AR Accountant with French (m/f)

What will you do?

• Ensure customers pay within terms and conditions and escalate late payers or those with cash flow problems, proactively identify barriers to payment.
• Proactive, frequent telephone and email communication with customers to build the relationship and ensure smooth cash collection.
• Allocate incoming payments in the business system in timely manner.
• Process customer claims in Sony or customers systems.
• Maintain customer ledgers in cleanest possible shape by matching credits and debits.
• Develop customer specific solutions to automate/ improve process.
• Ensure credit limits are appropriate, orders are released as authorised, and credit insurance conditions are in compliance with Sony’s Credit Management policies.
• Proactively develop relationship with clients as well as internal and external customers to facilitate business objectives. – – These contacts can include Finance, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, and Warehouse/Receiving Management.
• Provide detailed analysis of customer issues – amount, root cause, immediate solution, and action plan for avoiding recurrence.
• Produce management and client reports as required, co-ordinate and feedback business measures/ KPI reporting to the – Client in-line with the contract.
• Assist in monthly and other assigned reporting and provide monthly reconciliations.

What will you get for it?

• 5 weeks of vacation.
• 300 CZK for Pension insurance.
• Annual bonus in amount of one month wage.
• Donated meal.
• In case of need language and other trainings for free.
• Paid overtimes or spare leave instead.
• 25 000 CZK Referral bonus.
• Cafeterie from Benefit Plus.
• One Fit Sony DADC program – benefits in the are of prevention, personal growth, sport, fun and health.

What do we expect from you?

• Be fluent in French (at least level B1, intensive language course can be provided in order to achieve level B2).
• Have English on communicative level.
• Have an experience from SSC environment in the area of Finance & Accounting, Credit & Cash Collections or Customer Service.
• Be highly competent in Microsoft Office – particularly MS Excel.
• Have excellent communication skills – both verbal and written.
• Be proactive, assertive, focused & target driven, problem solver.
• Be resourceful, effective, flexible and customer focused personality.
• Be a team player, friendly and outgoing, diligent and assertive.
• Have practical approach to problem solving.