Accounts Payable Specialist

Are you our next creator of change?
 

Do you want to be part of creating solutions for mitigating climate change? At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. Together we will accelerate transformation for a more sustainable future.
 

We are looking for you,

Specialist, Accounts Payable

to our Accounts Payable (“AP”) team in Espoo, Finland

Our AP teams are part of Neste Global Financial Services (“GFS”) department within Neste Group Finance unit.

GFS provides finance shared services globally for Neste Group companies and it employs approximately 65 finance professionals in Espoo Finland. 

In your role you will be responsible for AP ledger maintenance and balance sheet accounts assigned to AP, ensuring timely and accurate purchase invoice processing, supporting counterparties and vendors and replying internal and external queries. In addition you will be accountable for performing internal controls and supporting audits. In this position you will work closely with AP colleagues, other GFS teams, logistics and business operations and representatives. You will report to Manager, Accounts Payable. 
 

In our team, we work together to create an environment where everyone can be their best. Together we make GFS an extraordinary place to work. We trust our employees to be experts in shaping their own paths forward within the organisation.

We work in hybrid mode with three days in the office.  

Reasons to join

Real impact right now. We create solutions for mitigating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. We live by our values every day; we care, we have courage, we cooperate.

Safety and caring. We value safety always and everywhere. We want our work to feel good and do good. At Neste, we nurture a culture where everyone is welcome and feels safe, respected and encouraged to be their unique true selves. 

Exciting growth. Transformation brings new possibilities, fostering both courage and curiosity. As a global company, collaboration is the key, and we believe in flexible, smart ways of working. We support personal development with versatile learning and career opportunities.

In addition, our benefits for employees in Finland include, for example, a personnel fund as part of the overall remuneration, good occupational health care, and an extensive membership in a sickness or health insurance fund. We also support leisure time activities, e.g. by offering benefits for sports and culture.

More about the job

Your role in our team 

• Process purchase invoices and vendor line items (GR/IR accounts)
• Request vendor master data updates when needed
• Reconcile AP interfaces
• Ensure that Accounts Payable is up-to-date
• Perform AP closing tasks according to the global closing schedule
• Execute internal controls for Accounts Payable process
• Provide daily support for internal users in purchase invoice handling
• Reply to vendor inquiries
• Prepare audit material and support auditors
• Identify and initiate automation and digitalization potential in provided services

Keys to success in this role

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Chinese is mandatory for this role
• Good knowledge in Accounts Payable and Source to Pay areas
• SAP FICO knowledge preferable from Accounts Payable functionalities
• Applicable education, e.g. Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business administration 
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Curious attitude and desire to develop

Let’s get you started

We look forward to receiving your CV and application with a salary request by 8.6.2025

We will do our best to contact you within 2 weeks after the application time has ended. The recruitment process will include interviews and a possible aptitude assessment. The interviews will start already at the time of the application period.

The person selected for the position must pass a health examination including a drug test. A possible security clearance is obtained with your consent.

Neste in brief

Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) creates solutions for mitigating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. The company is the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel, enabling its customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Neste refines waste, residues and other renewable raw materials to high-quality renewable fuels at its refineries located on three continents. The company’s annual renewable fuels production capacity will be increased to 6.8 million tons in 2027. 
 

Neste has high standards for sustainability and the company has consistently been recognized by several leading sustainability indices. In 2024, Neste's revenue stood at EUR 20.6 billion. Read more: neste.com