Accounts Receivable Specialist

Account Receivables Specialist The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the international organization for public-private cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. To face business growth, the Accounts Receivables sub‑team needs additional resources to maintain and guarantee its high level of service. Reporting Lines invoicing and credit invoicing; monitoring the AR inbox; addressing all AR queries (internally completing vendor forms and using online payment platforms; performing aging analysis; booking and reconciling credit card payments; producing weekly reports for centre and function heads; assisting in ad‑hoc projects; contributing to preparing monthly / quarterly / annual financial closing, including: preparing relevant balance sheet account reconciliations; completing revenue recognition tasks; producing DSO, bad debts and unpaid reports for the management reporting pack; supporting the interim and year‑end audit process for AR credit control, including: collaborating closely with key stakeholders on credit control/collection; managing the payment reminder scheduled to be sent for overdue invoices; managing customer overdue invoices with external partners / members; managing the list of participants registered to events and sending external communications regarding the admission policy; collecting all open invoices prior to the start of an event. Projects, including: improving key performance metrics for unpaid (open invoices); utilising existing tools to improve credit control management; identifying continuous improvement activities across the Accounts Receivable landscape. Qualifications Academic qualifications: Bachelor in Finance or Brevet Federal in Accounting. Work experience and skills: 3 to 5 years experience in financial accounting; excellent knowledge in cost accounting and VAT; excellent spoken and written English – French is an advantage; ability to organize workload and prioritise multiple workstreams; high sense of urgency and commitment to objectives; confident and able to present to senior management. #J-18808-Ljbffr