Accounts Receivable Analyst

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

College, university, or equivalent degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field equivalent related work experience required.

Experience:

• Prepares analyses and reports for the accounts receivable team; makes recommendations for changes to methods and processes based on the analyses prepared.
• Prepares statistical reporting, including financial performance, variance explanations, and cost analysis.
• Resolves moderately complex accounts receivable and credit issues and problems.
• Builds and maintains relationships with external customers, other Finance disciplines and work teams.

Competencies:

• US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - Evaluates US accounting standards to record transactions in compliance with requirements and company policies; assesses the accounting requirements and objectives to determine the implications on the business and communicate to stakeholders with varying financial knowledge.
• Business Partnering - Collaborates with stakeholders and develops partnerships to drive performance that aligns to organizational goals and strategies; influences the organization by demonstrating knowledge of the business to provide guidance to support the decision making process and guiding the business towards positive results and organizational alignment; evaluates business environment using measures to mitigate risk and capitalize on opportunities.
• Financial Analysis - Interprets financial data by analysing trends, variances, opportunities and risks to provide insight to stakeholders regarding financial impact to drive business improvement; evaluates financial results against targets to communicate conclusions to all stakeholders; ensures integrity of financial data by investigating variances and determining corrective actions to resolve identified issues.
• Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Nimble learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
• Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Self-development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.