Accounts Receivable Executive

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

Account Receivables Management:

• Work with Finance Operations in India to manage account receivables sub-ledger
• Maintain accounts receivable files and records, as required
• Drive the Sales team for timely collection of receivables for >150 customers
• Account reconciliations and ad hoc customer statements as required by customers (eg: customer account statement, payment records)
• Confirm customer payments to Supply Team as part of the sales order processing
• Publish monthly AR and Credit report to various stakeholders for their decision making
• Calculate early payment discount or/and late payment interest monthly and ensure appropriate actions are taken
• Forecast monthly AR balance as input to net working capital management
• Calculate bad debt provision as part of the internal controls
• Identify enhancement and streamlining opportunities around receivables and collections process

Credit Operations:  

• Ensure Credit Policy adherence
• Assist in credit assessment and help to set up credit limits for customers
• Contact sales team to gather customer financial data and documentation
• Assist Trade and Credit Management (TFCM) Lead with Credit Committee meetings, as required
• Customer visits to understand the market and customer situation
• Identify enhancement and streamlining opportunities for Credit Operations processes

Ad-hoc support for other operational activities in Order to Cash (O2C) and payments process

• Support TFCM lead on ad hoc operational activities in O2C process and customer payments

• Bachelor’s degree specialized in Finance/Accounting
• 1 year working experience in the same position
• Highly self-managed & motivated person, able to multi-task and excited to work in a collaborative MNC environment
• Ability to prioritize and manage expectations
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Collaborative and a team player
• Proactive, self-starter
• Good command of English
• Good understanding of credit management; experience in AR management is preferred
• Good in systems application, Microsoft Office skills, in particular advanced Excel skills
• Experience in SAP is an advantage

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