French Accounts Receivable Controller
- Recruiter
- Integris
- Location
- Denner Hill
- Posted
- 10 Jul 2018
- Closes
- 23 Aug 2018
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
Global Organisation urgently requires a fluent French speaking Accounts Receivable Controller to join their team. Reporting to the European Accounts Receivable Manager, the role is to support the sales process through the monitoring of customer accounts and to ensure appropriate information is used to manage credit exposure within the European region.
Duties of the French Accounts Receivable Controller include:
- Processing manual invoices and supporting sales transactions, through review of credit exposure and risk.
- Debt Collection for Europe, liaising with Customers and internally to resolve debt queries promptly and professionally.
- Cash Forecasts, Aged Debtor Reporting. Management of bad debt and DSO’s.
- Documentation and process control of all activities in compliance with internal controls.
- Ad hoc Operational & Finance requests from Senior Management.
- Build close working relationships with other Finance departments, Customer Service and Sales Managers
- Adhere to a close timetable for month and quarter end
- Actively supporting integration activities from acquisitions
- Flexibility to cover team members when required
Experience & Skills Required for Accounts Receivable Controller:
Essential- Minimum of 3 years relevant experience within a similar role
- Experienced accounts controller with sound technical skills
- Experience and or knowledge of activities in compliance with internal controls.
- Excellent communication skills in a second European Language (oral and written) French
- Experience of working with a fully integrated ERP system.
- Intermediate knowledge of Excel, Word & Outlook
- Flexibility with work patterns around quarter-and month-end required
- Ability to multi-task and prioritise
- Good team player
- Good problem solving skills
- Good organisation and planning ability
Desirable
- Previous Experience of Oracle Financial Systems
- An appreciation of Sarbanes Oxley
- Previous Experience of working in a multi-national environment
- Previous Finance Shared Service Centre experience