Specialist- Accounts Receivable

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Job Title: Specialist – Accounts Receivable

Location: Pune (Hybrid working)

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About The Role

The account receivable is Part of Global finance Operation. Cash Application is the key to effectively managing. Payment Processing involves posting payments received from the customer to the respective invoices in the customer account. This is also known as Cash Application. The Team must accurately execute the auto cash application and manually apply payments to customer invoices where auto clearing fails. The process initiated with receipt of customer payment in the various bank accounts of Springer.

The payment for all invoices comes through the batch input file. AR associates must identify the payment for invoice by referring to the details in the bank statement and apply the cash to customer account and clear the invoice. This process will help us to apply all unapplied payments, and it is important to meet our SLA.

This position requires a detailed understanding of the Order to Cash/ Accounts Receivable processes within an international environment and work in European shift timing i.e. 12.30 pm IST to 21.30 pm IST.

Role Responsibilities:

• Working as an AR agent and completing the cash allocation activities on a first level and doing manual postings by request
• Communication with the AR team from Springer Nature
• Creation or update existing SOPs, process log Updates.
• Processing Bank statements.
• Credit card report preparation and reconciliation.
• Reply to customer queries in Fresh Desk
• Clearing unallocated cash and follow up for remittance advice.
• Find out scope for process improvement and share ideas.
• Work on Ad-Hoc requests.
  
  

Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

• Must be Graduate in Commerce
• Minimum 5 years accounts Receivable experience in an international environment is required.
• Fluent in English (Verbal & Writing).
• Experience with SAP (preferably S4Hana).
• Must be well organized, detail oriented and multitasking.
• Good knowledge of MS Office – Word, excel and PowerPoint.
• Excel Automation like VBA / Macro creation would be added advantage.
  
  

Eligibility

In accordance with our internal career movement guidance, 12 months in current role is a requirement before applying to a new role.

At Springer Nature, we value the diversity of our teams and work to build an inclusive culture, where people are treated fairly and can bring their differences to work and thrive. We empower our colleagues and value their diverse perspectives as we strive to attract, nurture and develop the very best talent.

Springer Nature was awarded Diversity Team of the Year at the 2022 British Diversity Awards. Find out more about our DEI work here https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/taking-responsibility/diversity-equity-inclusion

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Job Posting End Date:

22-09-2025

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