Junior Accounts Receivable Specialist (Spanish speaking)

KOSTAL Group is a global, family-owned German company that develops market-leading solutions for the solar and automotive industries. The company was established in 1912 and employs about 20 000 people at 47 locations in 22 countries. In Hungary, KOSTAL has built a flagship business service center to provide business support in IT, finance, procurement, master data, sales and HR fields. This is now a global center with high value-added and complex processes which you can help to build.

The work can be managed remotely - with time-to-time office presence depending on the team's agreement and the demand of the respective professional area - from any location in Hungary. In case of some company events, office attendance is expected from the colleagues. Technical conditions for working from home are fully in place.

The role is in charge of facilitating, posting and clearing all third party customer payments for the entities in scope. Provide accurate and up to date financial information to both internal (sales, treasury, etc) and external (customer, auditor, authorities, etc) parties on an established regular basis as well as in response to ad-hoc requests. Facilitate dispute resolution and maintain clean and up-to-date account balances through inter-departmental cooperation and provide simplification ideas and troubleshooting of finance processes via root cause analysis.

Main tasks, roles and responsibilities:

Involved in day-to-day operations in the following process areas

• Incoming payment processing and payment differences investigation
• Collection management & dunning

At later stage:

• Credit management
• Invoicing
• Customer disputes
• AR Closing and periodical activities
• Adherent to agreed service levels, policies and procedures as well as internal controls
• Discover, evaluate and resolve issues
• Identify and work on process improvements
• Engage in collaboration with the business and stakeholders to develop a professional relationship
• Be the ambassador of our organization towards our Customers

Experiences and requirements:

Education:

• University or college degree in Finance & Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or experience in Finance & Accounting field

Work experiences - time/seniority/ sector:

• Strong AR knowledge with at least 1-2 years finance operations role, in SSC
• Experience in a service driven, customer-oriented environment

Technical/ IT knowledge:

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office tools
• Good knowledge of SAP FI Module

Language - with level

• Fluent in English and Spanish

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Communication, interpersonal and analytical skill
• Proactive and outcome-focused attitude
• Self-motivation