Accounts Receivable Clerk

at  AMCOR

Accounts Receivable Clerk
Location:Bristol, GB
Function: Finance
Part-time or Full-time: Full-Time
Job Type: Employee
Workplace type: Hybrid

JOIN AMCOR AND YOU CAN BE PART OF THE TEAM THAT MAKES THE PACKAGING OF THE FUTURE BETTER FOR PEOPLE AND OUR PLANET.

Here at Amcor, we work together every day to make a positive impact on the lives of millions of people across the globe by providing packaging for essential products, including food, beverages, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal care. We are sustainability leaders in our industry, and we were the first global packaging company to commit to making all our products recyclable or reusable by 2025. In addition, our products play a vital role in a circular economy as we are working toward 30% recycled material across our portfolio by 2030, and we are one of few packaging companies committed to using science-based targets and achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
We are always looking for talented and passionate individuals who are motivated to make a difference. Working at Amcor means you will have a unique opportunity to be a part of an organization that is committed to innovating and driving new solutions to create more sustainable packaging solutions.
To find out more about our commitment to sustainability and about Amcor, visit www.amcor.com I LinkedIn I Glassdoor I Facebook I YouTube

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• Formal qualifications 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 Excel skills including VLOOKUPS and pivot tables
• Experience of using a large ERP system such as SAP would be advantageous
• Experience of working on projects desirable
• Specific skills and abilities
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent customer service skills
• Good problem-solving and analytical skills
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic contributor
• Ability to communicate effectively at various levels of the organisation
• Planning and organisational skills, and ability to prioritise workload
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Pro-active, enthusiastic and a positive attitude towards change and adaptable to meet future needs
  Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions 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 supply chains through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons, closures, and services. The company is focused on making packaging that is increasingly lighter weight, recyclable and reusable, and made using an increasing amount of recycled content. In fiscal year 2022, 44,000 Amcor people generated $15 billion in annual sales from operations that span 220 locations in 43 countries. NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC

JOB PURPOSE

The Accounts Receivable Clerk role is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely posting of incoming customer receipts to meet the company’s deadlines while working with the plants to reconcile and administer each client account and resolving any discrepancies.
To review the Accounts Receivable records to ensure aging is up to date, credits and collections are applied, uncollectible amounts are accounted for, and miscellaneous differences are cleared.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Daily

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

Weekly

• Follow up on all u/a cash, and review customer ledgers
• Process and reconcile self-billing invoices from key customers
• Update pro-forma reconciliation
• Raise FTR/ manual payments for customer refunds when requested
• Inter-co collections (EU only)

Monthly & Quarterly

• Prepare & post journals as required
• Inter-co journal contra AP/AR
• Post cheques and prepare journal
• Prepare cash-flow forecast and submit to GL Accountants
• Perform AR reconciliations for month end close
• Prepare non-judgemental accruals, submit and post accruals
• Post provisions for customer claims
• Assist with audit requests and provide supporting evidence

Ad hoc / continuous improvement

• Ad-hoc clearings as required
• Continuously offer ideas and solutions on how to improve daily processes, tasks and procedures for increased efficiency or better service for all stakeholders
• Maintain and develop procedures, ensuring they are up to date and relevant and to create desktop procedures (DTP’s) for each task
• Provide backup/cover for other members of the team, as appropriate
• Other ad hoc duties as required
• Sox & internal controls reviews, updates in conjunction with Internal & External audit guidelines
• Support required on new projects as per the roadmap