Finance Specialist

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The Finance Specialist plays a crucial role in streamlining the financial operations. You will manage AR customer and AP vendor account groups, maintain vendor bank records, and handle credit applications, including detailed data preparation and credit checks. Your role involves setting and maintaining credit limits and payment terms, analyzing credit histories, and initiating corrective actions when necessary. Additionally, you'll develop reporting and analysis tools, automate workflows, and support various business functions with planning and performance management. This position is an excellent opportunity to apply your financial analysis skills and contribute to our organization's success.

 

 

 

About the position
              The Finance Specialist plays a crucial role in streamlining the financial operations. You will manage AR customer and AP vendor account groups, maintain vendor bank records, and handle credit applications, including detailed data preparation and credit checks. Your role involves setting and maintaining credit limits and payment terms, analyzing credit histories, and initiating corrective actions when necessary. Additionally, you'll develop reporting and analysis tools, automate workflows, and support various business functions with planning and performance management. This position is an excellent opportunity to apply your financial analysis skills and contribute to our organization's success.

Key Tasks:

• Update newly created AR customer and AP vendor account groups
• Create and maintain bank account records for vendors
• Review credit applications, and prepare data and conduct credit checks for further evaluation
• Gather information and prepare/submit credit application to corporate HQ and on behalf of counties (when corporate HQ approval is required) 
• Setting up and maintain credit limit/ payment term of new/existing clients in finance system centrally (base on approval) 
• Analyze and assess the credit history of existing clients, review credit limit utilization status and follow up with countries if any corrective actions
• Build reporting and analysis tools based on different input sources
• Prepare and distribute reports
• Develop digital solutions to automate workflow
• Create easy-to-use reporting tools based on conceptual inputs
• Support different functions with business planning, accounting, performance management

Skills and Competencies:

• Customer-oriented, focused on results
• Proficient with MS Excel, PowerBI, and Office 365 applications
• Communication of complex subjects concisely and understandable
• Finance and accounting 
• Lead execution of initiatives, ensuring a high-quality bar, timely delivery, and attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure and deal with tight deadlines with high energy and resilience
• Self-motivated

Educational Background / Work expérience:

• University / Bachelor's degree in finance and international logistics/freight forwarding
• 2 years of work experience preferred in an international environment
• Experience in finance and accounting desirable

Language Skills:

Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Other languages (written and spoken) beneficial

Computer Literacy:

• Microsoft Office Suites
• Microsoft Excel – advanced skills
• Power BI knowledge
• Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Basic skills in AI prompting

Inclusion and social diversity are firmly anchored values in our corporate culture. Regardless of gender, age, any disabilities, religion, ethnic origin or sexual identity: We are looking forward to meeting you!

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