GBS - Accounts Receivable Executive (Italian Speaker)

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

Global Business Services (GBS) manages the financial processes for Kerry Ingredients. Our multilingual and customer focused employees concentrate on supplying cost effective, compliant and value add services to ensure sustainable growth for Kerry. Here in GBS, we work alongside our site colleagues to support the following services: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Site Support, MDG, Finance and Inter-Company invoice processing.
GBS AR Account Executive will report into AR Team Lead. In charge of cash application and bank communication process. He/She needs to be built rapport with the internal and external customer to get result at the end of the day. He/She needs to ensure the payment are properly allocated based on the customer remittance.

Key responsibilities

• Works in ERP system environment to apply customer payments via SAP / HighRadius post-process
• On an ongoing basis and in a timely manner, accurately applies cash collections to the customer's account using appropriate accounting and business management software
• Post wire transfer and RDS deposits to appropriate GL cash accounts
• Perform timely and accurate application of daily receipts and reconcile cash balance to general ledger account daily
• Perform payment application reconciliation and analysis
• Process bank documents for LCDP process
• Support collection team in analyzing unapplied cash
• Monitor and help in resolving system errors
• Review process and propose for process improvement

Qualifications and skills

• Candidate must possess at least a university degree in accounting, commerce, finance and/ or a professional accountancy qualification.
• Minimum 1-2 years of working experience in a Deductions / Credit Review related job function
• Excellent numeric and accuracy skills • Processing of cash to the customer accounts for all methods of payment (Cashier)
• Cash application for all methods of payment
• Positive and pro-active attitude
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Work on own initiative, recognizing potential problems and seeking solutions
• Work under pressure whilst remaining calm and patient
• Excellent understanding and daily use of High Radius, SAP and Excel