Our Accounting team based in Paris is recruiting an Account Receivable - Cash Collection Specialist. Youll be the East coast counterpart of an international team of three.
This role can be based hybrid in our NYC office, or remotely from an EST time zone in the United States.
What youll do:
Handle daily operational activities related to Account Receivable (A/R) and cash-collection for all our legal entities:
Run and control the invoice interface from billing system to accounting
Be in charge of the customers payments reconciliation
Run the revenue recognition
Manage the aging balance and act on reducing the DSO
Calculate, control and analyse the doubtful customers
Participate in managing the processing fees (provide data to the billing team to identify and implement action plans)
Monitor assigned accounts to identify outstanding debts
Find and contact customers to inquire about their overdue payments, in close relationship with the sales teams
Book customers payments
Run and control the invoice interfaces from the billing system to the accounting
Analyse and control the data consistency , suggest improvements
Participate to the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close, reconciliations and reporting
Ensure A/R and cash collection policies, procedures and controls are documented and up to date
Provide VP Accounting, FP&A and CFO with any miscellaneous adhoc requested linked to A/R
Assist in building a scalable and efficient global accounting and finance function and take a leading role in the improvement of our accounting and financial systems for A/R and cash-collection matters (optimization and exploitation of NetSuite )
What youll bring:
A degree in Accounting or Finance highly preferred
Proven experience in an Accounts Receivable department and/or cash collection
Data oriented mindset: Excellent data collection and computing skills with meticulous attention to detail
Excel capabilities and Google Docs web application skills
Excellence in dealing and understanding IT systems : an important part of this position is to deal with various IT systems, and be able to identify and fix issues
Excellent organization skills : ability to plan and organize work so that it is efficient and effective
Previous experience working with an ERP, ideally Netsuite, is a plus
French and Spanish communication skills are a plus
Ability to liaise and collaborate in a multicultural environment