OTC Billing Accountant (French / Italian)

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.

The OTC Billing Accountant supports end‑to‑end Order‑to‑Cash activities with a strong focus on collections, billing, cash forecasting, and credit management. The role works closely with Legal Entities, Sales, Project Management, and Finance stakeholders to optimize cash flow, manage credit risk, and drive process standardization across the Group.

Key Responsibilities

Billing & Invoicing

• Prepare and issue accurate customer invoices based on contracts, service agreements, and purchase orders.

• Review and reconcile billing data, ensuring timely invoice dispatch in compliance with customer and regulatory requirements (e.g. B2B e‑invoicing).

• Collaborate with Sales, Project Management, Customer Service, and Collections teams to resolve billing queries.

• Support intercompany billing, month‑end and year‑end close activities, including billing‑related journal entries and reconciliations.

• Ensure compliance with OTC controls, accounting policies, and regulatory requirements. Supporting internal and external audits.

Collections & Cash forecasting

• Perform structured follow‑ups with customers (phone/email) to ensure timely payments in line with contractual terms. Driving overdue reduction across assigned Legal Entities through proactive management of customer collections.

• Identify, analyze, and resolve payment‑impacting disputes, coordinating with PMs, Sales, and Local Finance to ensure timely resolution.

• Monitor AR performance, maintain accurate records, and perform AR, revenue, and ageing analysis.

• Participate in stakeholder meetings, propose corrective actions, and escalate AR‑related risks when required.

• Support cash forecasting by providing reliable AR data and trends, payment expectations and accurate information in systems

Credit Management

• Perform customer credit risk assessments using external credit tools and reports and recommend and monitor customer credit limits in line with internal policies.

• Monitor credit exposure, ensure timely reporting, and escalating risks as needed. Close collaboration with Sales and Local Finance to support effective credit decisions.

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• Solid financial background with hands‑on experience in Order‑to‑Cash processes, such as Billing, Cash Collections, and/or Credit Management. Experience in a Finance or Shared Services environment is a strong advantage.

• Experience within manufacturing, industrial, or project‑based environments is preferred.

• Robust knowledge and experience in billing processes is a plus.

• Fluent in English (written and spoken). Knowledge of French or Italian is a big plus.

• Strong understanding of the end‑to‑end Order‑to‑Cash cycle, including accounting principles, revenue recognition, and billing processes within Global Business Services or Finance Shared Services organizations.

• Highly proactive and ownership‑driven mindset: you anticipate issues, take initiative to resolve them, and follow through to completion without losing sight of priorities.

• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills, with a structured, data‑driven and continuous‑improvement (Lean) approach to challenges.

• Strong focus on ownership of results: reliability in execution and delivery on commitments.

• Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills; success in this role requires continuous interaction with project teams, Sales, and Finance stakeholders, including the ability to influence and align across teams.

• Experience working with ERP systems (e.g. SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, iScala or similar) is highly valued.

• Proficient in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

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