CHERIF BOURAOUI
Dublin 18
Summary
Skilled Accounts Payable Manager with international experience, strong ERP knowledge and a proven ability to manage multi-currency processes, vendor relations and financial accuracy in fast-paced environments.
Overview
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years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable Manager
Merrios Ltd
Dublin, Ireland
07.2025 - Current
- Lead and manage the AP team, including coaching, performance management, and development planning
- Managed vendor onboarding, invoice processing, approvals, payment runs, disbursements, and supplier management to ensure seamless operations.
- Manage payment runs, supplier statement reconciliations, and resolve queries or disputes efficiently
- Act as the primary escalation point for accounts payable issues, both internally and externally
- Ensure strong compliance with internal controls, financial policies, and regulatory requirements
- Support the finance team during month end and year end close processes
- Prepared accounts payable reports to deliver insights that supported effective decision making.
- Managed expense submissions by reviewing receipts and verifying information for accuracy and supplier setups
- Assisted with audit requests by providing accurate documentation and clear explanations to facilitate the audit process.
Senior Accounts Payable Accountant EMEA
Merrios Ltd
Dublin
09.2020 - 07.2025
- Processed and approved supplier payments.
- Processing Accounts Payable Multi currency invoices.
- Preparing the weekly payment run.
- Processed all financial transactions accurately and timely, following relevant standards.
- Reviewed and processed employee expense claims, ensuring compliance with company policies and accuracy of reimbursements.
- Applied correct VAT treatment to invoices across numerous countries.
- Performed reconciliations of vendor statements to ensure accuracy of accounts payable records.
- Executed weekly and monthly bank reconciliations to verify account balances and transactions.
- Acting as point of escalation for internal and external stakeholders.
- Resolved complex and recurring AP issues by collaborating with cross-functional teams to establish scalable solutions.
- Supervising and coaching two Junior Accounts Payable colleagues.
- Assisted in preparing month-end journals, maintaining general ledger, and managing accruals and prepayments to ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Assisted with external audit, VAT, and tax returns.
- Working with data from multiple data sources and having comfort with pulling and analyzing multiple reports.
- Supporting the finance team in ERP system upgrade implementation.
- Building strong network to ensure the delivery of process efficiency across the department and organization.
- Assisted team members with daily tasks to enhance overall productivity and collaboration. and covering for team members.
Senior Accounts Payable Analyst (UK, French, German Suppliers EMEA)
Microfocus (Multinational Software Company)
Dublin
01.2019 - 05.2019
- Processed and approved supplier payments, ensuring compliance with company policies and timely disbursements.
- Processing multi-currency AP invoices for Microfocus entities (handling 40–50 invoices daily).
- Executed full Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) cycle processes to ensure timely payments.
- Organised and led bi-monthly payment runs, coordinating with relevant teams to ensure accurate and timely payment execution.
- Ensuring accurate invoice coding to legal entities and departments and securing approvals in line with company policy.
- Ensuring correct VAT treatment is applied to invoices across multiple countries.
- Reconciling supplier accounts.
- Processing accruals and prepayments.
- Handling accounts queries from suppliers, banks and the treasury department.
- Acting as the main point of contact for all invoice and purchase order-related queries from employees and vendors.
- Liaising with all levels of the organisation to resolve queries and obtain approvals.
- Investigating and resolving invoice disputes by building effective relationships with departments and suppliers.
- Building strong internal networks to drive process efficiency across the department and organisation.
- Collaborated with teammates and management to identify process improvements, enhancing overall efficiency in accounts payable operations.
- Reviewing and processing employee travel expenses.
- Processing corporate credit card transactions.
- Reason for Leaving: Took a short career break following the passing of my wife to focus on family and personal reorganisation.
Accounts Payable Specialist, EMEA Shared Service Centre (French Accounts)
Integra LifeSciences – Multinational Pharmaceutical Company
Dublin
06.2018 - 01.2019
- Processing multi-currency AP invoices (EUR, USD, GBP) – handling 35–50 invoices daily.
- Reviewing all invoices for appropriate documentation and approvals prior to payment.
- Performing bi-monthly payment runs in EUR, USD and GBP.
- Following the full Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) cycle.
- Managing multiple bank reconciliations.
- Reconciling supplier accounts.
- Ensuring correct VAT treatment is applied to invoices across numerous countries.
- Ensuring accurate invoice coding to the correct legal entity and department and securing authorisation in line with company approval levels.
- Executed processing of corporate credit card transactions to maintain accurate financial records.
- Reviewing and processing employee travel expenses via Concur.
- Handling accounts queries from suppliers, banks and the treasury department.
- Liaising with all levels of the organisation to follow up on queries and approvals.
- Acting as the main point of contact for all invoice-related queries from employees and vendors.
- Investigated and resolved invoice disputes by fostering effective relationships with departments and suppliers.
- Developed strong internal network to improve process efficiency across the department and organisation.
