SME-Accounts Receivable

Cognizant; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Chennai is seeking a specialised accounts receivable and order to cash professional for a hybrid night shift role. You will manage invoicing, collections, disputes, and lead end-to-end AR activities across global portfolios, ensuring accurate revenue recognition and healthy cash flow.

You will collaborate with sales, service, and finance teams to resolve billing issues, monitor aging, prepare performance reports, and drive process improvements in O2C while adhering to controls and

Qualifications

• Apply strong practical knowledge of dispute management techniques to evaluate case severity, prioritize actions and achieve timely resolution for customers.
• Use deep understanding of finance order to cash cycles to interpret process dependencies, spot control gaps and ensure compliance with organizational policies.
• Demonstrate solid expertise in accounts receivable operations including billing, cash application and reconciliation for medium to large multinational portfolios.
• Leverage domain experience in order to cash and accounts receivable to translate business scenarios into clear process steps and actionable improvement recommendations.
• Employ advanced analytical and spreadsheet skills to assess aging data, identify payment patterns and support accurate forecasting of cash collections.
• Communicate clearly with internal stakeholders and customers using structured explanations and well documented evidence to resolve disputes and billing concerns.
• Apply familiarity with hybrid work models and night shift routines to coordinate effectively with cross border teams while maintaining personal productivity and wellbeing

Responsibilities

• Manage complex end to end accounts receivable activities for assigned customer portfolio ensuring timely invoicing, collection, application and accurate open item management.
• Drive dispute management resolution by analyzing root causes, coordinating with internal teams and customers and implementing corrective actions to reduce recurring issues.
• Coordinate finance order to cash processes from customer order validation through billing and cash application ensuring adherence to internal controls and compliance standards.
• Monitor and optimize aging reports and days sales outstanding indicators and recommend targeted actions that improve cash flow and reduce overdue receivables.
• Perform detailed reconciliation of customer accounts investigating mismatches and correcting billing or allocation errors to maintain clean and reliable ledgers.
• Respond promptly and professionally to customer queries regarding invoices, statements and payment expectations reinforcing trust and long term business relationships

Job description

Job Summary

This hybrid night shift role focuses on specialized accounts receivable and order to cash operations including dispute management across global customer portfolios. The role ensures accurate invoice processing timely collections and risk controlled credit practices directly supporting predictable cash flow healthy working capital and reliable financial reporting for the organization.

Job Summary

This hybrid night shift role focuses on specialized accounts receivable and order to cash operations including dispute management across global customer portfolios. The role ensures accurate invoice processing timely collections and risk controlled credit practices directly supporting predictable cash flow healthy working capital and reliable financial reporting for the organization.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex end to end accounts receivable activities for assigned customer portfolio ensuring timely invoicing collection application and accurate open item management
• Drive dispute management resolution by analyzing root causes coordinating with internal teams and customers and implementing corrective actions to reduce recurring issues
• Coordinate finance order to cash processes from customer order validation through billing and cash application ensuring adherence to internal controls and compliance standards
• Monitor and optimize aging reports and days sales outstanding indicators and recommend targeted actions that improve cash flow and reduce overdue receivables
• Perform detailed reconciliation of customer accounts investigating mismatches and correcting billing or allocation errors to maintain clean and reliable ledgers
• Collaborate with sales operations and customer service teams to clarify contract terms pricing conditions and delivery status that impact invoicing and dispute handling
• Prepare clear performance reports and insights on accounts receivable and dispute management trends enabling management to make informed business decisions
• Execute standardized hybrid work model activities across onsite and remote settings including secure handling of financial data and adherence to company policies
• Conduct quality checks on order to cash transactions to ensure process accuracy compliance with finance guidelines and minimal audit observations
• Respond promptly and professionally to customer queries regarding invoices statements and payment expectations reinforcing trust and long term business relationships
• Utilize financial tools and enterprise systems to track disputes automate reminders and support efficient collection strategies aligned with organizational goals
• Adapt to night shift schedules while maintaining high attention to detail consistent productivity levels and reliable cross region communication within global teams
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by proposing enhancements to order to cash and accounts receivable workflows that strengthen company performance and stakeholder value

Qualifications

• Apply strong practical knowledge of dispute management techniques to evaluate case severity prioritize actions and achieve timely resolution for customers
• Use deep understanding of finance order to cash cycles to interpret process dependencies spot control gaps and ensure compliance with organizational policies
• Demonstrate solid expertise in accounts receivable operations including billing cash application and reconciliation for medium to large multinational portfolios
• Leverage domain experience in order to cash and accounts receivable to translate business scenarios into clear process steps and actionable improvement recommendations
• Employ advanced analytical and spreadsheet skills to assess aging data identify payment patterns and support accurate forecasting of cash collections
• Communicate clearly with internal stakeholders and customers using structured explanations and well documented evidence to resolve disputes and billing concerns
• Apply familiarity with hybrid work models and night shift routines to coordinate effectively with cross border teams while maintaining personal productivity and wellbeing

Certifications Required

Certification in accounts receivable or credit management such as Certified Credit and Risk Analyst or equivalent finance process credential