Senior Financial Analyst - Accounts Payable

Meet DeepL. DeepL is a global AI product and research company focused on building secure, intelligent solutions to complex business problems. Over 200,000 business customers and millions of individuals across 228 global markets trust DeepL's Language AI platform for human-like translation, improved writing, and real-time voice translation. Founded in 2017, DeepL is backed by world-renowned investors and continues to grow rapidly as we build the global leader in trusted, intelligent AI technology.

You'll join the Finance Operations team within P2P (Procure-to-Pay), working directly with our P2P lead and a close-knit Procurement, Accounts Payable and Travel & Expenses team. As DeepL scales internationally, our team is running a broad transformation programme to overhaul procurement and payment processes, tightening governance and building the infrastructure and activities that allow the business to scale fast without losing control. This role anchors that effort for DeepL SE, our German parent entity, giving you end-to-end ownership of one of our most important legal entities as well as oversight of Group for key activities.

Your responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end accounts payable processing for DeepL SE: receiving, verifying, coding and posting supplier invoices in line with matching principles.
• Ensure invoices are processed accurately and on time, managing the invoice approval workflow for DeepL SE.
• Analyse AP ageing, spend, and approval data to identify trends, bottlenecks, and cost-saving opportunities, translating findings into recommendations for Finance leadership.
• Build and maintain variance analysis on AP accruals and open POs, and support cash flow forecasting by modelling upcoming payment obligations.
• Explain the story underpinned by a solid grasp of double-entry accounting principles, with the ability to trace and explain P&L and Balance Sheet impact of AP transactions (invoices, accruals, payments, VAT).
• Support Travel & Expenses reporting and oversight for DeepL SE and Group, monitoring travel, expense claims and card spend for policy compliance, flagging exceptions, and producing regular reporting and insights for budget owners and Finance leadership.
• Reconcile vendor statements and resolve discrepancies, queries, and disputes directly with suppliers in a timely, professional manner.
• Reconcile corporate credit card statements, keeping the subledger continuously up to date and matched to supporting receipts.
• Support relevant month-end and year-end close activities for DeepL SE and Group, including accruals, open PO reviews and journal support.
• Maintain accurate, audit-ready documentation and support internal and external audit requests relating to DeepL SE payables.
• Partner with Procurement, Legal, and budget owners to ensure new suppliers and contracts are onboarded correctly and payment terms are respected.
• Help develop the P2P team's structures and standards for DeepL SE, contributing to digitalisation and automation initiatives as part of the wider P2P transformation programme.
• Use tools including Workday, Omnea, and Databricks-based reporting to track invoice status, ageing, and key metrics, building dashboards and ad-hoc analysis to support budget owners' decision-making.
• Leverage Claude and Gemini to automate key processes and reporting.
• Act as a point of contact for internal stakeholders and external suppliers on payment status, queries, and general AP matters.

Qualities we look for:

What you bring (must-haves):

• Proven experience of financial analysis in an accounts payable or general accounting role, ideally within a fast-paced or international environment (typically 3+ years).
• Leadership experience through managing direct teams and/or leading projects with tangible results.
• Comfortable building financial analysis from transactional data - spend trends, ageing, variance, or forecasting — rather than just reporting raw numbers.
• Hands-on experience with finance/procurement systems such as NetSuite, Workday, Omnea, Databricks or equivalent, plus strong Excel/spreadsheet modelling skills.
• Working knowledge of Claude or similar AI tools, and confidence picking up new tools at pace.
• Experience working in an international company that handles multiple legal entities and multiple currencies, with an understanding of how financial processes vary across them.
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical, structured, and goal-oriented approach to analysis, reconciliations, and documentation.
• An outgoing, self-motivated personality with strong communication and organisational skills, with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset - comfortable interpreting data to flag issues and recommend improvements rather than just processing tickets.

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.
• Controls discipline in a fast-paced working environment.
• Experience of cash management and working with Treasury to drive cash flow efficiency.

We are an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at DeepL for who you are - we appreciate authenticity here. Our product is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all succeed, contribute, and think forward! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It's in our diversity that we will find the power to break down language barriers in the world.