Shared Service Centre Staff Member

About the role

As a Shared Service Centre (SSC) Assistant, you will be the operational backbone of our financial administration. Working from the SSC, you will ensure that day-to-day administrative processing runs smoothly for all business units. You will work closely with colleagues within the SSC and act as the first point of contact for administrative enquiries from across the organisation.

You are proactive, work with precision and derive energy from providing swift and meticulous support to colleagues across various business units. You will report directly to the Head of SSC and be part of a close-knit team of four colleagues, where collaboration and short lines of communication are key.

What will you be doing?

In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day processing and maintenance of our administrative systems. Your responsibilities will include:

• Invoices: processing purchase and sales invoices (AP/AR).
• Payments: processing payments and bank transactions.
• Accounts payable & accounts receivable: maintaining accounts payable and accounts receivable records.
• Master data: managing and updating master data in our administrative systems.
• Point of contact: acting as the first point of contact for administrative enquiries from the business units.

Who are you?

You are a hands-on administrative professional who keeps a clear overview, even when things get busy. You enjoy practical work and ensure that everything is correct.

• Education: MBO+ or HBO level of working and thinking in an administrative or business economics field.
• Experience: experience in an administrative or SSC role.
• Work ethic: accurate, hands-on and solution-oriented.
• Customer focus: customer-focused towards internal stakeholders within the BUs.
• Skills: proficient with administrative systems and Excel; an affinity for digitalisation is a plus.
• Language: good command of the Dutch language, both spoken and written.

What do we offer?

• Salary: a competitive salary, commensurate with your knowledge and experience.
• Working environment: a close-knit and supportive SSC team within a growing organisation.
• Development: opportunities for training and career progression within finance and the wider organisation.
• Impact: your work forms the basis of a reliable financial administration system for all BUs.

About OCTA

OCTA Farmacie Groep is a nationwide pharmaceutical organisation with over 900 employees. The organisation comprises pharmaceutical wholesalers, institutional pharmacies, Central Filling hubs and over 50 community pharmacies spread throughout the Netherlands. Further information can be found at www.octa.nl.

The head office is located in Almere Poort, which is also home to the wholesaler Fresco Farma. We also have an office in the Millennium Tower in Amsterdam Sloterdijk, where, amongst others, our institutional pharmacy team is based.

Interested?

Do you recognise yourself in this profile? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your CV and a brief covering letter to Richelle Jansen (Corporate Recruiter) at richelle.jansen@octa.nl. If you have any questions about the vacancy, please feel free to contact us first by telephone on 06 3466 5890.