AR & Collections Specialist (Fixed-term contract)

Requisition Number: 201499

External Description:

As a junior accountant within the European Finance Centre, you will play a key role in providing accounting services to our Teradata organization in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Working with the Manager and other team members, you will be responsible for the delivery of accurate and timely accounting information. This will often involve close collaboration with other specialized departments.

Key Responsibilities
Collection Activities:
• Proactively manage collection of debt on assigned country portfolio, using established business rules, processes and methodology
• Timely resolution of queries / disputes, via liaison with both the external customer and our internal customers (Business Units, Sales, Billing Teams, Treasury)
• Prioritise and manage a challenging workload, whilst maintaining high levels of professionalism and customer satisfaction
• Ensure that all communications – both internal and external are accurately documented
• Daily / Weekly / Monthly reporting and account reconciliations
• Working to strict monthly targets as assigned by the EMEA Collections Manager
• Work with the team’s Legal Specialist in the preparation of files for debt collection agencies / legal action
• Work as part of the Collections team to drive best practice in Collections activities, to improve DSO and cash-flow, and minimise ageing debt
• Month end reporting and reconciliations

Accounts Receivable Activities:
• Ensure that all unresolved / unidentified receipts are closed on a timely basis
• Raising of manual invoices relating to country- specific requirements, on an ad hoc basis
• Manual Journal and adjustment postings (Refunds, Tax Adjustments, Bank Charges, Discounts, Small Amount Write offs)
• Month-End Activities – including cash reconciliations and reporting

Education:
Candidates must ideally have a Bachelor degree or equivalent in Finance

Desirable Qualifications and Experience:
• 2+ years in a similar related role
• Fluent in English and German as you will have ownership of the German ledger
• Knowledge of MS Office
• Experience working with a virtual and offshore teams.

CountryEEOText_Description:

City: Dublin

State: Leinster

Community / Marketing Title: AR & Collections Specialist (Fixed-term contract)

Job Category: Finance

Company Profile:

Our Company

At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. That’s why we built the most complete cloud analytics and data platform for AI. By delivering harmonized data, trusted AI, and faster innovation, we uplift and empower our customers—and our customers’ customers—to make better, more confident decisions. The world’s top companies across every major industry trust Teradata to improve business performance, enrich customer experiences, and fully integrate data across the enterprise.

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