AR Specialist (6 Months Fixed Term)

Beiersdorf

Dubai, UAE

Ref: KP606-27

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

• AR aging analysis – analyze the aging of the accounts receivable balances by distributor. Follow up for payment transfers using this aging report.
• Document collection and letters of credit – maintenance of a tracker for documentary collection for distributors where this applies.
• Payment clearing – clear incoming payments against invoices in the respective distributor accounts.
• Sales order releases – releasing any sales orders that are blocked on request of the customer service team. Ensuring that the documentation is maintained for these releases.
• Debit note payment runs – analyze and approve biweekly payment runs for debit noted owed to the distributors.
• Customer master data – working closely with customer service team to ensure the correct payment terms are maintained in SAP.
• Credit limit update – develop the credit limit working on a quarterly basis. Get necessary approvals and work with Service provider to update the master data in SAP.
• Master data audit – monthly audit for any changes done in master data. Collect all necessary information from customer service or service provider.
• POD audit – collect the documentation for sample invoices from SAP. Work with customer service to get any missing documents.
• Balance confirmations – prepare monthly (top distributors) and quarterly (all distributors) balance confirmation letters for invoice and debit notes balances. Prepare reconciliations for the differences.
• Intercompany balance confirmations – work with service provider to get intercompany balances and recons. Ensure that all missing invoices are booked.
• Month end AR reports by commercial unit.
• Average payment tracker – maintain a report that shows the average time taken to pay off invoices
• MENA reports – reports to the management to show the status of AR on a monthly basis.

Requirements

• Bachelor from an accredited university with a focus on Business, Commerce or Finance
• Professional certification (e.g. CA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Attention to detail and problem-solving ability
• High proficiency in MS Office applications (esp. Excel)

About the Company

Every day, our global brand icons, such as NIVEA, Eucerin and Hansaplast, make more than 500 million consumers in over 70 countries feel good in their skin. Care for consumers and our people worldwide is what has driven us all the time. More than 130 years ago, we invented modern skin care, kept continuously innovating it and still have a clear business focus on it. This is what has made us today's No.1 skin care company in the world. Across the Middle East and North Africa, our brands hold many no. 1 market positions. We strive to reinforce these positions by growing in strategically selected markets and convincing our customers by continuously providing the latest product innovations. In this regard, we continue to count on intensive research, state-of-the-art technologies, perfect marketing strategies and above all our competent and dedicated employees.

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