Accounts Receivables Analyst

Allergan; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie in Austin, TX is seeking a Receivables Analyst to perform timely, accurate account analysis, claim resolution, and collections for key customers, with a focus on cash flow and risk management. You will leverage SAP, QlikView and MS Excel to prepare trend analyses and present business cases to management and customers, while upholding compliance and delivering high-quality reporting.

Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration with sales and finance teams are essential to

Qualifications

• High school graduation required.
• B.A./B.S. Degree in Business, Accounting or Finance preferred
• 5-7 years’ experience in Accounting, Finance, Receivables, Customer Service or relevant experience with degree or 8+ years’ experience required
• Must have SAP experience
• Advanced Excel skills are strongly preferred; Pivot Tables, Functions, Graphing skills and experience exporting and formatting data using MS Excel, a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor accounts for potential risk and develop payment plans or other solutions on past due accounts.
• Identify root causes of complex claims and payment issues; prepare trend analyses and compelling reports using SAP, QlikView, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Collaborate with internal teams and customers; support training and AR presentations.
• Reconcile serialized accounts by researching open invoices and deductions; drive collection activities to improve cash flow.
• Provide recommendations to management and lead process improvement initiatives; maintain proper documentation and complete tasks on time and budget.

Skills

SAP experience

QlikView

Advanced Excel

Pivot Tables

Microsoft Office

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting or Finance

Tools

SAP

QlikView

Microsoft Office

Job description

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

Purpose

The Receivables Analyst independently performstimely,accurate, and complete account analysis, claimresolutionand collection activity for key accounts. The Receivable Analyst is familiar with credit-related issues and detailed business interests of portfolio ofcustomers.

Responsibilities

• Monitoraccounts for potential risk, develop and negotiate payment plans or other solutions on past due accounts including accounts in financial jeopardy.Determinewhich plansrequiremanagement approval, elevateappropriatelyand recommend changes toaccountcredit limits.
• Identifyroot causes of complex claims, payment issues, and trendsin customer current and past due agingandto proposesolutions to management. With limited guidance from Team Leader or Supervisor/Manager,use data toprepare compelling presentations, reportsand trend analysis using SAP,Qlikview, Excel and PowerPoint. Present business cases and recommendations to Manager, and customers.Supportbuilding effectiverelationships and engage in effective communications with our most important customers and with AbbVie sales force management.Failure to achieve results may result in adverse impact on customer relationships or loss of limited cash flow to AbbVie.
• Requires high degree of communicative ability due to multi-functional challenges, including but not limited to: Contributes to a strong degree in department & selected cross-functional process improvement teams.Participationin interdepartmental teams with periodic review from Team Leader or Supervisor/Manager.Customer relationship management (both internal & external) through correspondence by emails, ad hoc phone calls, and meetings. Support inbound overflow as required.Ability to train new employees & lead AR presentations for otherareasrequesting AR representation for new employee indoctrinations.
• Reconciles serialized accounts by researching open invoices and/or deductions to ensure validity. Works with customers providing backup necessary to clear any outstanding debit. Responsible for collection activities requiring the resolutionofpast due invoices, unearned discounts, disputes & etc. for assigned set of customers. Driving short-term and long-term cash flow, limiting Risk &Bad debtexpenseand driving down DSO.
• Provide coherent recommendations to management when issueswarrantescalation.Independently manage divisional and corporate accounting, budget, and reporting requirements. Establish and lead intra-department process improvement teams.Operates independently within own scope of responsibility under general supervision.
• Manages multiple priorities with limited guidance from Supervisor/Manager. Adhere to department policies and procedures.Recommend changes to existingpolicieswhereobservedand gain management supportto update or change where necessary.
• Participatesin or leads departmental projects.Responsible formaintainingproper documentation andcompleting project tasks within time and budget constraints.Develops recommendationsfora variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity for review by manager.
• Effectivelyutilizeand maintain AbbVie information systems as needed in the analysis and resolution of customer issues (including SAP,Qlikview, Microsoft Office and various other credit andcollectionssystems).
• The Receivable Analyst will carry more challenging groups of customers and/or have other specialized duties compared to a Specialist II. Theyrequirea larger knowledge base of collection activities and proven results within the AbbVie behavioral competencies.

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Qualifications

• High school graduationrequired.
• B.A./B.S. Degree in Business, Accounting or Finance preferred
• 5-7 years’ experiencein Accounting, Finance, Receivables, Customer Service or relevantexperiencewith degree or 8+ years’ experiencerequired
• Must have SAP experience
• Advanced Excel skills arestronglypreferred;Pivot Tables, Functions, Graphing skillsandexperience exporting and formatting data using MS Excel,a plus.

Additional Information

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographiclocation,andwemay ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may bemodified in thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipate in our short-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremains in the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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