Cash Application Specialist-JPN

Philips; Poplar Bluff (MO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A health technology company is seeking a Cash Application Specialist in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. This role involves managing cash applications and reconciliation activities to support collections specialists. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance, excellent communication skills, and customer service orientation. Fluency in Japanese is a plus. Join a team dedicated to improving healthcare access for all.

Qualifications

• College graduate or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent.
• Ability to communicate, read and write English; Fluent in English or Japanese considered a plus.
• Prior Cash Applications/AR experience in a high volume environment is considered a plus.
• Proficient in MS Excel.
• Customer service focus.
• Determination to achieve excellent results.

Responsibilities

• Daily retrieval of bank activity and post payments to customer accounts.
• Daily and monthly reconciliations against monthly bank statements.
• Process offsets to clear matched debts and credits on customer accounts.
• Manage the Unapplied Cash report and work with Collections.
• Provide leadership related to cash management best practices.
• Support accounts receivable accounting lean process improvements.

Skills

Communication skills

Fluency in English

Fluency in Japanese

Customer service focus

Proficiency in MS Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

Job description

Job Title

Cash Application Specialist - JPN

Credit and Collections Support Specialist – 日语

Job Description

As Credit and Collections Support Specialist you will join Philips’ Accounting Operations team. On a daily basis you will have a chance to take an active role in helping to form our new centralized cash applications team, and the accounting and reconciliation activities that relate. This work all supports our existing team of Collections Specialists who are responsible for cash collections with a defined group of major/key customer accounts, at Philips’ GCR by maintaining excellent relationships with our customers, internal finance leadership, and cross‑functional business partners.

Your role:

• Daily retrieval of bank activity (ACH, wire, EBAD and L/C) and ERP receipt activity and post payments to customer accounts
• Daily and monthly reconciliations against monthly bank statements – identifying and resolving reconciliation items on customer accounts
• Process offsets to clear matched debts and credits on customer accounts
• Manage the Unapplied Cash report and work with Collections to identify solutions to unreconciled cash items
• Providing indirect leadership to cash applications, internal finance leadership and cross‑functional business partners related to cash management best practices
• Support and contribute to accounts receivable accounting lean process improvements

You're the right fit if:

• College graduate or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance or Accounting professional equivalent
• Ability to communicate, read and write English; Fluent in English or Japanese considered a plus
• Prior Cash Applications/AR experience in a high volume environment is considered a plus
• Proficient in MS Excel
• Customer service focus
• Determination to achieve excellent results

About Philips

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