AR Analyst

About Extreme Reach:

Extreme Reach revolutionized the way advertisers control the deployment of their creative and how the media sources those ads to execute campaigns. The company’s creative asset workflow platform, AdBridge™, is built upon a decade of innovation and integrates all the paths and processes required by today’s complex media landscape.

Extreme Reach proudly serves the best and biggest brands, agencies, production companies, media destinations, performers and rights owners. With over 200,000 registered users and nearly four million creative assets in its care, ER connects the creative flow between the buy and sell sides of the advertising ecosystem.

Opportunity:

This is an exciting new opportunity at Extreme Reach to join our highly skilled Finance team in the role of Accounts Receivable Analyst, based in our Shared Service Center in Budapest. In this role, you will be supporting a combination of Billing, Credit management and Cash Collections, Cash Applications and Dispute management activities for our subsidiaries.

We are looking for a result driven individual with a passion to be part of a growing fast paced international finance team. This role requires a hands-on approach with a considerable emphasis on organisation and diligence, and the ability to follow processes and an outstanding ability to cooperate with clients/customers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Issue customer invoices and credit notes, ensuring customer invoicing is maintained to a high standard
• Perform collection activities ensuring timely customer payments, perform proactive collections
• Assist in the daily cash application and reconciliation of bank accounts
• Support the maintenance of customer accounts & debtor ledger, analysis of monthly debtor balance movement
• Perform or support various reporting activities and data driven analysis
• Assist or manage AR correspondence & respond to customer queries
• Assist in cash management, cash forecasting as required
• Participate in the month end/year end closing activities and reporting
• Handle other areas of finance functions as and when required/as backup

Additional Responsibilities:

• Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job
• Work on other tasks and ad-hoc projects, as assigned by the Accounts Receivable and Collections Team Lead and the Shared Service Centre Lead
• Responsible for maintaining ethical standards of the business including minimizing the environmental, health and safety risks in the workplace and responsible for reporting potential risks, real accidents and near misses to relevant managers
• Champions, supports and participates in the businesses team building activities

Key Relationships

External

• Extreme Reach customers

Internal

• Finance and Administration Teams
• Senior Management
• Credit Control and Billing Team
• Sales and Account Management
• Order Management Team

Education & Professional Experience:

• College or university degree is a must
• Fluent English is a must
• SSC experience is an advantage
• Additional language knowledge is an advantage
• Experience in Collections, Billing, Credit management and/or in Accounts Payable is an advantage
• Resilience in resolving problems
• Sound understanding of financial processes
• Experience of negotiating with key stakeholders
• Excellent organizational skills
• Sound communication and negotiation and relationship building skills
• Proven experience of working to tight deadlines and being able to prioritize multiple tasks
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Excel is essential
• Knowledge of SAP B1 preferred Team Work

Team Work

• Exhibit strong team membership behavior - i.e. are collaborative, ethical, respectful, use effective communication skills, proactively manage conflict to get the right results, use superior influencing skills, escalate issues appropriately
• Use initiative to proactively resolve key operational issues. Work constructively across the business to achieve the right outcomes Raise concerns appropriately and in a timely manner
• Willingly and proactively share information and knowledge for the benefit of the business
• Exhibit a strong, positive culture that promotes respectful behaviour

People Skills

• Strong team player with ability to work with remote and international teams;
• Able to work individually too;
• Highly organized, structured and process-oriented, with great attention to detail, accuracy and consistency;
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written English; additional European language knowledge is an advantage
• Positive, can-do attitude, problem solver, inspiring and energetic;
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels within a large organization;
• A quick learner who enjoys overcoming challenges, resolving issues or escalating as needed.

KPI’s

• Timely and Accurate Billing, Cash Application and DSO for supported portfolio
• Professional and effective conduct and correspondence with internal and external stakeholders
• Team satisfaction and level of support
• Communication – timely, accurate and professional responses via email and in person with customers and internal stakeholders
• Deadlines met with consistency

What we offer

• Excellent benefits & flexibility: competitive salary and cafeteria package
• We promote a flexible hybrid working approach to help you find the best working balance
• A global diverse community, where we learn from each other. At Extreme Reach, we cooperate, debate, make decisions, celebrate successes and have fun as a team. Our leadership is focused on people, creating a strong, inclusive culture, so you always have the chance to share your opinion.