Team Leader Accounts Receivable Accountant

10 years+ of experience in Accounting and Accounts Receivable, preferably in Outsourcing and/or Shared Services Company ( from which 3 years + in a similar position)
Education: Economic Studies, Accounting or Finance preferred, Master degree is a plus
English B2/C1; German B1/B2 considered as a plus
MS Office especially Excel (medium),
Strong SAP knowledge
Availability to travel : less than 25% from total working time

As a Team Leader Accounts Receivable Accountant, you will be part of a dynamic team, responsible of the following:

Responsibilities:

Process:

Oversee all of the accounts receivable functions from invoice processing to accounts reconciliations
Completing month-end closing reviews, procedures and corrections as needed;
Resolving disputes, discrepancies, and uncertainties concerning accounts receivable invoices and payments, including monitoring volumes to ensure that he best service possible is provided for accounts receivable function;
Responsible for performance of the preparation and updating the documentation of accounts receivable processes;
Work with the teams to help implement more best practices across the team.

Team management:

Plan and allocate activities among team members, respectively active communication to stakeholders on the key points of contacts for different activities;
Coordinating and assisting accounts receivable accountants in working through problems and handling requests and escalations that arise during the process;
Actively search for weak points in the process, monitor these and work on improvement;
Developing training materials, set training schedule for the team members and perform trainings in the area of accounts receivable;
Hiring, training, motivating, creating, respectively updating job descriptions and evaluating the team.

Performance management:

Coordinating, monitoring and maintaining proactive communications with key stakeholders in countries and headquarter;
Implement, respectively maintain and improve process to collect metrics, KPIs and SLAs for the accounts receivable business processes;
Manage transition of new accounts receivable activities from the group countries to local level;
Defining and rolling process improvements, which includes developing documentation and providing the necessary training to support the process changes;
Responsible for maintaining and testing key controls and maintaining evidence that controls are functioning as designed.