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><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 &amp; Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy &amp; 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 /><b>How you will make an impact:</b><br />Seeking a Credit and Collections 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 &amp; Commercial Finance Team, Product Management, Accounting, Rebate Teams, Compliance &amp; 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 /><b>What you will do:</b><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 />• Perform customer maintenance per limits of authority as the need arises.<br />• Provide payment information to customers and arrange payments for current and past due invoices.<br />• Input invoices into portals as required.<br />• Prepare journal voucher, ensure timely closing of AR module<br />• Work cross-functionally with FP&amp;A, Commercial and Customer Services teams to resolve any outstanding discrepancies on AR<br />• Participate in trainings to engage non-finance teams in finance related compliance and processes<br />• Assist in establishing and maintaining appropriate internal controls to ensure 100% SOX compliance<br />• Collaborate closely with internal and external auditors, prepare audit schedules and ensure compliance to SOX and statutory requirements<br />• Other related duties as required and/or assigned<br /><br /><b>How you will get here:</b><br /><br /><b>Requirements</b><br />• High School Diploma or equivalent<br />• 4 years of experience in B2B collections, credit control, or equivalent combination of education and experience<br /><br /><b>Knowledge, Skills, Abilities</b><br />• Ability to quickly learn organization specific computer applications, ability to learn accounting principles<br />• Good spoken and written communication skills are required to collaborate with various partners<br />• Microsoft Excel skills (intermediate requirement)<br />• High attention to detail and accuracy as data entry is a critical component of role</p><p><br /><b>Travel Requirements</b><br />• Less than 10%</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>