Job Description

About Kerry

Kerry is the world\'s leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers\' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

Global Business Services (GBS) manages the financial processes for Kerry EMEA. Our multilingual and customer focused employees concentrate on supplying cost effective, compliant and value add services to ensure sustainable growth for Kerry. Here in GBS, we work alongside our site colleagues to support the following services; Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Site Support, MDG, Finance and Inter-Company invoice processing.

GBS AR Account Executive will report into AR Team Lead. In charge of collection of overdue debt and resolving issue on the invoices. He/She needs to build rapport with the internal and external customer to get result at the end of the day. He/She needs to ensure the payment are properly allocated based on the customer remittance.

Key responsibilities

• All aspects of collections regarding debtors ledger.
• Resolving customer financial queries via phone, email, fax
• Inbound and outbound calls
• Liaising with market contacts regarding customer queries
• Managing overdue payments
• Managing unapplied cash, requesting remittance advices
• Resolve discrepancies (bank, business, customer contact)
• Prepare and dispatch dunning letters/statements
• Receive and give inputs to initiate legal / insurance actions
• Provide support to AR Team Leader for credit control activities as required
• Ensuring all Associate activities are compliant to audit requirements
• Documenting all collection activity
• Escalation and follow through of any issues occurring
• Reporting and Process improvement

• Candidate must possess at least a university degree in accounting, commerce, finance and/ or a professional accountancy qualification.
• Minimum 0-2 years of working experience in a Deductions / Credit Review related job function
• Excellent numeric and accuracy skills
• Processing of cash to the customer accounts for all methods of payment (Cashier)
• Cash application for all methods of payment
• Positive and pro-active attitude
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Work on own initiative, recognizing potential problems and seeking solutions
• Work under pressure whilst remaining calm and patient
• Excellent understanding and daily use of High Radius, SAP and Excel

• Customer Focus: Building Strong Customer Relationships and Delivering Customer Centric Solutions
• Ensures Accountability: Holding Self and Others Accountable to meet Commitments
• Drives Results : Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
• Collaborates : Building Partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Builds Effective Teams : Building Strong - identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
• Instills Trust: Gaining the Confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity and authenticity

• Able to handle tight timeline and flexible to work late (during close period)
• Positive attitude, team player and able to work under pressure to meet tight deadline.
• Good command of written and spoken English.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, problem solving, time management, attention to detail and accuracy, work under pressure.
• Self-motivated and attentive to details with strong initiative.

Kerry Group