Lead Accounts Receivable Representative

**Work Schedule** Standard (Mon-Fri) **Environmental Conditions** Office **Job Description** At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are important to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives. **How you will make an impact:** We are seeking a Senior Accounts Receivable Representative to be a master of the accounts Receivable process and to ensure transactional excellence related to Accounts Receivable. They will partner with a broad number of external and internal business partners, such as Customers, Commercial & Commercial Finance Team, Product Management, Accounting, Rebate Teams, Compliance & Audit. The focus is on driving day to day collections activities to achieve collection efficiency, percent past due, DSO and bad debt goals. **What you will do:** * Collect invoices (Pre-call/prepare/send statements with current invoices), call on past due invoices, problem solve disputes with the customer and sales team. * Perform customer maintenance per limits of authority as the need arises. * Provide payment information to customers and arrange payments for current and past due invoices. * Input invoices into portals as required. * Prepare journal voucher, ensure timely closing of AR module * Work cross-functionally with FP&A, Commercial and Customer Services teams to resolve any outstanding discrepancies on AR * Participate in trainings to engage non-finance teams in finance related compliance and processes * Assist in establishing and maintaining appropriate internal controls to ensure 100% SOX compliance * Collaborate closely with internal and external auditors, prepare audit schedules and ensure compliance to SOX and statutory requirements * Other related duties as required and/or assigned **How you will get here: Requirements** * High School Diploma or equivalent * 4 years of experience in B2B collections, credit control, or equivalent combination of education and experience, knowledge, skills, abilities * One additional European language other than English would be highly desirable (German, Spanish or French) * Ability to quickly learn organization specific computer applications, ability to learn accounting principles * Good spoken and written communication skills are required to collaborate with various partners * Microsoft Excel skills (intermediate requirement) * High attention to detail and accuracy as data entry is a critical component of role Travel Requirements * Less than 10%