Skyscanner
Accounts Payable - 9 Months FTC
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Senior Accounts Payable Analyst 🚀
About Skyscanner
Everyone loves travelling, but planning presents challenges ✈️. For 20 years, we’ve built tools that transform travel-planning chaos into a breeze. Around 160 million travellers trust us monthly to skip endless browser tabs.
About The Role
We’re seeking a Senior Accounts Payable Analyst for a 6-month fixed-term contract in a transformative phase for our AP function. Focused on automation, AI, and process redesign, this role prioritizes day-to-day excellence alongside driving system-wide improvements.
Responsibilities include:
- Leading AP operations in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment while identifying and implementing impactful enhancements
- Excelling at proactive problem-solving and leveraging AI tools (e.g. Workato, Claude, ML/RPA) within daily workflows, not simply being open to them
What You’ll Be Doing
Operational Excellence
- Processing AP transactions accurately and on time across diverse entities and currencies
- Assisting with month-end activities including accruals, prepayments, and reconciliations
Supplier Management
- Maintaining vendor master data with strong controls, approvals, and audit trails
- Collaborating with teams like Procurement, Product, and Commercial for smooth supplier onboarding
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Process Innovation
- Building and optimizing automated workflows using AI and systems to reduce manual efforts
- Identifying scalable system and process enhancements to strengthen controls
Change Support
- Juggling day-to-day delivery with transformation initiatives like the employee expense process overhaul and P2P orchestration layer deployment
- Ensuring rigorous adherence to financial controls, audits, and policies
About You
Core Requirements
- 5+ years in Accounts Payable or shared services finance with experience in large, high-volume, multi-currency environments
- Strong track record of accuracy and error minimization under tight deadlines
- Deep knowledge of month-end close processes across multiple entities
Technology Fluency
- Hands-on experience automating manual tasks using AI tools (Workato, Codex, Claude), RPA, keyboards, or ML
- Familiarity with systems like Workday, Kyriba, and Auditoria is a plus
Stakeholder Engagement
- Seamless communication between technical (engineering, product) and non-technical teams
- Ability to translate complex problems into clear, actionable solutions
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Problem-Solving Mindset
- Root-cause analysis and implementation focus—idea sharing isn’t enough; drive outcomes independently
- Delegated accountability with minimal oversight
Adaptability
- Thrives in evolving environments and manages dual deliveries (BAU + transformation)
- optimizing time for shifting priorities without losing focus
Technical Skills
- Advanced Excel proficiency (pivot tables, data lookup, diagnostics)
- Leverages data insightfully: beyond numbers to uncover inefficiencies
What It’s Like Here
Genuine, dynamic culture built around exploration and impact—no empty slogans. Our globally diverse teams use curiosity to explore both the world and innovation daily.
Value Commitments:
- Equal opportunities
- Inclusive workforce where everyone thrives
- Products accessible for all
This world traveler-visionary adventure? 🧭 Apply now—shape travel’s future while balancing adventure and growth on your own terms.
P.S.: We strive for accessibility in recruitment. For adjustments and policies (e.g. 24 weeks + birth parent/relocation leave globally, hybrid work flexibility), contact our recruitment team in advance.
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