FinOps Specialist - AR

Amazon; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon hires a Collections Analyst to manage accounts receivable, resolve billing issues, and drive monthly collection targets. You will liaise with customers to ensure timely payments and collaborate with Billing and Customer Service teams to resolve disputes.

The role requires a finance background, strong Excel skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, customer-obsessed environment in Hyderabad.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of finance experience.
• 2+ years in Accounts Receivable or Accounts Payable.
• Experience applying KPIs to analyses and decision making.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts receivable and resolve billing queries from customers.
• Contact customers via phone and email to collect on portfolio.
• Apply payments timely and accurately with cash application teams.
• Maintain AR records and aging, credits, and deductions.
• Forecast collection promises and support dispute resolution.
• Identify slow-payors and escalate issues to management.
• Improve AR processes and meet monthly productivity goals.

Skills

AR process knowledge

Communication

Initiative

Prioritization

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Excel

Access

Oracle

Essbase

SQL

VBA

Job description

Description

GAR (Global Accts Rec) is looking for a proactive, customer and detail-oriented Collections Analyst whose main responsibility will be to manage and resolve receivables related queries received from Amazon customers. As a Collections Analyst, you will support Amazon’s customers to resolve billing issues, reconcile accounts and drive monthly collection targets. The successful individual is expected to be self-motivated, be a quick learner, have good ownership and earn trust with our customers to facilitate timely payment.

Key job responsibilities

• Hands on and in-depth knowledge of AR process
• Monitor and collect accounts receivable for assigned portfolio by contacting customers via telephone & email, both inbound and outbound
• Work with cash application team to apply payments timely & accurately
• Maintain accounts receivable records to ensure aging is up to date, credits and collections are applied, uncollected amounts are accounted for, and miscellaneous differences are cleared
• Provide accurate forecasting of collection promises
• Work with Customer Service & Billing teams to resolve customer disputes, support correction of root causes and enable timely collections
• Identify slow-paying customers, timely escalation of collection challenges to management & BizOps team, and recommend appropriate exit paths
• To be highly customer obsessed and ensure delivering a positive customer experience on every interaction
• Assist in streamlining and improving the accounts receivable process by identifying areas of improvement
• Meet all the productivity related goals on a monthly basis

Knowledge & Skills/ Business Acumen/ Education & Experience

• Minimum requirements include graduation or a Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Finance or a related field
• 5-7 years of relevant experience in Accounts Receivables
• Good ability to communicate internally and externally
• Good ability to take initiative and self- start when necessary
• Proven ability to develop new ideas and creative solutions
• Proven ability to work successfully in an ambiguous environment
• Proven ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workload
• Fluency in Microsoft Excel is a must

Basic Qualifications

• 1+ years of finance experience
• 2+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience
• 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• Knowledge of standard software including Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL and VBA skills
• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• Experience in TM1, Data Warehouse and SQL

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Company

ADCI - Maharashtra - D80

Job ID: A10555981