Job Title: Cash Application Specialist
Location: Chennai
Market: ISC (Indian subcontinent)
Shift: Regular
Mandatory Language: Fluent English and Hindi - both written and spoken
About the Job:
As Cash Application Specialist you will join Philips Accounting Operations team. On daily basis you will have a chance to take an active role in helping to form our new centralized cash applications team and the accounting and reconciliation activities that relate. This work all supports our existing team of Collections Specialists who are responsible for cash collections with a defined group of major/key customer accounts at Philips by maintaining excellent relationships with our customers internal finance leadership and cross-functional business partners.
Your role:
Daily retrieval of bank activity (ACH wire lockbox and credit card) and ERP receipt activity and post payments to customer accounts
Daily posting of cash receipts as well as SAP coding of deductions taken by customer as per remittance detail provided by customer/collections team
Daily and monthly reconciliations against monthly bank statements identifying and resolving reconciliation items on customer accounts
Process offsets to clear matched debits and credits on customer accounts
Manage the Unapplied Cash report and work with Collections to identify solutions to unreconciled cash items
Providing indirect leadership to cash applications internal finance leadership and cross-functional business partners related to cash management best practices
Support and contribute to accounts receivable accounting lean process improvements
Drive improvements in process automation
Youre the right fit if:
Bachelors degree or equivalent or vocational Education in finance accounting business administration economics
Minimum 2 years to 5 years of experience in Cash Application high volume environment; experience in Accounts Receivable Management and/or Collections is considered a plus
Experience in SAP system knowledge of Autobank is considered a plus
Analytical skills proficient in MS Excel
Fluent English and Hindi - both written and spoken
Customer service focus
Determination to achieve excellent results
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
Onsite roles require full-time presence in the companys facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the companys main facilities generally at the customers or suppliers locations.
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About Philips
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If youre interested in this role and have many but not all of the experiences needed we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.
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