Analyst APAR

at  Johnson Johnson

Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking a Analyst APAR to join our Team located in Bogotá.
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/.
The GFS organization provides a variety of transactional and accounting services to J&J Operating Companies around the world, operating out of major centers. Their goal is to do this in a highly cost-effective and compliant way, leveraging our resources in a cross-sector environment. Responsible for all activities related to the comprehensive process of the accounts receivables function such as collection activities, customer accounts reconciliation, payment remittance consecution with customers, payment integration, and disputes resolution. This position will manage a pulverized portfolio of Brazil VISION CARE customers in different direct channels managing high touch proactive and reactive collection.
Main Responsibilities:
Manage the accounts receivables under your responsibility.
Manage payment agreements with customers ensuring the adequate flow of orders, safeguarding the profitability of the company
Connect with customers to build positive long-term relationships. Support and connect with internal Stakeholders (Deliver, Commercial areas, Finance, Compliance, Customer Service).
Assure the reconciliation and confirmation of the accounts receivables.
Get the payment remittance documentation and assure the payment integration into the system, aligned with the corporate schedule defined for the cash application process.
Prevent and detect not collectable account risk on time, give visibility to the business and prepare action plans to reduce the detected risk. Following the internal escalation procedures timely.
Identify and report dispute cases in the system to be solved by the responsible areas.
Assure the audit controls related and support the internal and external audit requirements.
Portfolio performance/trends follow up of the accounts, considering the industry benchmarks to ensure that accounts receivable goals are attained.
Assist with special projects as needed.
Guarantee a Sales-to-Cash mindset partnering with other stakeholders to focus on root causes differentiating urgent demands of important goals and relevant process improvements with other areas.
Perform other work-related duties as assigned.
Standardize and find new way of doing things, with Continuous Improvement and IA mindset.
E2E ownership behavior is expected to prevent AR/Cash Flow impacts partnering with Credit & Risk and other Teams supporting I2C KPI’s, process and controls evolution.

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree on Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Economy, or other Business-related area.
• Previous experience in accounts receivables, Credit & Cash Application and/or AR Accounting.
• Previous experience in the pharmaceutical or Medical devices industry(Is a Plus).
• Invoice to cash process and financial analysis knowledge, including policies and procedures. (Desirable).

Years of Experience:

• Requires 1-2 Years’ Work Experience.

Required knowledge:

• Accounts receivables, credit, and cash application Knowledge.
• Advanced knowledge in excel.
• Accounting knowledge and reconciliation accounts.
• AR and FI SAP modules, Tableau knowledge (Is desirable).
• Microsoft Office tools management.

Required skills:

• Connect.
• Negotiation.
• Good relationship-building
• Being able to work with internal and external stakeholders in LATAM countries with shared and divergent interests.
• Good communication skills: being able to teamwork, interface, and influence at several levels of the organization, cross-sector, cross-functionally, and regionally are desirable.
• Presentation skills.

Language:
Portuguese fluent verbal and advanced written skills are required. English intermediate level is desired

Please refer the Job description for details