FinOps Analyst, Amazon Business

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking company is seeking a Cash Application Analyst to join their dynamic finance team in London. This role involves posting payments, reconciling accounts, and collaborating with various departments to ensure timely and accurate cash application. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail, strong communication skills, and experience in accounts receivables. You will play a crucial role in streamlining processes and improving financial reporting. Join this innovative firm and contribute to delivering exceptional results for customers while advancing your career in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in Accounts Receivables.
• Strong detail-orientation and data accuracy skills.

Responsibilities

• Post daily receipts and maintain accurate accounts receivable balances.
• Research and resolve misapplied cash receipts in ERP.

Skills

Accounts Receivables Process

Data Accuracy

Communication Skills

Microsoft Excel

Research and Data Interpretation

Interpersonal Skills

Initiative and Time Management

Education

Degree in Finance/Accounting/Business Studies

Master’s Degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

GAR (Global Accts Rec) is looking for Cash Application Analyst responsible for posting payments from the lockbox, ACH, and wire transfer to customer accounts. This role includes cash application and reconciling payments, communicating cash adjustments, and reducing un-applied cash receipts on aged accounts receivable. This position also requires research on missing, unidentified and rejected funds and collaborating with various internal departments to apply payments timely and accurately. Successful candidate is expected to analyze reports and reconciles large amounts of data with the ability to communicate results to management.

Key job responsibilities
• Understanding of Accounts Receivables process
• Post daily receipts (wires/ACH/checks) and credit/debit memos on a timely basis in order to ensure accurate maintenance of accounts receivable balances
• Contact customer, collections and business partners to obtain remittance details
• Research and resolve misapplied and unidentified cash receipts in ERP
• Identify and manually tag all customer remit discrepancies and short payments.
• Undertake tasks as requested by the Team Leader that may involve testing and process improvement.
• Assist in streamlining and improving the accounts receivable process by identifying areas of improvement
• Maintain, prepare and distribute daily and monthly reporting to Supervisor, and other stakeholders
• Meet the monthly productivity goals
• Identify and reconcile payment differences, post short/over payments, deductions on account and partial payments and appropriately code all reconciling transactions
• Utilize shared mailboxes and customer web portals to identify, retrieve and organize remittance details.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Finance/Accounting/Business Studies or other related areas
• 2 to 4 years of experience in Accounts Receivables
• Strong detail-orientation with a penchant for data accuracy
• Ability to research, interpret and reconcile data
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good interpersonal skills and team player
• Ability to take initiatives, meet tight deadlines and prioritize workload
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Post-graduation or a Master’s Degree Accounting/Finance or a related field
• Prior exposure to Oracle ERP


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