Senior AR Specialist with Portuguese

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This position reports to

Accounts Receivable Team Leader

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to process accounting transactions for the Accounts Receivable team in a complete, accurate, and timely manner, ensuring compliance with internal guidelines and procedures, and external regulatory requirements. Each day, you will perform necessary activities within the Accounts Receivables team to ensure accurate and timely reporting. You will also showcase your expertise by handling the end-to-end processing of accounts receivables, including verifying and reconciling incoming invoices, ensuring accuracy, and addressing discrepancies in a timely manner.

In this position you will work from 14 to 22. The work model for the role is: hybrid

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Processing Accounts Receivable transactions, such as cash application and internal trade payments, and ensuring accurate and timely reporting
• Conducting analyses and initiating the appropriate action as necessary
• Complying with and helping to achieve Internal Control over Financial Reporting compliance in Accounts Receivable for applicable templates
• Participating in internal control testing and preparing relevant documentation
• Collaborating closely with your customers and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that they stay informed; maximizing customer satisfaction
• Supporting the development and implementation of processes and driving improvement projects to increase efficiency and productivity of your team’s activities
• Acting as a functional mentor and helping junior colleagues grow

Qualifications for the role

• You are highly skilled in Accounts Receivable, having at least 4 years of experience in this field within a Finance Shared Services environment, preferably for a global company.
• You demonstrate an advanced understanding of financial accounting, reporting, controlling and internal control.
• Your proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, is strong.
• You possess extensive SAP user knowledge, with experience in FSCM being a strong advantage.
• Your business English and Portuguese skills are excellent, both in written and verbal communication.
• You have a process and customer service orientation, particularly in the Order-to-Cash domain.
• Your organizational and analytical skills are very good.
• You excel in coordination, attention to detail, and problem-solving.