Thermo Fisher Scientific
Lead Accounts Receivable Representative
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Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
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Job Description
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are important to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives.
How you will make an impact:
We are seeking a Senior Accounts Receivable Representative to be a master of the accounts Receivable process and to ensure transactional excellence related to Accounts Receivable.
They will partner with a broad number of external and internal business partners, such as Customers, Commercial & Commercial Finance Team, Product Management, Accounting, Rebate Teams, Compliance & Audit. The focus is on driving day to day collections activities to achieve collection efficiency, percent past due, DSO and bad debt goals.
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What you will do:
- Collect invoices (Pre-call/prepare/send statements with current invoices), call on past due invoices, problem solve disputes with the customer and sales team.
- Perform customer maintenance per limits of authority as the need arises.
- Provide payment information to customers and arrange payments for current and past due invoices.
- Input invoices into portals as required.
- Prepare journal voucher, ensure timely closing of AR module
- Work cross-functionally with FP&A, Commercial and Customer Services teams to resolve any outstanding discrepancies on AR
- Participate in trainings to engage non-finance teams in finance related compliance and processes
- Assist in establishing and maintaining appropriate internal controls to ensure 100% SOX compliance
- Collaborate closely with internal and external auditors, prepare audit schedules and ensure compliance to SOX and statutory requirements
- Other related duties as required and/or assigned
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Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- 4 years of experience in B2B collections, credit control, or equivalent combination of education and experience, knowledge, skills, abilities
- One additional European language other than English would be highly desirable (German, Spanish or French)
- Ability to quickly learn organization specific computer applications, ability to learn accounting principles
- Good spoken and written communication skills are required to collaborate with various partners
- Microsoft Excel skills (intermediate requirement)
- High attention to detail and accuracy as data entry is a critical component of role
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