Credit and Collections Representative

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are important 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 outstanding career experiences and perspectives.

How you will make an impact:

xx (division/bu) is a xx business within xx Group, which offers xx (main products) serving xx market. (High level description of business, growth, why it’s an attractive opportunity in this business)

Seeking a Senior Accounts Receivable Representative to be a master of the accounts Receivable process and to ensure transactional excellence related to Accounts Receivable.

They will partner with a broad number of external and internal business partners, such as Customers, Commercial & Commercial Finance Team, Product Management, Accounting, Rebate Teams, Compliance & Audit. 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:

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

• Perform customer maintenance per limits of authority as the need arises.

• Provide payment information to customers and arrange payments for current and past due invoices.

• Input invoices into portals as required.

• Prepare journal voucher, ensure timely closing of AR module

• Work cross-functionally with FP&A, Commercial and Customer Services teams to resolve any outstanding discrepancies on AR

• Participate in trainings to engage non-finance teams in finance related compliance and processes

• Assist in establishing and maintaining appropriate internal controls to ensure 100% SOX compliance

• Collaborate closely with internal and external auditors, prepare audit schedules and ensure compliance to SOX and statutory requirements

• Other related duties as required and/or assigned

How you will get here:

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent

• 4 years of experience in B2B collections, credit control, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

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

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

• Microsoft Excel skills (intermediate requirement)

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

Travel Requirements

• Less than 10%