- Managed supplier accounts across Europe, ensuring compliance with regulations and enhancing operational efficiency.
- Processing accruals and prepayments.
- Reason for Leaving: Needed to stay close to home in Leopardstown to care for my terminally ill wife during her final months.
Accounts Payable Specialist (French, German)
Touax Rail Ltd – Global Rail Wagons Services
11.2015 - 06.2018
- Reviewed and processed invoices to ensure timely and accurate payments.
- Processed multi-currency accounts payable invoices accurately.
- Completed all creditor reconciliations monthly.
- Producing monthly KPI reports.
- Reviewing all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment.
- Performing bi-monthly payment runs for all entities.
- Reviewing and processing employee travel expenses.
- Processing corporate credit card transactions.
- Resolved account queries from suppliers, banks, and treasury department, enhancing vendor relationships.
- Executed full Purchase-to-Pay cycle to ensure seamless transactions.
- Processed accruals and prepayments to maintain accurate financial records.
- Reconciling supplier accounts.
- Applied correct VAT treatment to all invoices.
- Liaising with all levels of the organisation to follow up on queries and approvals.
- Ensuring all invoices are coded to the correct legal entity and department and authorised according to company approval levels.
- Served as the main point of contact for all invoice and purchase order-related queries from employees and vendors.
- Building strong internal networks to drive process efficiency across the department and organisation.
- Investigated and resolved invoice disputes, fostering collaboration with departments and suppliers.
- Actively participating in various finance and system projects.
Accounts Receivable, Disputes Resolution Coordinator
IBM Ireland (via CPL)
12.2011 - 11.2015
- Resolved disputed invoices through collaboration with AR team, ensuring timely resolution of issues.
- Communicated with clients and suppliers to effectively resolve PO and non-PO invoice discrepancies.
- Making outbound collection calls and sending emails.
- Processing invoices and credit notes daily on SAP ERP.
- Processing sales invoices daily.
- Generated monthly statements for customers by consolidating account activity and transactions..
- Matching invoices with purchase orders.
- Processing credit and re-bill invoices as per customer PO requests.
- Handling pricing and order amount discrepancies.
- Conducted bank reconciliations by verifying financial records and matching transactions..
- Provided support in preparing monthly and annual financial accounts by gathering necessary data..
- Presenting weekly reports to the team leader and manager.
- Ensuring all invoices have appropriate approval.
- Organised and filed invoices systematically to facilitate prompt payment and audit review..
- Managing data related to various licences, including renewals and updates of licensee addresses or company names in SAP (French and German).
Accounts Receivable Analyst
Accenture (Microsoft Clients)
01.2011 - 12.2011
- Processing sales invoices and posting to customer and general ledger accounts.
- Contacted customers to secure outstanding balances, improving cash flow.
- Reconciling debtors' accounts and matching receipts in a timely manner.
- Reconciling bank accounts on a weekly basis.
- Established and maintained working relationships with customers and functional groups, fostering collaboration.
- Identified areas for process improvement to enhance efficiency., making recommendations and participating in improvement initiatives.
Education
Bachelor Degree - Accounting and Finance
University of Tunis
Tunisia06-1993
Senior Leaving Certificate -
Haouaria Secondary school
Tunisia06-1989
Skills
- US GAAP expertise
- Multi-currency processing
- Month-end accounting
- Financial software expertise
- ERP systems expertise
- Vendor relationship management
- Handling International clients/Suppliers
- Data analysis
- Analytical problem solving
- Time management
- Deadline adherence
- Team leadership
- Interpersonal communication
- Operating in a Shared Services environment
Websites, Portfolios, Profiles
www.linkedin.com/cherif-b-897b86b7
SKILLS
Languages: Fluent English, French,German
INTERESTS
Fishing ,Scuba diving, Gardening, Volleyball, Soccer
PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Participating in IBM Blue Harmony Software implementation and Migrating the AP/AR data., Migrating Electronic Payments data and Functions within Touax Rail Services.
Timeline
Accounts Payable Manager
Merrios Ltd
07.2025 - Current
Senior Accounts Payable Accountant EMEA
Merrios Ltd
09.2020 - 07.2025
Senior Accounts Payable Analyst (UK, French, German Suppliers EMEA)
Microfocus (Multinational Software Company)
01.2019 - 05.2019
Accounts Payable Specialist, EMEA Shared Service Centre (French Accounts)
Integra LifeSciences – Multinational Pharmaceutical Company
06.2018 - 01.2019
Accounts Payable Specialist (French, German)
Touax Rail Ltd – Global Rail Wagons Services
11.2015 - 06.2018
Accounts Receivable, Disputes Resolution Coordinator
IBM Ireland (via CPL)
12.2011 - 11.2015
Accounts Receivable Analyst
Accenture (Microsoft Clients)
01.2011 - 12.2011
Bachelor Degree - Accounting and Finance
University of Tunis
Senior Leaving Certificate -
Haouaria Secondary school