Company Description
We are SGS – the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. Our 93,000 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.
Job Description
As a Specialist (Senior accountant) you will be part of a team responsible for performing tasks within the Order to Cash stream (Accounts Receivable & Collection) and will be highly involve in the Month End Closing process and some other specific accounting activities.
The performance should meet the requirements defined in the SLA/KPI's (timely, accurate).
Qualifications
- Revenue download, interface and reconciliation with invoicing system when needed.
- Booking and Allocation of payments received from clients.
- Supervise correct treatment of COD (Cash On Delivery) accounts.
- Supervising Credit Notes and Invoices are properly offset, if needed.
- Ensure unapplied and unidentified payments from clients are actioned by working closely with Collections Team.
- Ensure there are no outstanding transactions related to Accounts Receivable pending on the bank reconciliation.
- Responding to inquiries from business / customers and resolve issues.
- Assist O2C Supervisor in any ad-hoc activities.
- Manage Month End closing activities, deadlines and performing the AR sub-ledger close process.
- Prepare Bad debt provision analysis and journal to be imported by R2R.
- Extract and review Unbilled Revenue ageing journal to ensure compliance with approved Tolerance grid.
- Prepare WIP journal as per affiliate instructions.
- Perform AR reconciliations and Reporting.
Additional Information
- Analytical skills with high focus on the details
- Demonstrate proper attitude in relation to assigned responsibilities
- Able to work independently
- Strong team player
- Good understanding of data structures and architecture
- Excellent written and oral communication skills (business English), ability to talk and create empathy with the Customer situation, be tactful and diplomatic.
- Confident, outgoing, persistent, assertive in challenging, stressful, and potentially confrontational situations Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience (intermediate level) in working with MS Office applications (Excel, Word, Power Point).
- Knowledge of Oracle E Business Suite – nice to have.
