AR Accountant

Talents Recruiter Pte Ltd; West Coast; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Talents Recruiter Pte Ltd is seeking a skilled accounting professional for a 6-month contract in New Zealand's West Coast. The role focuses on credit management, AR, rebates, and complex reconciliations, requiring strong SAP and BI tool proficiency.

The ideal candidate holds a degree in accountancy (CA preferred) with at least five years in manufacturing, and demonstrates analytical capability, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accountancy with CA preferred.
• 5 years experience in manufacturing industry.
• Strong analytical and BI tool proficiency.
• Experience with SAP.
• Contract role for 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Proceed monthly reconciliation (IC and third party).
• Check unbilled CN/goods return/blocked invoice/GIT/Customer Claims.
• Compute and book IC royalty and commission (income/expense).
• Manage accruals and invoice posting for rebates and core list expense.
• Review rebates, commissions and corelist variance and provide comments.
• Ensure rebates and commission payments aligned with the agreements.
• Prepare and load the budget inputs for sales, rebates and RMC.
• Attend to external auditors’ sales/AR related queries.
• GST output tax reporting; withholding tax filing.

Skills

Analytical skills

BI Tools - MicroStrategy

SAP

Communication skills

Fast learner

Team player

Detail oriented

Credit & AR management

SEA customer knowledge

Education

Degree in Accountancy

CA preferred

Job description

Job Responsibility:

Sales and Revenue Matters

• Proceed monthly reconciliation (IC and third party)
• Check unbilled CN/goods return/blocked invoice/GIT/Customer Claims
• Compute and book IC royalty and commission (income/expense)
• Manage the accruals and invoice posting for rebates and core list expense (Local and Global)
• Review, analyze rebates, commissions and corelist variance and provide comments
• Ensure rebates and commission payments aligned with the agreements
• Prepare and load the budget inputs for sales, rebates and RMC
• Attend to external auditors’ sales/AR related queries
• GST output tax reporting
• Filing of withholding tax for Royalty payment

Credit Management

• Check and release credit blocks at both order and delivery level
• Customer master data creation and maintenance
• Review credit limit for new and existing customer accounts
• Manage payment collection with third party customers and prepare bad debt provision
• Prepare DSO dashboard and top overdue aging reports
• Provide update on collection with forward aging to forecast overdue landing for the month
• Process refunds for exceptional cases
• Collaborate with various functions to resolve disputes
• All other duties as assigned

Job Requirement:

• Degree in Accountancy, CA preferred
• 5 years of experience in Manufacturing industry
• Strong analytical skills and agility to pick up new tools, with analytical experience working with BI Tools such as MicroStrategy, detailed oriented
• Experience with SAP
• Team player with good communication skills and working attitude
• Fast learner, ability to deliver under fast-paced environment and meet deadlines
• Experience dealing with SEA customer credit and AR management is a plus
• 6 months contract role