Regional Senior Associate, Cross Border (Finance Operations)

Regional Senior Associate, Cross Border (Finance Operations)

The role exists with a main objective of providing visibility of AR collections for the business unit. The Finance Operations Senior Associate is expected to work with various stakeholders from local finance to operation teams to ensure that shippers’ disputes are resolved and AR is collected timely. You would also be assisting with regards to alignment of new finance flows across the different countries, finance operation improvement to streamline existing processes, preparation of month end billing files and monitoring of Aged Receivables. The Senior Associate is expected to guide junior members of the team in the execution of BAU tasks, AR collections and is responsible for finance process improvement projects under their care. The outputs of this position play a vital role in ensuring that our business and financial management controls and operations are effective, efficient and accurate.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring timely collections of aged receivables and adherence to COD offset processes by local finance.
• Monitor shipper payment receipts to determine poor paymasters.
• Take lead in meetings with local finances with regards to AR processes and alignment matters.
• Provide guidance to junior members of the team in the execution of BAU tasks.
• Assist with the structuring of intercompany finance and billing flows for cross border related deals.
• Assist with the standardization and categorization of existing billing flows.
• Assist with the improvement of existing finance flows.
• Responsible for the documentation and regular maintenance/update of finance processes for customer facing SOPs.
• Preparation of month end billing for cross border related revenue billings.
• Manage communication flow and accounting instructions with local finance for cross border related vendor invoices.
• Ensure vendors are paid within credit terms.
• Responsible for timely and accurate preparation of customer billings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy or Finance.
• Bilingual in both English and Mandarin to manage Mandarin-speaking stakeholders.
• At least 4 years of relevant working experience in an Accounting or Finance related function.
• Detail oriented.
• Confident and effective communication skills, both written and oral.
• Demonstrated experience in executing complex multi-stakeholder commercial projects.
• Exposure to working across geographies, teams and individuals of different cultures.