Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are essential 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 unique career experiences and perspectives. Ranked #95 on the 2021 Fortune 500 list and with revenues of more than $35 billion, you’ll discover endless opportunities to grow a rewarding career as part of the world leader serving science.

How you will make an impact:

Seeking an Sr. Accounts Receivable Representative who will work independently to ensure transactional excellence related to Accounts Receivable. This role will require intermediate knowledge and experience.

They will partner with a broad number of external and internal business partners, such as Customers, Customer Services, IT, Commercial Sales, Commercial Finance, Accounts Payable and General Ledger Teams. 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:

Within the role of Sr. Accounts Receivable Representative, you will primarily be responsible for the following:

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

• Credit risk assessment on new and existing accounts, and periodic review with corrective action when needed.

• Assessment of orders on hold and orders release.

• Input invoices into portals as required.

• Work cross-functionally with FP&A, Commercial and Customer Services teams to resolve any outstanding discrepancies on invoices around pricing, short shipments, invalid PO numbers, billing method issues as well as support the sales team for increasing revenue whilst limiting risk.

• Assisting with cash allocation as and when required.

• Any other ad-hoc credit control related duties as requested by line management.

How you will get here:

Education

• 4 -5 GCSE’s or equivalent at Grade 4 or above (including Maths and English)

Experience

• 2-4 years of experience or Relevant working experience

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

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

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

• Knowledge and experience of accounting packages; competent in the use of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook

• Microsoft Excel skills (intermediate requirement)

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