Working Student Accounts Receivable role at KWS focusing on finance and customer accounts. Seeking business students fluent in French and English for a hybrid position.
About the role
- Accounts Receivable Analyst responsible for collecting outstanding debts for Mauser Packaging Solutions. Analyzing accounts, communicating with customers, and ensuring adherence to policies and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and analyze customer accounts daily to identify trends, discrepancies, and risks for a high-volume portfolio.
- Evaluate credit worthiness of accounts and determine proper account credit hold or releases.
- Ability to research cash application matters in customer accounts
- Evaluate aged items for recommendation of bad debt write-off and refund analysis.
- Identify offsetting adjustments to ensure customer account balances are properly stated.
- Contact customers to secure payment on overdue balances and/or issue resolution on open items.
- Provide guidance and support to Sales and Operations Managers, Logistics, Common Carrier(s), and Distribution Operations concerning the release of orders for accounts that have aged accounts receivable.
- Maintain strong cross-functional communication with Sales, Logistics, and Management regarding identified account risks, potential credit concerns, disputes, and customer comments. Identify and escalate as necessary.
- Track customer deductions and short-pay issues through resolution
- Ensure adherence to GAAP, SOX and Mauser policies and procedures
- Ensure proper SOX documentation on customer accounts, credit memo issuance, and approvals.
- Support the monthly audits of deductions, payments, and write-offs.
- Identify and assist in the preparation of accounts for placement with collection agencies or 3rd Party activity.
- Management of assigned portfolio to reduce exposure and mitigate risk.
- Negotiate and structure payment plans for review and approvals.
- Ensure customer accounts are accurately stated in adherence to US GAAP
- Recommend write-offs for uncollectable open invoices and disputed balances.
Requirements
- Degree in Business; Finance or Accounting preferred; or equivalent experience
- Knowledge or experience in business-to-business with ERPs such as Solomon, Oracle, SAP, QAD, etc.
- Good verbal and written communication as the AR portfolios have high volume customer interaction.
- Experience or understanding of Cash Application research and analysis.
- Experience or knowledge of working with cross-functional groups and different level of employees throughout the organization to achieve business results effectively and professionally.
- Knowledge or experience of GAAP and SOX requirements
- Proficient in Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint with intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
- Knowledge or experience of standard and specialized credit and collection procedures
- Strong Financial and Accounting Analytical skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly and effectively.
- Strong organizational skills: ability to accomplish multiple tasks within the agreed upon timeframes through effective prioritization.
Benefits
- Not Applicable
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