Accounting/Auditing
Order To Cash AR Accountant
Sucafina
Full-time, Mid-Senior Level
Remote: No
Company Description
The Company:
You will have the opportunity to work for one of the most dynamic coffee companies out there and commit to Sucafina’s purpose by playing a leading role in reshaping the industry and creating sustainable value for all stakeholders. Today, with more than 1,200 employees in 32 countries, the Group is a key and growing player in the coffee world. With its main trading base in Geneva, Sucafina sources coffee, often directly from farmers, to provide its partners with sustainable value across the global supply chain.
What are we looking for:
We are looking for entrepreneurs, techies, passionate, eager to learn, humble, with a positive attitude and a high level of integrity People. Flexible and willing to take challenges, work and live in coffee-producing countries, People who want to build expertise and a career in the coffee business and are ready to go the extra mile.
What we offer:
We offer within our pleasant family environment, great opportunities to learn and grow, we offer challenges and exposure to a multicultural environment, on-merit base compensation, and free coffee around the clock!
Job Description
Job Title-Order to Cash Accountant
Reports to-Team Leader Order to Cash
Department-Finance Shared Service Centre
Summary of the role
The incumbent will be part of a team responsible for performing tasks within the Order to Cash process (Accounts Receivable), as well as your involvement in the month end closing process and some other specific accounting activities. The performance should meet the requirements defined in the SLA/KPI’s (timely, accurate).
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Booking and allocation of payments received from clients.
- Assist with revenue downloading and reconciliation with invoicing system.
- Correct booking of money collected through petty cash.
- Follow up on unapplied and unidentified payments from clients.
- Correct treatment of COD (Cash on Delivery) accounts.
- Ensure Credit Notes and Invoices are properly offset.
- Create direct debits in the system and send them to the bank
- Liaise with the collections team for the allocation of payments and any other inquiries if needed.
- Cooperate with collections team based in country / affiliate.
- Process outstanding transactions related to Accounts Receivable pending on the bank reconciliation; perform AR reconciliations.
- The credit management accountant is accountable for the granting of credit, including the consistent application of the SUCAFINA credit policy, periodic credit reviews of existing customers, and the assessment of the credit worthiness of potential customers.
- Responding to inquiries from business / customers and resolving issues.
- Assist with AR sub-ledger close process and other Month End activities (Bad debt provision)
- Ensure monthly checklists are completed by the month end and signed off by Team Leader / Team Leader.
- Assuring compliance and quality control review
- Cooperating with other team members to ensure that the Africa Finance Cluster is meeting or exceeding performance levels
- Ensuring compliance with applicable rules, policies and procedures
- Other tasks as assigned
Job Qualifications
Qualifications, Experience and Competencies
- Business related University Degree (Finance & Accounting) from a recognized University.
- At least 4 years’ experience in a relevant finance function
- Professional finance/accounting qualifications (CPA/ACCA)
- Organized, with good administrative skills, ability to adapt quickly and demonstrate flexibility, able to work independently and a strong team player, customer service oriented, Good analytical and problem-solving skills, positive learning attitude and detail oriented
- Focus on achieving results and continuous improvement
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Experience (intermediate level) in working with MS Office applications (Excel, Word, Power Point)
- Knowledge of SAP is a plus