Accounts Receivable Specialist

Description du poste

**Account Receivables Specialist** The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the international organization for public-private cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. **Why we are recruiting** To face business growth, the Accounts Receivables sub-team needs additional resources to maintain and guarantee its high level of service. **Reporting Lines & Interactions** The Account Receivable Specialist will be in a team of two people, within the wider finance operations team of eight, and reports to the Accounting Manager. Responsibilities * Management of Account Receivables, including: * Booking incoming cash * Iinvoicing and credit invoicing * Monitoring the AR Inbox * Addressing all AR queries (internally & externally) * Completing vendors form and online payment platforms * Performing aging analysis * Booking and reconciling credit card payments * Producing weekly reports for centre and function heads * Assisting in ad-hoc projects Contribute to preparing monthly / quarterly/ annual financial closing, including: * Prepare relevant balance sheet account reconciliations * Completing revenue recognition tasks * Producing DSO, Bad Debts and Unpaids reports for the management reporting pack * Supporting the Interim and Year End Audit process for AR Credit Control, including: * Collaborating closely with key stakeholders on credit control/collection * Managing the payment reminder scheduled to be sent for overdue invoices * Managing  customer overdue invoices with external partners / members * Managing the list of participants registered to events and send external communications regarding the admission policy * Collecting all open invoices prior to the start of an event Projects, including: * Improving key performance metrics for Unpaids (open invoices) * Utilising existing tools to improve credit control management  * Identifying continuous improvement activities across the Accounts Receivable landscape Academic qualifications * Bachelor in finance or Brevet Federal in Accounting * Work experience and skills * 3 to 5 years of experience in financial accounting * Excellent knowledge in cost accounting and VAT * Excellent spoken and written English - French is an advantage * Ability to organize workload and to prioritise multiple workstreams * High sense of urgency and commitment to objectives * Confident and able to present to senior management **Why join us?** Join an independent and impartial organization with over 55 years of connecting leaders to make sense of global challenges and move the world forward together.