Accounts Receivable Associate Manager

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You will be working in the finance team in the Business Services (BS) organization, in the largest center located in Krakow, helping to process accounts receivable transactions in a complete, accurate and timely manner. Reporting to the Accounts Receivable Delivery Manager you will provide key assistance to the business, ensuring accurate tracking and processing of transactions.

This position reports to

Accounts Receivable Delivery Manager

Your responsibilities

• Leading a functional work team (+35 employees) within Accounts Receivable focused on the complete, accurate, and timely completion of accounting transactions
• Developing and implementing strategic plans in line with ABB Group Standards to meet commitments and deliver high quality services to business partners
• Working as a key member of the Finance Delivery Management team to establish a culture within which promotes professional ownership of service levels and implement best practices and continuously optimize those best practices to gain efficiencies and drive productivity gains
• Ensuring Key Performance Indicators are met with pre-defined objectives and defining tasks to ensure delivery of services to assigned business partners in accordance with Service Level Agreements
• Acting as point of contact for all process/people related escalations and ensuring compliance with internal guidelines and procedures developing and maintaining systems, procedures and policies, including account payable functions to ensure adherence to company guidelines
• Acting as audit point of contact for external, internal and SOX audits and leading the internal control over Financial Reporting compliance and reporting for Accounts Payable as well as leading or participating in safety, compliance, business ethics, Group Charter, communications and other important related activities
• Actively leading and contributing to periodic review meetings with Senior Management to action steps for further process and service improvement
• Identifying, recommending and assisting in implementation of best practices to gain efficiency and drive productivity gains across the region/global
• Proactively working together with key stakeholders outside of the Accounts Receivable department and the Global Finance GBS Center Krakow to drive end-to-end improvements in the O2C process that lead to harmonization and standardization

Your background

• At least 18 months experience within ABB, minimum 8 years of experience in Finance function and at least 3 years in managing a team of +20 employees
• Demonstrating proficiency in the domain of Accounts Receivable and thorough understanding of financial accounting and reporting
• Excellent user knowledge of Microsoft Office and Excel skills and ERP experience as a must
• Familiar with Project Management methodologies and Lean Six Sigma
• Proficient in business English
• Excellent communication skills as well as team handling and delegations skills
• Collaborative and conflict resolving approach to stakeholder management
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, handle different initiatives concurrently, create learning atmosphere among team members and leverage networks within the organization
• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Finance or Accounting

More about us

We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. Work model: hybrid #LI-hybrid Your benefits: • Enjoy a stable employment in a company with a long history in innovation and technology. • Collaborate with experienced experts in an international environment. • Seize individual development and training opportunities, from job specific to soft skills. • Private medical care (including offers for family members) and life insurance. • Receive attractive remuneration based on your experience and skills, and other financial benefits, such as annual bonus and internal share purchase program. • Choose from various benefits in kind, ranging from healthy lifestyle offerings, to knowledge sharing, to teambuilding activities. ABB Data Privacy Statement: https://new.abb.com/privacy-notice/candidate