JOB DETAILS

AP Accountant

CompanyCovestro
LocationShanghai
Work ModeOn Site
PostedApril 13, 2026
About The Company
Covestro is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality polymer materials and their components. With its innovative products, processes and methods, the company helps enhance sustainability and the quality of life in many areas. Covestro supplies customers around the world in key industries such as mobility, building and living, as well as the electrical and electronics sector. In addition, polymers from Covestro are also used in sectors such as sports and leisure, telecommunications and health, as well as in the chemical industry itself. The company is geared completely to the circular economy. In addition, Covestro aims to achieve climate neutrality for its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2035, and the Group’s Scope 3 emissions are also set to be climate neutral by 2050. Covestro generated sales of EUR 14.2 billion in fiscal year 2024. At the end of 2024, the company had 46 production sites worldwide and employed approximately 17,500 people (calculated as full-time equivalents). Data protection information: https://www.covestro.com/en/social-media-privacy-statements
About the Role

We are Covestro. We are curious. We are courageous. We are colorful. We refine chemical material solutions with game-changing products. Let us empower you to push boundaries. Join us and our 18.000 colleagues now and together we will make the world a brighter place.

Major Tasks & responsibilities:

1) Assist in the S/4HANA migration project by learning updated AP processes and procedures, including changes to invoice processing and payment workflows. Support the project team with basic testing tasks and reporting issues;

2) Perform booking of supplier invoices ensuring all legal and fiscal requirements are met and corporate compliance regulations adhered to;

3) Identify/communicate any mismatches in the booking of supplier invoices;

4) Keep learning process SOP and follow SOP strictly in daily operation;

5) Achieve performance and quality standards as defined in relevant service level agreements;

6) Well aware of AP process KPIs and contribute to meet the KPI target;

7) Properly communicate process issues in his/her area to senior accountants/team leader in timely manner;

8) Willing to back up for each other / cross process and support ad hoc tasks assigned by team leader.

Work Relations:

Up line management: SCS AP accounting team leader, SCS manager

Network / interfaces:

Accounting platform (Central accounting & Business partner), SSO (Front office/Global office), ICSManager/Contact, internal and external audit, Group platform functions(Procurement, O& I), business functions (Controlling, Engineering, Plantand Site Management, Cost center responsible, Marketing & Sales)

Qualifications & Education:

A bachelor degree, preferable in finance and accounting.

Skills/experiences:

• Good Mandarin and English, both written and oral

• Better to have relevant accounting knowledge

• Familiar with MS office, better to have SAP experience• Be able to work under pressure• Buy-in company value• Stress handling be able to work under pressure• Be flexible to take multi tasks and different task


Additional Job Description

• Certified Public Accountant or comparable professional education,

• Professional Experience in Accounting Functions with solid SAP,understanding,

• Excellent oral and written communication skills,

• English language skills mandatory, any other language is,beneficial,

• Proficient in MS Office,

• Teamplayer

YOUR APPLICATION
Are you as curious, courageous and colorful as we are? If so, we can offer you an exciting career opportunity. We look forward to receiving your application including a cover letter, resume/CV, and relevant certificates. Become part of our Team - apply now!

Covestro is well aware of the importance of personal information to you. Covestro promises to strictly abide by the basic principles of information security and privacy protection as well as requirements of relevant laws and
regulations and take appropriate security protection measures to ensure that your personal information is safe and controllable.

The resume you submit and the personal information you provide voluntarily will only be used for the recruitment service of Covestro. If we use your information beyond the above purposes, we will seek your consent in advance.

The Covestro position you are applying for may use AI tools for preliminary screening of your submitted resume. We commit that this screening process is free from any bias or discrimination, ensuring fair and just treatment for every applicant. If you accept this approach, please continue with the application process. If you have any objections to the screening results, please send an email to CNTA@covestro.com.

Your data may be kept in a secure environment within or outside the territory of P.R. China. If the personal information is necessary to be transferred outside the territory of P.R. China, we will ensure that it is transferred in accordance with the laws and regulations. Generally, we only store your personal information for the time period that is necessary to fulfill the purpose of collection and processing, unless otherwise provided by laws, regulations or administrative orders. We will implement a variety of measures to ensure a reasonable level of information security. Unfortunately, if a personal information security incident occurs, we will activate contingency plans to prevent the security incident from spreading.

We impose strict restrictions on sharing information with any third party in accordance with laws and regulations. Unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations, the information we collect will not be provided to or shared with any third party that is unrelated to our recruitment services.

Contact Us

www.covestro.com

Covestro welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of racial or ethnic origin, skin color, nationality, religion, philosophy, gender, age, physical characteristics, marital status, disability, appearance, sexual orientation and sexual identity. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.

Key Skills
Accounts PayableSAPS/4HANAInvoice ProcessingFinancial ReportingAccounting ComplianceMS OfficeData AnalysisCommunicationProblem SolvingTime ManagementTeamworkProcess ImprovementFiscal Compliance
Categories
Finance & AccountingAdministrativeManufacturing
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
The AP Accountant will assist in the S/4HANA migration project and manage the daily booking of supplier invoices while ensuring fiscal compliance. They are responsible for monitoring AP process KPIs, communicating issues to team leadership, and supporting cross-functional accounting tasks.
📋Job Type
full time
📊Experience Level
2-5
💼Company Size
10556
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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