Senior Accountant - Accounts Receivable

BMO Harris Bank; Montreal; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

BMO Harris Bank is looking for a senior accountant AR to oversee credit and collection processes. This role requires establishing relationships with customers and collaborating with various teams to ensure swift responses to customer needs. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and 3-5 years of experience. Essential skills include strong communication, relationship management, and proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel. Knowledge of SAP is preferred, and bilingual abilities in English and French are essential.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Reconciling wholesaler accounts.
• Approve customer master changes.
• Review the credit block activities from wholesalers and large retailers.
• Assist with credit limit review of non-wholesaler if requested.
• Credit card overview.
• Reconciling the OTC (over the counter rebate) program.
• Prepare Netting/write off Journal entries relating to bad debt when requested.
• Assist the credit analyst with the retail/other customer account reconciliation.
• Assist credit & AR lead with AR analysis.
• Support resolution of credit issues with customers.
• Assist with SOX and audit process.
• Backup to Bank remittance approval.
• Backup to the AR aging file.
• Initiate process improvement and quality reviews to simplify and improve productivity.

Skills

Good written and verbal communication skills

Ability to manage relationships

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Good sense of teamwork

English

French

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Excel - Intermediate

SAP

Job description

ICompany Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas - immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Under the supervision of the lead AR and credit, the senior accountant AR is responsible for activities with wholesalers and large retailers. The senior accountant AR establishes relationships with customers and works closely with the Customer Service, Business Process Outsourcers (BPO) , trade relation team and the commercial team such as eye care business to respond faster to customers' requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

Credit and Collection

• Reconciling wholesaler accounts
• approve customer master changes
• Review the credit block activities from wholesalers and large retailers
• Credit limit review process with large wholesalers/retailers
• Required to assist with credit limit review of non-wholesaler if requested.
• Credit card overview
• Reconciling the OTC (over the counter rebate) program.
• Prepare Netting/write off Journal entries relating to bad debt when requested.
• Assist the credit analyst with the retail/other customer account reconciliation.
• Assist credit & AR lead with AR analysis.
• Support resolution of credit issues with customers.
• Assist with SOX and audit process.
• Backup to Bank remittance approval
• Backup to the AR aging file
• Initiate process improvement and quality reviews to simplify and improve productivity.

Qualifications

Education/Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 3-5 years of experience

Essential Skills & Abilities:

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage relationships, both internally and externally
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changes.
• Good sense of teamwork
• English, French

Systems

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel - Intermediate
• SAP experience preferred.

Business and Technical Knowledge

• Basic Accounting fundamentals

Additional Information

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