Junior accounts receivable accountant - Airbus

Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defense, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in

defense and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide.

Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place. Taking pride in our work, we draw on each other's expertise and

experience to achieve excellence. Our diversity and teamwork culture propel us to accomplish the extraordinary - on the ground, in the sky and in space.

Founded in 2021, the Airbus Global Business Services (AGBS) unit will be contributing to Airbus’ global success and play a vital role in Airbus’ transformation journey instandardization, harmonization, digitalisation and automation of end-to-end processes (e.g.Procure to Pay) of all overhead functions. Our target is that siloed ways of working/ processes will be a relic of the past within the AGBS. To drive such culture change we are looking for candidates with pioneering spirit that make data-driven decisions and take responsibility for the best outcome of their internal customers. All while embracing a spirit

of problem-solving and living the Airbus values: Customer focus, integrity, respect, creativity, reliability and teamwork.

Our purpose defines why we exist: ‘We pioneer sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world’.

Key responsabilities:

• Performs the administrative tasks of the respective process.
• Contributes to the Financial Statements elaboration.
• Ensures compliance with the legal regulations, the accounting rules and the internal controls, following the standards and procedures defined by the Group experts and process managers.
• Applies financial processes and tools, involving financial flows and transactions according to International Financial - - Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Applies specific finance and transactional knowledge in - - - Accounts Receivable process.
• Defines the accounting structure and principles for general accounting and other financial and administrative transactions related to Accounts Receivable process and supports the harmonization between the different legal entities of the scope.
• Proposes continuous improvement actions on Accounts Receivable process and systems.
• Detailed tasks
• In priority
• Allocate the Incoming payments to the invoices manually or through electronic tools.
• At a second stage following Shared Services Center growth:
• Creation and modification of customer master data.
• Customer contract analysis and register them in SAP, including data creation and modification.
• Issue commercial delivery invoices, credit notes and advanced payments invoices according to legal, accounting and tax rules.
• Send the invoices to the customer, including additional documentation for the payment by post mail, email or electronic transmission when it is applicable.
• Get and verify external documentation like Airway Bill, Bill of Lading, Transfer of Title, Customer´s certificates, and others.
• Analyze and prepare the debtor’s statement of account.
• Send to the customer reconciliation debt letters monthly.
• Collaborate with business in the customer dunning process attending different debt committees and supplying debts reports.
• Customer bad debt analysis (including documentation), post bad debt provision when appropriate. Customers Write-off postings
• Analysis of Balance Sheet related accounts (Receivables, advanced payments)
• Prepare ageing report and sending it to the Business
• Support to the different audit process
• KPIs elaboration
• Application of internal controls in the transactions’ postings
• Other Reports

• Finance / Accounting degree or experience in administrative accounting tasks
• Knowledge of accounting field and capacity to implement decided actions
• Accounting transactions and closing - Advanced Level
• Internal Financial Control Standards - Advanced Level
• Accounting Systems (SAP) - Advanced Level
• Lean principles for process continuous improvement
• Capacity to understand customer mindset and to translate in concrete actions
• IFRS and accounting processes - Autonomous Level
• Capacity to interact and influence with various customers from different locations (US/Europe)
• Good understanding of internal controls principles
• English - Advanced Level. Capacity to interact with English native speakers