Supervisor, Accounts Receivable

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

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:

Seeking an Accounts Receivable Supervisor who will be responsible for the Accounts Receivable addition they will find opportunities to optimize processes and eliminate process inefficiencies and redundancies.

They will ensure there is documentation of workflow and work instructions of the process. Review policies and procedures to implement standard methodologies and improve internal control safeguards and SOX compliance.

What you will do:

This position has supervisory/administrative responsibility for development of staff members including hiring performance development and annual review disciplinary actions mentor and counseling personal development and career advancement & succession planning

Prepares and supervises all statistics and reporting and ensures timely and accurate compliance with schedules and metrics

Provides daily interaction training direction and oversight of staff activities to ensure coordination accuracy and timely delivery of work outputs

Supervise team members to maximize success in achieving team goals for Cash targets DSO and any other metrics

Perform Accounts Receivables duties in line with the companys credit policies and procedures

Work closely with key partners to drive proper revenue recognition by ensuring that transactions are accurately recorded in accordance with policies in the accurate accounting periods

Review monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliations and financial reporting packages

Work cross-functionally with FP&A Commercial and Customer Services teams to resolve any outstanding discrepancies on AR

Participate in trainings to engage non-finance teams in finance related compliance and processes

Assist in establishing and maintaining appropriate internal controls to ensure 100% SOX compliance

Participate in various finance projects and initiatives to drive improvements in execution

How you will get here:

Requirements

Bachelors Degree plus 5 years of experience in accounts receivable credit or collections

Minimum of 2 years in team leadership roles

Knowledge Skills Abilities

Good knowledge in Microsoft Office suite especially in MS Word and Excel and in ERP systems (i.e. SAP)

Effective training skills and team building capabilities for rapid ramp-up of functional tasks within area of responsibility

Shown leadership skills; strong oral and written communication presentation and conflict resolution

Experience leading continuous process improvement projects leading to significant time or bottom line savings

Effective written and verbal communication skills ability to work with all levels of management tailoring message appropriately for recipients

Ability to develop professional relationships with peers and upper management

Demonstrate basic visualization communication methods for leaders

Communicate analysis and recommendations in concise informative manner

Demonstrate an understanding of the flow of information and materials through the organization

Takes advantage of opportunities to learn about business strategy and goals through business relationships

Questions status quo and looks for opportunities for improvement

Travel Requirements

Less than 10%

Compensation