Sr Accounts Receivable Representative

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are important to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives.

How you will make an impact:

Fisher Scientific SAS is a Reseach & Safety business within Customer Channel Group.

Seeking an Accounts Receivable Representative III who is a master of transactional excellence related to Accounts Receivable. This role will require master level knowledge and experience. They will partner with a broad number of external and internal business partners, such as Customers, Commercial & Commercial Finance Team, Product Management, Accounting, Rebate Teams, Compliance & Audit. The focus is on driving day to day collections activities to achieve collection efficiency, percent past due, DSO and bad debt goals.

What you will do:

• Collect invoices (Pre-call/prepare/send statements with current invoices), call on past due invoices, problem solve disputes with the customer and sales team.

• Perform customer maintenance per limits of authority as the need arises.

• Provide payment information to customers and arrange payments for current and past due invoices.

• Input invoices into portals as required.

• Timely and accurate application of incoming cash receipts from customers

• Work cross-functionally with FP&A, Commercial and Customer Services teams to resolve any outstanding discrepancies on AR

• Collaborate closely with internal and external auditors, prepare audit schedules and ensure compliance to SOX and statutory requirements

• Other related duties as required and/or assigned

How you will get here:

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent

• 2 years experience in accounts receivable, collections, or related financial role

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Ability to quickly learn organization specific computer applications, ability to learn accounting principles

• Good spoken and written communication skills are required to collaborate with various partners

• Microsoft Excel skills (intermediate requirement)

• High attention to detail and accuracy as data entry is a critical component of role

Travel Requirements

• Less than 10%