Senior Accountant - Accounts Receivable

AbbVie Inc; Montreal; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie Inc seeks a Senior Accountant AR in Montreal responsible for key credit and collection activities with wholesalers and large retailers. This role involves account reconciliation, credit limit reviews, and assisting with audits, requiring 3-5 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree. Candidates should possess strong communication skills and be proficient in Microsoft Office and SAP.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in accounting.
• Proficiency in Excel required.
• Bilingual in English and French preferred.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile wholesaler accounts and approve customer master changes.
• Prepare journal entries related to bad debts.
• Assist credit analyst with account reconciliations.

Skills

Communication

Relationship Management

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

SAP

Job description

Company 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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onX,Facebook,Instagram,YouTube,LinkedInandTik 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

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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