Accounts Receivable Associate

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:
•    Manage customer deductions, disputes, cost recoveries, and documentation requests for more sophisticated accounts, ensuring timely resolution and clear, professional communication with customers and distributors.
•    Apply customer payments and perform cash application activities with outstanding precision, including matching payments, recording deductions, and ensuring compliant AR postings across multiple payment methods.
•    Reconcile bank statements to ERP and general ledger accounts, investigating variances and resolving discrepancies in partnership with Finance and GL teams.
•    Take ownership of specific customer issues, serving as a point of escalation and providing appropriate, timely solutions to support customer satisfaction and cash flow objectives.
•    Review, analyze, and resolve deduction and cost recovery issues, evaluating disputes based on order details, product circumstances, pricing agreements, and policy requirements.
•    Coordinate cross‑functionally with Customer Service, Sales, Finance, Logistics, and Credit to ensure claims and disputes are thoroughly reviewed and resolved prior to settlement.
•    Support and mentor newer team members, providing guidance on complex accounts, deductions, and processes to ensure timely and accurate resolution.
•    Prepare AR reports to support month‑end close, including aging, revenue status, deductions, KPIs, and ad‑hoc analyses for month‑end, quarter‑end, year‑end, and audit requirements.
•    Participate in and help drive operational improvement and automation initiatives within the Transactional Services teams to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
•    Contribute to acquisition integration activities, supporting the alignment of AR processes, customer data, and controls for newly acquired entities.
•    Maintain compliance with nVent policies, internal controls, and applicable regulations, while supporting audits and internal control requirements.

 YOU HAVE:
•    Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience, preferred.

•    1+ year of experience in Finance or Accounting, including areas such as Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, Credit Management, Customer Support, Collections, or Litigation support.

•    Fluency in English (written and spoken).
•    Demonstrated experience handling more complex customer accounts, deductions, or reconciliations.

•    Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel (intermediate to advanced skills including PivotTables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, IF, COUNT).
•    High level of accuracy and attention to detail when managing customer accounts and financial data.
•    Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with customers and internal partners.
•    Proactive attitude with growing independence and responsibility.
•    Collaborative great teammate with the ability to mentor and support others while owning individual responsibilities.  

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.