Accounts Receivable Representative II

Work Schedule

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Job Description

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:

RSD Canada is a distribution business within Customer Channel Group, which offers Scientific products serving Canada market. Seeking an Collections representative who will be an integral part of RSD Canada finance team to support the delivery of our near and long-term financial goals
We are seeking an Accounts Receivable Representative II who will work independently to ensure transactional excellence related to Accounts Receivable. This role will require intermediate knowledge and experience.
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.
• Work cross-functionally with FP&A, Commercial and Customer Services teams to resolve any outstanding discrepancies on AR
• 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
• 1 year of accounts receivable, collections, or related financial 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%

Compensation