Sr. Financial Analyst, Accounts Receivable
Levi Strauss & Co.
Zaventem, Belgium
ABOUT THE JOB (RESPONSIBILITIES):
- Support Accounts Receivable-related processes in one or more of the following areas: disputes and claims management, EDI820 payment advice design and processing, credit management
- Support the FICO Business and IT teams and other cross functional teams to deliver the project according to scope, benefits and timeline
- Represent the business requirements for his/her functional area
- Act as a champion of the solution within the business
- Participate in business process discussions and functional IT conversations
- Develop business process documentation (process flows, business process procedures, etc.)
- Actively participate in workshops and presentations to validate business processes and solutions with the end user community
- Aid in the design of reports, forms, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, and user authorizations
- Outline business processes and provide input to system configuration decisions in his/her area(s) of functional expertise
- Identify, document, resolve and escalates issues
- Develop test scenarios and validate test scripts.
- Participate in the system testing phase to ensure that the systems built meets the business requirements
- Help identify and diagnose errors and drive successful resolution of issues through all project phases (design, testing, and stabilization)
- Support data conversion activities (strategy, data cleansing, validation, etc.)
- Assist in formal and informal change management activities
- Assist in the development of training materials (identification, documentation, validation, etc.)
- Provide first line of support during implementation stabilization period and hyper care
- Maintain a pro-active collaboration, integration and communication approach with key stakeholders within the project and beyond, to enable full transparency on current and future business strategies and/or initiatives.
ABOUT YOU (QUALIFICATIONS):
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance; or equivalent experience. Advanced degree preferred.
Experience:
- 5-7 years’ professional work experience in accounting/finance
- Strong knowledge of Accounts Receivable-related accounting and systems processes in at least two of the following areas: disputes and claims management, cash application, EDI processing (including EDIFACT and ANSI X12 standards), credit management
- Knowledge of Order To Cash (OTC) and Revenue Accounting processes and concepts preferred
- 3-5 years’ experience working with large customers in Consumer Product, Retail, and/or Manufacturing industries
- SAP system user experience, S4 preferred:
- Dispute/Claims Management
- Lockbox Processing
- Payment Advice Processing
- Winshuttle user/design experience
- Application software skills, including presentation, spreadsheet, and word processing applications
- Language Proficiency in English
- Experience with systems implementation projects preferred.
- Familiar with Jira/Confluence or similar tools preferred.
Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to quickly learn organizational structure, business strategies and processes
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to move forward with incomplete information
- Strong knowledge of one or more business domain areas with strong business application knowledge
- Respect of his/her peer group and end-user community for his/her knowledge and skills
- Empowerment to make decisions on functional, process, or operational changes
- Excellent team player skills, with strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to raise relevant issues, drive for solution, and make decisions under time constraints
- Experience with conducting presentations and training
- Ability to adapt to changes
- Ability to work in a fast paced, hands-on environment
- Strong time management skills and the ability to multi-task
- Capable of writing clear and well-structured business requirements documents
- Capable of documenting business and functional requirements for current/future state processes
- Ability to represent change within the organization
- Experience working with multiple levels of the organization and across functions or domains
- Ability to resolve minor conflicts/issues using different tactics prior to escalation
- Willingness to work a flexible schedule on occasion, to collaborate with team members in different time zones/countries and/or meet critical project deadlines
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