Financial Analyst (Accounts Payable)

About the role

Join the Finance Operations team at DeepL, focusing on Accounts Payable within the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) function. This role is key to a broad transformation program, overhauling procurement and payment processes as DeepL expands globally. You will gain direct experience with end-to-end AP processes and contribute to building scalable financial infrastructure.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Process supplier invoices accurately and on time, including verification, coding, and posting according to matching principles and approval workflows.
• Analyze Accounts Payable aging, spend, and approval data to identify trends and potential issues for senior review.
• Utilize AI tools to optimize invoice processing and generate actionable financial insights.
• Assist with variance analysis for AP accruals and open Purchase Orders, and support cash flow forecasting.
• Develop an understanding of double-entry accounting and the impact of AP transactions on financial statements.
• Support Travel & Expenses reporting, monitoring compliance and producing reports for budget owners.
• Reconcile vendor statements and resolve discrepancies directly with suppliers.
• Reconcile corporate credit card statements, ensuring the subledger is current and matched to receipts.
• Contribute to month-end and year-end close activities, including accruals and open PO reviews.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and assist with internal and external audit requests.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Legal, and budget owners on new supplier onboarding and contracts.
• Help develop P2P team structures and standards, supporting digitalization and automation initiatives.
• Use Workday, Omnea, and Databricks-based reporting to track invoice status and key metrics, building dashboards and ad-hoc analysis.
• Act as a primary contact for internal and external stakeholders regarding payment status and AP inquiries.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in financial analysis, specifically in accounts payable or a general finance/accounting role, ideally in a fast-paced or international setting.
• Experience managing direct teams or leading projects with measurable results.
• Ability to build financial analysis from transactional data, including spend trends, aging, variance, or forecasting, beyond just reporting raw numbers.
• Hands-on experience with finance/procurement systems such as NetSuite, Workday, Omnea, or Databricks, along with strong Excel/spreadsheet modeling skills.
• Working knowledge of Claude or similar AI tools, and a proven ability to quickly learn new tools.
• Experience in an international company managing multiple legal entities and currencies, understanding process variations.
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical, structured, and goal-oriented approach to analysis, reconciliations, and documentation.
• An outgoing, self-motivated individual with strong communication and organizational skills, and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.

Nice to have

• Strong understanding of Procurement and/or Accounts Payable processes.
• Experience with Databricks, Omnea, or similar procurement/data platforms.
• Exposure to transformation, automation, or process improvement initiatives.
• Experience with controls discipline in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in cash management and collaborating with Treasury for cash flow efficiency.

Skills & tools

• Claude
• Gemini
• Workday
• Omnea
• Databricks
• NetSuite
• Excel

Practical notes

This role offers virtual shares, annual training allowance, 30 days of annual leave (plus public holidays), and access to mental health resources. The company supports a flexible hybrid working model and allows working from another country for up to 40 days per year.

About the company

DeepL is a German AI research company founded in 2017 by Jaroslaw Kutylowski. The company builds a language AI platform that includes DeepL Translator and DeepL Voice. It also develops DeepL Agent, an AI agent that plans workflows and operates office systems and tools autonomously based on natural language instructions. The core algorithm uses the transformer architecture. DeepL offers a paid subscription that unlocks additional features and provides access to its translation application programming interface. The company reached unicorn status in May 2024 after a Series C funding round raised 300 million dollars at a valuation of 2 billion dollars. More than 200,000 business customers use the platform. A large proportion of the Fortune 500 are among these clients. The team focuses on high-quality machine translation and language understanding for professional use. Research efforts target improvements in neural network accuracy and contextual awareness. The product suite serves individuals, teams, and enterprises that require secure and precise multilingual communication. DeepL operates from its headquarters in Cologne with additional offices in Europe, the United States, and Japan. The organization continues to invest in foundational AI research to expand the capabilities of its language models.