EMEA AR Specialist - End-to-End Billing & Collections

Emma – The Sleep Company; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Health Insurance

22 remote days / quarter

Hybrid work model

Global team across 4 offices

Job summary

Emma – The Sleep Company in Lisbon, Portugal, is seeking an Accounts Receivable Accountant to own the full receivables cycle for one of our 11 EMEA markets. You will manage billing, collections, credit control, revenue recognition, and month-end closing, while coordinating with Wholesale EU, Operations, and Controlling.

You’ll report to the Accounts Receivable Manager and work with stakeholders across Sales and Customer Excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• At least 2 years of experience in accounting operations, AR, billing, or credit control.
• Experience in B2B or wholesale environment preferred.
• Solid understanding of order-to-cash and revenue recognition.
• Autonomous, proactive and structured in approach.
• Fluent in English; French highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end accounts receivable cycle for your market, from billing to cash collection, ensuring every invoice is accurate, timely and collected.
• Lead collections and credit control, proactively managing overdue balances, payment reminders and disputes directly with clients and external BPO partners.
• Act as guardian of revenue by owning accurate and complete revenue recognition and contributing to timely month-end closing.
• Manage ticket-based inquiry flow for your market, ensuring every request is assigned, followed up and resolved promptly across stakeholders.
• Deliver reporting on total debt, DSO, biggest debtors, average time to pay and collected debt, spotting trends early.
• Drive KPIs: Aging >15 days, Backlog Recovery, Collection Effectiveness Index and Total Overdue.
• Build relationships with clients and internal teams; lead meetings with Sales to align on debts and recovery priorities.
• Identify and implement process improvements to raise AR efficiency and ensure policy-compliant records.

Skills

AR experience

Billing & collections

Revenue recognition

Month-end closing

English fluency

French desirable

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Accounting/Finance

Job description

Emma – The Sleep Company in Lisbon, Portugal, is seeking an Accounts Receivable Accountant to own the full receivables cycle for one of our 11 EMEA markets. You will manage billing, collections, credit control, revenue recognition, and month-end closing, while coordinating with Wholesale EU, Operations, and Controlling.

You’ll report to the Accounts Receivable Manager and work with stakeholders across Sales and Customer Excellence.