Accounts Receivable Administrator

Accounts Receivable Administrator

MISSION

The Accounts Receivable Administrator will be responsible for carrying out administration activities on the customers ledger for UK&I’s.  You will be a proactive, self-starter with the ability to prioritise workload, and escalate issues when needed. You will have a credit background and be a team player with the willingness to learn and take on new tasks to develop.

ORGANISATION

Reports to: Senior Credit Controller

Job Location: Shiseido Group London Head Office

Contract type: Permanent

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the collection of debt across accounts as requested, and show adaptability to ledger changes that may take place within the team
• Support the Senior Credit Controller building and maintaining great working relationships with your stakeholders to assist with successful query resolution and collection of debt
• Take a common sense approach to ensuring issues are escalated as appropriate to improve resolution outcomes
• Support with management the master data for customers
• Provide timely responses to AR inbox queries.
• Involvement in AR month end and year end closing process/tasks.
• Carry out administration tasks relating to reporting and communicating Debit Notes.
• Carry out the daily & monthly administration duties of the Credit Control function (Debit note and query resolution, recharges, cash allocation & reconciliation)
• Support in review of trade insurance policy and with review of the credit risk and limits of key accounts half yearly
• Support Senior Credit Controller/Transactional Finance Manager with Audit queries as required.
• Be a team player, utilise your experience & knowledge to be a point of support for the Transactional Finance Team

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Experience in managing high volume key accounts
• A proactive approach to your own work
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Personable approach but resilient when required
• Attention to detail
• Flexible and adaptable to changing business demands with a desire to learn and take on tasks outside of your usual day to day
• Good Experience of working with SAP
• Good Excel skills - Vlookups, Pivots
• Alignment with the group’s “Trust8” working principles: Think Big, Take Risks, Hands on, Collaborate, Be Open, Act with Integrity, Be Accountable, Applaud Success

The benefits you’ll love…

• 26 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday day off   
• Holiday buy – up to 5 days
• Day off when you get married or move house
• Generous contributory pension scheme – match up to 8%
• Annual performance related bonus
• Private medical insurance with Vitality
• Enhanced parental allowance
• Generous product allocation & discount
• Life Assurance up to x4 your salary
• Flexible Friday finish
• Flexible & hybrid working
• Wellbeing programmes
• Annual performance and development reviews so you know your career is going in the right direction

ABOUT SHISEIDO GROUP

Our mission : Beauty Innovations for a Better World

Click here to learn more about our brands

Founded in 1872 in Japan, Shiseido Group is within the Top 5 leading cosmetics companies in the world and aims to inspire a life of beauty and culture. Operating in 120 countries with 42,000 employees and 70 nationalities, Shiseido offers a unique selection of Skincare, Makeup and Fragrance brands with a projected turnover over £7.0bn in 2022. Celebrating 150 years of heritage in 2022, Shiseido constantly creates high-quality, safe and innovative cosmetics and develop brands deeply loved by people from all over the world, in line with our mission: Beauty Innovations for a Better World.  Did you know that Shiseido is the most awarded company in terms of innovation with a record 31 FSCC Awards?

Shiseido UK & Ireland plays a central role in the EMEA region and is biggest affiliate, leading the Digital acceleration agenda thanks to a team of local experts, but is also constantly reinventing its Retail footprint in the world Nr4 biggest beauty market.

To deliver our strong Growth & Profitability ambitions, we will follow 4 strategic streams

1.            Leverage our unique portfolio of premium Beauty brands across all 3 categories

2.            Stay agile and capture new retail opportunities

3.            Customer-driven decisions

4.           Create a great place to work in Beauty

OUR PRINCIPLES

Think Big, Take Risks, Hands on, Collaborate, Be Open, Act with Integrity, Be Accountable, Applaud Success

OUR PRINCIPLES serve as the working principles that every Shiseido employee must follow. These eight working principles – known as "TRUST 8" – are based on the idea that mutual trust is the key to succeeding in OUR MISSION.

Click here to learn more about Our Principles and The Shiseido Philosophy