Accounts Receivable Clerk- German Speaking

Accounts Receivable Clerk- German Speaking

• Department: Finance
• Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time
• Location: United Kingdom
• Compensation: £25,000 - £26,000 / year

Description

• DSO – Reduction of DSO 
• Achieving daily cash collection target calls.
• Maintain accurate notes recorded on Oracle
• Monitoring of monthly cash collection target. Ability to provide detailed analysis on delinquent accounts responsible for
• Bad Debt Provision Charge – Raise timely bad debt write-off forms once confirmation has been provided by sales management, agency or legal that debt is no longer collectable.
• Recording and overseeing the resolution of disputed invoice queries with sales teams in local office
• Specific responsibility for our clients in Germany and Switzerland
• 12 months Fixed term contract

Key Responsibilities

•  Collecting cash.
•  Liaising with Cash apps to confirm customer payments and correct allocations
•  Maintaining the accounts receivable ledger
•  Managing credit holds on orders available for shipment
•  Working within agreed credit limits
•  Liaising with Internal departments to ensure maximum customer experience
•  Working within internal credit control procedures
•  Managing accounts receivable problems with internal and external customers
•  Customer account reconciliations
•  Responsible to collect and prepare the cheques files, ready to be sent to the bank
•  Support Finance strategy
•  Assist in achieving the Finance Teams OGSM
•  Identify, apply and support Lean projects, and any other process review and improvement projects.
•  Ensure compliance with Company and departmental policies and procedures.
•  Ensure compliance with all compliance standards and operate with integrity at all times

Skills, Knowledge And Expertise

Fluent/professional working proficiency in German essential
2-3 years credit control experience preferred but not essentialKnowledge of European Credit Control practices preferredStrong systems skills in Excel and OracleProficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite applicationsFluency in written and spoken English 

Benefits

Company Pension25 days holiday + Bank Holidays4 x salary life insuranceCompany Sick Pay Comprehensive training and learning opportunities Discounts on numerous leisure, financial and retail productsCycle to work scheme Technology SchemeEmployee Assistance Program 
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