Junior Executive, Accounts Receivable

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General Responsibilities

• Support manager in managing day-to-day operating expenditures against operating budgets to ensure efficient usage of resources.
• Implement credit policy, processes and internal controls to ensure governance over the credit control/collections function.
• Conduct new customers' financial background and reference checks to verify creditworthiness. Provide check results to facilitate decisions on credit limit assignments.
• Track the credit and collection history of existing customers. Analyze customers' payment performance and check for potential credit risks to mitigate potential payment defaults.
• Follow-up on payments due and check against assigned credit limit/credit policy. Highlight potential debt recovery issues and suggest solutions to recover debts.
• Coordinate activities related to renegotiation of customer payment plans and reassignment of credit limits to ensure recoverability of debts.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives to streamline existing credit control processes and improve efficiencies through a better utilization of automated systems.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders in monitoring collections (e.g. days sales outstanding, monthly collection targets, etc.) and resolving customer payment issues.
• Work closely with customers on collections and reconciliation of balances to ensure accurate and timely recovery of payments.
• Support daily operation including order releasing.
• Download the claims from retailers portal, allocate the cost by client, uploading to Exceedra for BU to validate the claims.
• Follow-up on dispute A&P cases, Credit Note and Refund status from BU/Customer.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives to streamline existing A&P processes and improve efficiencies through a better utilization of automated systems.
• Work closely with internal BU/AR in monitoring Clearing A&P issues, update A&P matrix if any movement in BU.
• Coordinate activities related to overdue aging in main account, WID & U aging, propose charge to PnL.
• Track the AR main account parking (R13) amount have been deducted on payment, check with BPO/Customer for the documents or details status to clear the park amount.

Functional Skills and Knowledge

• Demonstrate good working knowledge and understanding of the business and industry.
• Demonstrate good working knowledge and application of local/international accounting standards, principles and practices; credit control experience is preferred.
• Proven hands-on experience in SAP accounting applications is an advantage.
• Demonstrate basic research and analytical skills.
• Demonstrate proficiencies in office productivity tools (e.g. Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
• Demonstrate fluency in local language and ideally in English, both written and spoken.

Education

Degree or professional qualification in Accounting/Finance or a related discipline.

Work Experience

Up to two years' experience in a similar role.

DKSH’s purpose is to enrich people’s lives. For nearly 160 years, we have been marketing, selling, and distributing high-quality products and brands for multinational and Fortune 500 companies. Through our Business Units Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Performance Materials, and Technology, we deliver sustainable growth for our partners. We contribute to improving the quality of life for our employees and people in the local communities in which we operate. Headquartered in Switzerland, DKSH is publicly listed and operates in 36 markets across Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America. We employ over 29,000 specialists and produced net sales of CHF 11.1 billion in 2023.