Senior 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: Fisher Scientific SAS is a Reseach & Safety business within Customer Channel Group. Seeking an Accounts Receivable Representative III who is a master of transactional excellence related to Accounts Receivable. This role will require master level knowledge and experience. 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. • Timely and accurate application of incoming cash receipts from customers • Work cross-functionally with FP&A, Commercial and Customer Services teams to resolve any outstanding discrepancies on AR • 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 • 2 years experience in accounts receivable, collections, or related financial role Knowledge, Skills, Abilities • 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%