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 AR regarding Credit and Order Management and Billing
• Inbound and outbound calls
• Liaising with market contacts regarding customer queries, Credit Reviews, Order releases and Billing issues
• Provide support to AR Team Leader for credit control activities as required
• Ensuring all Associate activities are compliant to audit requirements
• Documenting all Credit Reviews, Order releases and Billing issues
• Escalation and follow through of any issues occurring
• Reporting and Process improvement

Qualifications and skills

• Candidate must possess at least a university degree in accounting, commerce, finance and/ or a professional accountancy qualification.
• Minimum 6 months to 3 years of working experience in a Billings / Deductions and Dispute
• Excellent numeric and accuracy skills
• 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 Excel, SAP is added advantage
• Ability to adapt to change on expanding roles