Vacancy Title: Cash Application Specialist
Vacancy Location: Dunmurry, Belfast
Engagement Type: Permanent, Full Time
Your Company
Survitec are the world’s largest survival technology provider. For over 166 years, we have been protecting lives in the air, on land and at sea, through the design, manufacture, and servicing of Survival Technology.
Today, we are a global community of 3,000 professionals with presence in 96 countries partnering with our customers to provide innovative solutions that reduce risk and help keep you safe.
That's why the world's leading maritime, defence & government, energy and aerospace organisations trust us when it matters most and why we have been awarded the Silver Award by the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
Your New Role
Are you looking for your next challenge within the Credit/Finance field? Do you have experience working in a fast-paced environment? Survitec has the perfect role for you!
Our Finance Shared Service Centre of excellence has an exciting opportunity to bring on board a Cash Application Specialist supporting the wider Credit and Billing team on a full-time, permanent basis. Situated at our offices in Dunmurry, your new role comes with great opportunities of progression!
Reporting to the Cash Application Team Leader, your role is focused on receiving payment and ensuring accurate application and reconciliation of payments to customer accounts, preparing statements by communicating with our credit control and record to report teams.
What You Can Expect from the Role
Key Responsibilities and accountabilities:
1. Allocation of cash receipts and reconciliation of customer accounts.
2. Communicating with local credit control teams to resolve queries relating to cash allocation
3. Resolve customer queries with tact and diplomacy, through to a satisfactory resolution.
4. Check credit note, and journal request forms and relevant paperwork are in order for approvals. vat credit requests, withholding tax, refunds.
5. Liaise with members of the operations and sales teams at regional sites.
6. Ensure all documentation is electronically stored to customer/dept folders in a timely manner to minimize hard copy paperwork
7. Assist the Cash Management Team with the compilation of month end report to the board.
8. Completion of weekly bank reconciliations (Multi-Currency)
9. Supporting senior team members with ad hoc accounting tasks
10. Assisting with Credit Control function
The Experience, Qualifications and Skills You Will Have
Essential Criteria
11. Proven experience in a similar finance/ credit control environment
12. Experience in the preparation of customer account reconciliations, including the use of cash application software
13. Ability to maintain strong relationships with external clients and internal colleagues to meet demanding deadlines
14. Great verbal and written communication skills
Desirable
15. Degree in a finance/business related field
16. Experience of dealing with a multicurrency sales ledger
17. ERP Experience
Why You Should Work for Us
18. 34 days holidays including public holidays
19. Additional day off to celebrate your birthday
20. Company Anniversary Holiday Benefit
21. Hybrid/remote work model
22. Excellent enhanced maternity & paternity package
23. Management Training & Professional Development Opportunities
24. Employee Assistance Programme
25. Workplace Reward & Recognition scheme