Accounts Receivable Specialist - Karachi (Rapid)
EY
- Karachi, Sindh
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Being responsible for AR ledgers of a group of countries in the region:
- Interacting with AR Cash application team to provide them with accurate information on the required allocation of certain client payments
- Using your communication skills and process knowledge to obtain payment information from onshore finance teams and client serving teams
- Following and developing a protocol to enable payment identification and timely allocation and using your problem-solving skills to try and build sustainable solutions to removing obstacles related to the payment allocation process
- Proactively monitor unapplied cash and on account payments, conduct the necessary research to identify and apply these, and assist in cash application corrections
- Investigate and resolve internal engagement team's queries regarding allocation, reallocation, and checking of remittance in the bank statement
- Working on client's refund by obtaining necessary approvals and other process documents, coordinating with the firm's AP department to ensure a timely resolution
- Interacting with the firm's IFM department to resolve payment allocation issues related to interfirm accounts
- Process and ways of working development: constantly seeking better ways of working across the client engagement-to-cash lifecycle and working with engagement teams, the cash application team and other finance teams to help improve their processes and practices
- Generating customer statements, balance confirmations etc; Working with client AP departments around account reconciliations
- Communication skills: able to communicate effectively with other internal teams and stakeholders
- Problem solving mindset: Able to constructively challenge existing approaches; Ability to influence local teams, internal functions and client organizations
- Organization & Prioritization skills
- Numeracy, MS Excel / SAP
- Good knowledge of collections systems and tools
- Appropriate language skills
- Graduate or higher degree in finance, business or related field
- 3+ years of finance experience, with particular emphasis on accounts receivable, cash application, billing and collections
- Experience using SAP
- For internal candidate a knowledge of our engagement lifecycle with an understanding of our cash application processes
- Drive to identify root cause issues and support remediation efforts, through a relentless problem-solving ethos
- An understanding of service offerings in a professional services environment
- Experience of deploying new tools and ways of working into remote teams
- Experience of continuous improvement methodologies and leveraging them in a dynamic environment
- Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
- Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
- Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
- Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.