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Your New Role: The AR Analyst will focus on cash collections in a high transactional volume, positive team-oriented environment, with multiple invoices and title, all while ensuring compliance with corporate collection and credit policies. This position is responsible for initiating contact with customers with open balances to secure payment and maintain customer goodwill. Incumbents confer with customers by telephone and e-mail to determine reasons for overdue payment, reviewing terms of the sale, service, and/or contract with the customer. The position is also charged with recording and maintaining information about the financial status and collection efforts in the ERP system on a timely basis. The role will provide meaningful insights and resolutions relative to receivable issues. Additionally, the role should understand the financial systems that support collections and contribute to the design and testing of systems and processes enhancements and performance. This position will need to have excellent communication skills, working closely with each area of the order-to-cash team, along with internal stakeholders and customers. The collections specialists will be critical in cultivating an environment that supports and reflects the Warner Bros Discovery brand.
Your Role Accountabilities:
• Manage assigned portfolios by analyzing, resolving all variances, and compiling a list of necessary adjustments with backup documentation. Support the collections process to help meet or exceed established monthly and yearly collection goals through timely invoice resolution and directing cash applications. Communicate discrepancies and coordinates any corrections needed with internal teams. Provide updates to senior leadership on payments. Communicate complex issues and effectively handle difficult customer invoicing requests to maximize productivity, payment resolution, and effectiveness.
• Identify and facilitate resolution with customers for non-payment and provide guidance on complex issues for problem resolution, including short-pay, credits, and open invoices. Follow up with customers regarding past-due payments. Assist with incoming customer payment allocation requests. Process and reconcile accounts receivables and remittances. Ensure that collections targets are met or exceeded monthly. Prepare the statement of accounts for customers and regularly follow up for payments. Build effective global working relationships with internal and external clients, including BPOs.
• Maintain contact information and customer-specific instructions for accounts in the portfolio and assist with invoice delivery as needed. Initiate customer refund requests. Follow up on remittances with customers and understand adjustments in payments like withholding tax and foreign tax exchange issues. Create and analyze AR aging reports. Address payment issues like double payments or other discrepancies. Identify and facilitate improvements in the A/R processes through technology or procedural improvements. Maintain documentation for compliance reporting and audits.
Qualifications & Experiences:
• Fluent in English
• 1 to 3 years' experience in Account Receivables reconciliations/Collections.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance or related field is preferred.
• Quick problem solver, team player, good time management skills.
• Excellent listening, oral, and written communication skills.
• Experience in SAP ERP preferred.
• Great organizational and interpersonal skills.
• High level of analytical skills and problem-solving skills.
• Complete understanding of the Order to Cash process.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)
• Ability to work independently, creatively, and efficiently.
• Proven track record in meeting deadlines.
Not Required but preferred experience: Experience in the Media Industry and/or Media Sales is preferred.
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