Accounts Receivable Professional with Italian

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Responsibilities:

• Responsible for reconciling and resolving discrepancies in Accounts Receivable ledgers;
• Responsible for accurately entering detailed data into the financial ERP system used;
• Responsible for generating various reports and spreadsheets, generating the data as needed;
• Able to answer questions related to day-to-day work;
• Responsible for recording daily bank movements, applies daily incoming/outgoing payments to open item on subledger accounts; ensures resolution of problems related to sent invoices, ongoing disputes;
• Important part of Working Capital actions through collection management- constantly checking the overdue invoices and notifying the customers according to the internal procedures;
• Important part of Credit management actions through analyzing credit worthiness and through calculating and monitoring credit limits set on customers accounts;
• Communicates with customers, team members at all levels of organization, sales colleagues, ensuring proper cash application and solving of customers finance related requests;
• Responsible to document all corresponding Internal Controls and follow all Compliance rules as per Internal Controls Matrix and CPP/ LPP;
• Supports local team in internal and external financial audits;
• Acts as back-up for colleagues who are on leave, as per the internal regulations;
• Provides support to other colleagues and team members, when they require help to fulfill their daily activities, as and when it is the case;
• Assures ad hoc support for projects, initiatives ;
• Handles higher volumes and is involved in additional activities;
• Acts as consultant for other team members and is the first go-to person for operational queries;
• Is involved in training new colleagues and can also be part of additional projects;
• Shows ability to manage own time schedule in order to meet the established deadlines;
• Proactively identifies any issues or risks and informs Team Lead, as well as suggests solutions;
• Identifies improvement opportunities and works towards standardization and harmonization of processes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree and/or experience in accounting, business, economics, finance, or a related field would be an advantage (but not mandatory);
• Mandatory work experience within Accounting/ Business Economics or related field for minimum 1 year;
• Mandatory English and Italian language skills for business use;
• Fact-driven and strong analytical skills, detailed oriented attitude to identify accuracy;
• Mid-level Excel skills;
• Mandatory ERP previous experience, MS Office and previous AR/AP process experience;
• Very good communication skills;
• Ability to perform end-to-end process independently and ask for support when required;
• Ability to proactively identify any issue or risk and suggest solution;
• Ability to adjust to new situations and prioritize accordingly;
• Proactive implementation of sustainable change.

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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