Accounts Receivable Clerk - Bristol, United Kingdom - Amcor

Amcor
Amcor
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Bristol, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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About Amcor

  • Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal care, and other products. Amcor works with leading companies around the world to protect their products and the people who rely on them, differentiate brands, and improve value chains through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons, closures, and services. The company is focused on making packaging that is increasingly lightweighted, recyclable and reusable, and made using a rising amount of recycled content. Around 47,000 Amcor people generate US$12.5 billion in sales from operations that span about 230 locations in 40plus countries.

Job Purpose


The Accounts Receivable Clerk role is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely posting of customer receipts to meet the company's deadlines while working with the plants to reconcile and administer each client account.


Job Dimensions & Scope

  • The role covers all customers of the UK Shared Service Centre which consists of 7 Amcor UK Flexibles plants, Finnish plants and various corporate entites.
  • To align and improve the current banking processes across all SAP systems currently used.
  • To collaborate with our various sites and Treasury department in Head Office.

Principal Accountabilities
Daily

  • Allocate customer receipts for various entities across different SAP systems.
  • Record any u/a cash and liaise with the Collection Team, aim to minimise u/a cash.
  • Monitor the AR inbox and deal with any general queries and log them using CSI tool.
  • Issue and book automatic and manual invoices (salesother).
  • Submit invoices via various portals.
  • Verify outgoing payments.
Weekly

  • Follow up on all u/a cash, and review customer ledgers.
  • Process and reconcile selfbilling invoices from key customers.
  • Update proforma reconciliation.
  • Raise FTR/manual payments for customer refunds when requested.
  • Interco collections (EU only).
Monthly & Quarterly

  • Prepare and post journals as required.
  • Interco journal contra AP/AR.
  • Post cheques and prepare journal.
  • Prepare cashflow forecast and submit to GL Accountants.
  • Perform AR reconciliations for month end close.
  • Prepare nonjudgemental accruals, submit and post accruals.
  • Post provisions for customer claims.
  • Assist with audit requests and provide supporting evidence.
Ad hoc/continuous improvements

  • Adhoc clearings as required.
  • Continuously offer ideas and solutions on how to improve processes, tasks and procedcures, for increased efficiency or better service for all stakeholders.
  • Maintain and develop procedures, ensuring they are up to date and relevant to create desktop procedures (DTP's) for each week.
  • Provide backup/cover for other members of the team as appropriate.
  • Other ad hoc duties as required.
  • SOX and internal controls reviews, updates in conjunction with internal and external audit guidelines.

Qualifications/Requirements
Formal quaifications and experience

  • Previous experience of working within a Shared Service Centre preferred.
  • Experience of working in an environment of continuous change.
  • Knowledge of Accounts Receivable, Cash & Banking processes and how they interact.
  • Intermediate level of Excel skills including VLOOKUPS and pivot tables.
  • Experience of using a large ERP system such as SAP would be advantageous.
  • Experince of working on projects desirable.
Specific skills and abilities

  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Excellent customer service skills.
  • Good problemsolving and analytical skills
  • Selfmotivated and enthusiastic contributor.
  • Ability to communicate effectively at various levels of organisation.
  • Planning and organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload.
  • Able to work independently and as part of the team.
  • Proactive, enthusiastic and a positive attitude towards change and adaptable to meet future needs.
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