AR Accountant

• Generate/check accurate customer invoices based on approved orders and delivery documentation.
• Verify invoice details, including pricing, discounts, and taxes.
• Collaborate with sales and supply chain teams to resolve billing discrepancies promptly, ensuring seamless transaction processing.
• Efficiently apply customer payments to relevant accounts, reconciling received payments with outstanding invoices.
• Address discrepancies promptly, ensuring accurate and up-to-date financial records.
• Check payment processes to enhance efficiency and minimize errors.
• Monitoring overdue accounts, collaborate with local Credit team, when necessary contacting customers for payment, and assist in negotiating payment plans when necessary.
• Assist in tracking customer interactions and following up on payment commitments to minimize outstanding balances
• Assist in internal and external AR and credit audits.
• Ensure compliance with audit requirements, maintaining robust internal controls.
• Contribute to month-end and year-end close procedures, facilitating accurate financial reporting.
• Actively participating in process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness of AR operations.
• Identifying areas for automation, implementing best practices, and continuously optimizing workflows to improve productivity and reduce errors.
• Adhere strictly to AR service level agreements, meeting defined standards for processing time, accuracy, and quality.
• Maintain a high level of service delivery, ensuring customer satisfaction and timely resolution of queries.
• Maintain positive communication with internal teams and external clients.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues, ensuring clear understanding of AR processes.
• Address stakeholder inquiries promptly and professionally, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and customer service.
• Foster positive relationships to enhance teamwork and support the achievement of common goals. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or other area
• 2-3 years working in accounts payable
• Experience of working in shared services functions is required.
• Experience of working within regional teams in a matrix environment is advantageous
• English on professional level
• Good IT/excel skills, SAP and finance systems such as blackline, Concur is an advantage. 

• We will acknowledge your passionate and dedicated work by annual bonus and regular salary review.
• You can look forward to 28 days off every year
• As we are firm believers in a flexible way of working, don‘t expect a time clock in our office.
• Every year you will get a flexible benefits budget to spend based on your preferences.
• We‘d support you in planning your future so we will contribute to your pension plan, too.
• Beside the opportunity to work for some of the TOP brands within FMCG, you will also receive an annual budget to savor the delicious taste of our company products.

We are committed to nurturing a workplace where we celebrate and respect difference, and support everyone to be true to who they are! At Asahi Europe and International we believe you can SHINE AS YOU ARE - no matter your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We want to support you to be courageous in your individuality and to know that whoever you are and whatever your circumstances, you can belong with us without having to conform.