Job Title & Disciplinary

Position Title

Junior Accounts Receivable Professional - Collection Management SSC AR - CO

Disciplinary (local) reporting

Head of SSC Accounts Receivable – CO

Technical reporting

Head of SSC Accounts Receivable – CO

 Function and Job Description

Position targets

The Junior Accounts Receivable Professional - Collection Management can be considered as the frontliner of the SSC AR organization. With his/her proactive communication and trustworthy collaboration with our customers of united states he/she ensures to collect receivables in time and reduces our DSO as well as the amount of overdue receivables.

Business Travels

Business Travels

No

Duration / Length of travels

No

Visa required

No

Required Competencies/Qualifications (for job posting)

Degrees

Basic accounting knowledge (e.g. certified accountant; bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent)

Work Experiences

Job experience

>1 year

Major Responsibilities/Tasks

• Prompt, proactive receivables management with the aim of reducing overdue receivables and DSO and keeping them at a low level.

• Proactive collaboration with sales and other finance departments as well as with our customers to reduce the cycle times for processing posting incoming payments

• Regular dunning & collection calls as well as written communication with our customers

• Negotiation with our customers about payment plans, promise-to-pays and collaterals

• Close collaboration with the credit management team to gain a basic understanding of the difficult-to-collect accounts and those that present a high risk of non-payment.

Language Skills

(European Reference Framework)

English

C1 - Advanced

Technical Skills

Proven background and strong experience with at least three of the following:

• Basic accounting knowledge
• Basic SAP AR knowledge (e.g. familiar with SAP AR transactions, such as FBL5N: Transaction used to display a list of open customer line items)
• Salesforce knowledge is an advantage
• Business expertise in the health and medical devices sector is an advantage

Soft Skills

• Goal-oriented, trustworthy respectful communication
• Strong service orientation
• Eager to acquire new skills/competencies (lifelong learning)
• Openness towards people from different cultural backgrounds, new technologies and change
• Ability to work unsupervised in a multi-tasking environment in a global team
• Willingness to share knowledge
• Team player
• Excellent English conversational skills and negotiation skills with internal and external customers to reach compromises in case of conflicting interests