Senior Accounts Receivable Specialist

Summary

Join KOSTAL Group, a global leader in the solar and automotive industries, as a key member of their newly established business service center in Hungary. This role focuses on managing third-party customer payments, ensuring accurate financial information, and facilitating dispute resolution. You will play a vital role in transitioning accounting processes and improving efficiency. The position offers remote work options from anywhere in Hungary with occasional office presence. This is an opportunity to build new processes from the ground up within a supportive and dynamic company.

Requirements

• University or college degree in Finance & Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or experience in Finance & Accounting field
• Strong AR knowledge with at least 3 years finance operations role, in SSC
• Experience in a service-driven, customer-oriented environment
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office tools
• Good knowledge of SAP FI Module
• Fluent in English
• Communication, interpersonal and analytical skills
• Proactive and outcome-focused attitude
• Self-motivation

Responsibilities

• Facilitate, post, and clear all third-party customer payments for the entities in scope
• Provide accurate and up-to-date financial information to internal (sales, treasury, etc.) and external (customer, auditor, authorities, etc.) parties regularly and on an ad-hoc basis
• Facilitate dispute resolution and maintain clean and up-to-date account balances through inter-departmental cooperation
• Provide simplification ideas and troubleshoot finance processes via root cause analysis
• Be involved in and actively shape the transition of accounting processes from European entities to Hungary
• Be involved in day-to-day operations in credit management, invoicing, incoming payment processing, collection management & dunning, customer disputes, and AR closing and periodical activities
• Adhere to agreed service levels, policies, procedures, and 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
• Ensure that all process manuals/relevant work instructions are created and updated on a regular basis

Preferred Qualifications

End-to-end experience, covering the entire process from invoicing to cash application

Benefits

• Flexible work schedule and remote work options available
• Potential for future career opportunities within the organization
• Modern, newly renovated, sustainable office with parking space and bicycle storage area in the heart of Budapest
• Supportive, diverse and highly skilled community
• Ability to really make a difference and build new processes from scratch, you can participate in the formation and shape of the BSC processes
• KOSTAL is a dynamically developing company (10-20% yearly growth in the automotive and solar industry), an independent, family-run business which provides much flexibility
• Value-oriented work culture: down-to-earth, appreciative, inspiring and innovative