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Accounts Receivable Specialist

Kuehne+Nagel2 days ago
Vancouver, British Columbia
$51,500 - $58,000/year
Senior Level
full_time

Top Benefits

Competitive total rewards package
Health and dental benefits
Retirement savings plan

About the role

It's more than a job As a finance professional at Kuehne+Nagel, your work includes managing budgets, strategic planning, and overseeing financial operations. You also help make ordinary and special moments possible for people around the world. Because your financial diligence allows your colleagues across the company to stay focused on the core of their work, whether it's getting vital healthcare products to those who need them or fresh fruit to children playing in the park. Finance work at Kuehne+Nagel, means more than we imagine.

As the Accounts Receivable Specialist, you will effectively assist on the day to day financial responsibilities as required by the share service center to maximizing cash flow and minimizing Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and overdue balances. Your goal is to to mitigate any current/future business unit risks while establishing and following through on procedures designed to maximize current and future growth.

How you create impact

  • Responsible for controlling the Accounts Receivable portfolio
  • Coordinating communication with Branch Managers and Department Managers.
  • Managing Communications via calls/emails to external customers.
  • Ensure that credit goals are achieved; and accurate business records and sound bookkeeping procedures are maintained.
  • Develop, analyze the reports regularly and manage if any Invoice disputes
  • Help on reconciling/matching customer accounts when requested.
  • Ensuring that everyone complies with the Accounts Receivable policy and Internal working instructions, memo notes, Follow ups, Time frame of calls.
  • Assist various levels of management with any/all queries regarding business health and trends (i.e. billing, GP, volume, Collections, etc.)
  • Work closely with the branch controllers to determine and better understand the “root cause” of issues(i.e. Billing quality, disputes ) and apply added pressure/support as required

If you require an accommodation for the recruitment /interview process (including alternate formats of materials, or accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

What we would like you to bring

  • Post-Secondary Education (Business or Credit) or Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting or similar field
  • 3+ years experience in Credit and Collections functions is needed
  • 2+ years of experience in Freight Forwarding Industry
  • High level of competence in Excel and operational knowledge related to MS Office

What's in it for you At Kuehne+Nagel we strive daily to inspire, empower, and deliver not only to our customers, but also to our colleagues. We offer a dynamic global work environment with opportunities for excellent training programs and career mobility.  The target salary range for this position is between $51,500 and $58,000. Base salary is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes health and dental benefits, a retirement savings plan, and tuition reimbursement. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Kuehne+Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data.

Who we are Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.

About Kuehne+Nagel

Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
10,000+

With over 80,000 employees at almost 1,300 sites in close to 100 countries, the Kuehne+Nagel Group is one of the world's leading logistics providers. Headquartered in Switzerland, Kuehne+Nagel is listed in the Swiss blue-chip stock market index, the SMI. The Group is the global number 1 in air and sea logistics and has strong market positions in road and contract logistics.

Kuehne+Nagel is the logistics partner of choice for 400,000 customers worldwide. Using its global network, logistics expertise and data-based insights, the Group provides end-to-end supply chain solutions for global companies and industries. As a member of the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi), Kuehne+Nagel is committed to sustainable logistics by reducing its own environmental footprint and by supporting its customers with low-carbon logistics solutions.