Senior Accounts Receivable Specialist

Summary

Join KOSTAL Group, a global leader in solar and automotive solutions, as their Accounts Receivable Specialist in their new Hungarian business service center! This role is crucial in establishing and managing the company's financial processes. You will be responsible for facilitating, posting, and clearing third-party customer payments, ensuring accurate financial information, and resolving disputes. The position offers remote work options from anywhere in Hungary with occasional office presence. You will play a key role in shaping the transition of accounting processes to Hungary and improving existing ones. This is a fantastic opportunity to build new processes from the ground up within a supportive and innovative company culture.

Requirements

• Possess a university or college degree in Finance & Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or have experience in the Finance & Accounting field
• Have strong AR knowledge with at least 3 years of finance operations experience in an SSC
• Have experience in a service-driven, customer-oriented environment
• Have good knowledge of Microsoft Office tools
• Have good knowledge of SAP FI Module
• Be fluent in English
• Possess communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills
• Have a proactive and outcome-focused attitude
• Be self-motivated

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

Have 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
• Value-oriented work culture: down-to-earth, appreciative, inspiring and innovative