We are looking for a candidate to join our team as AR Accountant for IDG business units based in Europe.

For more than five decades IDG and its businesses have been at the forefront of every major shift in the technology market, providing critical insights for tech suppliers and buyers. Our vision is to make the world a better place through technology. Through our global brands we offer proprietary data, innovative platforms, and trusted content.

We are a global Quote to Cash team, where your contributions will truly make an impact.

• Maintaining accounts receivables for EMEA customers: from sales orders, billing, payment allocation to reporting
• Setuping new customers in the accounting system
• Assessing customers’ financial liquidity
• Ensuring customers are billed on time
• Monitoring financial aspects in contracts
• Contacting sales managers to obtain missing information
• Issueing invoices and credit notes
• Submitting invoices through email/ client portals
• Ensuring bad debt write offs, match offs, credits, and refunds are processed
• Posting and reconciling incoming payments
• Processing accounts reconciliations and confirmations
• Preparing reports: receivables aging, sales, cash forecast, intercompany reports and confirm balances with local entities.
• Collecting past due receivables through dunning letter, emails and telephone
• Solving collection issues e.g. billing disputes
• Negotiating payment schedules, advance payments

Other development areas:

• Responding to customer and sales team queries
• Taking active role in quote to cash process improvements
• Assisting with audit queries
• Supporting the team and manager with other tasks/reporting/projects
• Strong collaboration with finance teams across different IDG business units
• Assisting with implementation of new processes and software implementations

• Bachelor Degree, preferably in Finance, Accounting or similar
• 1-2 years of experience in accounts receivable positions
• Very good command of English, other languages will be a plus
• Working knowledge of ERP, preferable Microsoft Dynamics
• Proficient in MS Office package, in particular Excel
• Client service oriented with the ability to build strong positive team relationships
• Solid organizational and multitasking skills
• Attention to detail and ability to prioritize
• Strong communication skills
• Processes improvement mindset
• Work independently
• Positive, proactive person, with can-do attitude, driven to learn and collaborate to achieve teams’ goals

Perks of the role we offer

• You will play a key role in shaping our team and its processes
• You will have opportunities for continuous learning and growth potential
• You will work with a group of colleagues that support each other and have fun together!

Benefits

• Flexible work hours and home office (1-2 days in the office per week)
• Medical care
• Multisport card- partial reimbursement

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