Credit and Collections Representative

<p style="text-align:left"><b>Work Schedule</b></p>Standard (Mon-Fri)<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Environmental Conditions</b></p>Office<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><u>Job Description</u></b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>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. <br/><br/>How you will make an impact:<br/><br/>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)<br/><br/>Seeking a Senior Accounts Receivable Representative to be a master of the accounts Receivable process and to ensure transactional excellence related to Accounts Receivable.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>What you will do:<br/><br/>• Collect invoices (Pre-call/prepare/send statements with current invoices), call on past due invoices, problem solve disputes with the customer and sales team.<br/><br/>• Perform customer maintenance per limits of authority as the need arises.<br/><br/>• Provide payment information to customers and arrange payments for current and past due invoices.<br/><br/>• Input invoices into portals as required.<br/><br/>• Prepare journal voucher, ensure timely closing of AR module<br/><br/>• Work cross-functionally with FP&A, Commercial and Customer Services teams to resolve any outstanding discrepancies on AR<br/><br/>• Participate in trainings to engage non-finance teams in finance related compliance and processes<br/><br/>• Assist in establishing and maintaining appropriate internal controls to ensure 100% SOX compliance<br/><br/>• Collaborate closely with internal and external auditors, prepare audit schedules and ensure compliance to SOX and statutory requirements<br/><br/>• Other related duties as required and/or assigned<br/><br/>How you will get here:<br/><br/>Requirements<br/><br/>• High School Diploma or equivalent<br/><br/>• 4 years of experience in B2B collections, credit control, or equivalent combination of education and experience<br/><br/>Knowledge, Skills, Abilities<br/><br/>• Ability to quickly learn organization specific computer applications, ability to learn accounting principles<br/><br/>• Good spoken and written communication skills are required to collaborate with various partners<br/><br/>• Microsoft Excel skills (intermediate requirement)<br/><br/>• High attention to detail and accuracy as data entry is a critical component of role<br/><br/>Travel Requirements<br/><br/>• Less than 10%<br/><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>