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We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of 99,500 dedicated professionals. With over 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, compliance, and sustainability.\nSGS is looking for an AR Accountant with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business Administration, or a related field and 5- 8 years of relevant experience in Accounts Receivable, Collections, or Finance Operations, with knowledge of customer payments, cash allocation, invoice reconciliation, AR aging, ERP systems, and Microsoft Excel, supporting timely collections and accurate customer account management.\n Purpose of the Role\nThe AR Accountant / Credit Controller is responsible for protecting company cash flow, minimizing credit risk exposure, ensuring timely collection of accounts receivable, enforcing company credit policies, and maintaining accurate customer account records. The role supports the achievement of Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), overdue receivables, bad debt, and cash collection targets while ensuring compliance with credit control, collection, and credit risk management procedures.\nKey Responsibilities\n1. Cash Allocation and Receipt Processing\nReview daily bank statements and identify incoming customer payments.\n\nAccurately allocate customer receipts against outstanding invoices within the ERP system.\n\nInvestigate unidentified receipts and coordinate with customers and internal stakeholders to ensure timely allocation.\n\nReconcile unapplied cash, advance payments, and customer account balances.\n\nMaintain accurate and fully reconciled customer ledgers.\n\n2. Collections Management\nConduct proactive collection activities through telephone, email, customer portals, and customer meetings.\n\nContact customers before invoice due dates to secure timely payments.\n\nFollow up on overdue invoices according to collection procedures.\n\nObtain firm payment commitments and track expected collection dates.\n\nNegotiate payment plans within delegated authority while maintaining customer relationships.\n\nSupport the recovery of long-outstanding balances and high-risk receivables.\n\n3. Accounts Receivable Monitoring\nReview AR aging reports and identify overdue, disputed, and high-risk accounts.\n\nMonitor customer balances against approved credit limits and payment terms.\n\nIdentify customers approaching or exceeding credit limits and escalate concerns promptly.\n\nReview customer payment trends and highlight deteriorating payment behavior.\n\nSupport monthly DSO and overdue reduction targets.\n\n4. Collection Documentation and System Updates\nMaintain accurate records of collection activities in ERP and collection tracking systems.\n\nRecord customer discussions, payment promises, disputes, escalation actions, and collection outcomes.\n\nMaintain complete audit trails and supporting documentation for management reviews and audits.\n\n5. Customer Communication and Dunning\nIssue statements of account to customers regularly.\n\nSend payment reminders, follow-up notices, and overdue collection letters in line with company procedures.\n\nEscalate communications through formal dunning stages where required.\n\nMaintain professional communication and engage customers to resolve payment delays.\n\n6. Dispute Resolution and Internal Coordination\nCoordinate with Operations, Accounts Receivable, Billing, Customer Service, Sales, and Finance teams to resolve invoice disputes.\n\nFollow up on service reports, certificates, purchase orders, contracts, and supporting documents affecting invoice collection.\n\nTrack customer disputes and ensure resolution within agreed timelines.\n\nIdentify recurring payment delays and drive accountability across relevant business functions.\n\n7. Credit Hold and Escalation Management\nIdentify customers meeting credit-hold criteria, including overdue balances, credit-limit breaches, unresolved disputes, dishonored payments, or non-compliance with agreed terms.\n\nRecommend credit holds in accordance with company policy.\n\nEscalate missed payment commitments, high-risk accounts, and collection concerns to the relevant management team.\n\nMonitor credit-hold accounts and support release only after approved requirements are met.\n\n8. Cash Flow Reporting and Month-End Support\nPrepare weekly and monthly collection forecasts based on customer commitments.\n\nUpdate expected cash inflows, overdue balances, disputed invoices, and collection status reports.\n\nProvide management commentary on key overdue accounts and collection risks.\n\nSupport month-end accounts receivable activities and cash-flow reporting.\n\n9. Compliance and Internal Controls\nComply with company Credit Control Policy, collection procedures, credit risk management requirements, and internal control standards.\n\nFollow approved credit terms, collection workflows, and escalation procedures.\n\nMaintain segregation of duties and proper documentation for audit requirements.\n\n10. Continuous Improvement\nSupport initiatives to reduce overdue debt and bad debt exposure.\n\nRecommend improvements to collection efficiency and cash conversion.\n\nIdentify recurring collection issues and operational bottlenecks.\n\nContribute to improved cash-flow forecasting and customer payment performance.\n\nSupport finance transformation and Order-to-Cash (OTC) improvement projects when required.\n\n Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Commerce, or a related field.\n\n5-8 years of relevant experience in Collections, Accounts Receivable, Credit Control, Customer Service, or Finance Operations.\n\nGood understanding of customer account follow-up, aging reports, payment commitments, dispute resolution, and collection processes.\n\nExperience with ERP systems such as Oracle, SUN Systems, SAP, or similar finance platforms is highly desirable.\n\nProficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with customer statements, aging schedules, and collection trackers.\n\nExposure to Power BI, automated collection tools, and banking platforms is an added advantage.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6217,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Testing, Inspection & Certification"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-21T03:11:36Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":33,"reasons":["conf:2","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sgs-ar-accountant","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sgs-ar-accountant.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-23T18:20:58Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":27966,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3634},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3634"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsgs-ar-accountant"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsgs-ar-accountant"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsgs-ar-accountant"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/sgs-ar-accountant\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsgs-ar-accountant"}]}