reporting, or digital financial management tools