AR Specialist

(1 year fix term contract with opportunity to extend)

Typical Accountabilities

• Monitoring and analyzing customers’ receivables
• Responsible for ensuring that customer debts are collected in line with contracted payment terms and in accordance with Credit Policy
• Maintain good working relationships with business partners
• Contacting customers by phone, email or F2F to discuss the issues
• Cooperation with regional market access team, customer service and sales department
• Generating ideas pool to improve collections
• Ensuring compliance with debt collection process and procedures
• Recommending refinancing of overdue debts and participating in negotiations with customers
• Reconciling incoming debt collection payments
• Preparing AR/collection reports
• Handling of customer queries re debt collection
• Analyzing financial position of customer and recommending level of credit limits

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential

• High level of communication skills
• Good negotiation skills
• Analytical skills and attention to details
• Organizational skills and ability to deal with competing priorities

• Experience Essential: Min. 5 years of AR / Collections experience

Desirable

• Knowledge of pharma industry

Key Relationships to reach solutions

Internal (to AZ or team) : Functional team members across the global organisation, Business Managers, Finance Professionals, ISMO CFO’s, SET area Finance Directors, Group Legal

External (to AZ): Customers, Legal Firms, Banks, External Advisors with defined accountabilities.

Next Steps – Apply today!
 
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