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Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

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The role 

The Junior Order to Cash Analyst role will ensure timely management of requests and queries. This role will also ensure that all customer creation and amendments, and adjustments are processed accurately within allowed turn-around.

Key responsibilities

• Support internal and external customers by providing quick and accurate resolution.
• Perform complete set up or amendment of customer details which will be reflected on invoices as requested by the business.
• Process billing interface from various source systems and manual invoice requests.
• Process payment allocations from various payment gateways
• Perform balance sheet and supplier account reconciliations
• Extract audit trail reports across all systems and verify against customer accounts created or amended in Oracle.
• Process adjustments and urgent requests accurately and on a timely basis.
• Create an environment of continuous improvement with documented standard procedures.
• Perform Incident Management through Root Cause Analysis, Corrective Actions and Preventive action planning as needed
• Perform and participate in tasks and special projects that may be assigned from time to time and whenever needed.

Required skills and experience 

• Candidates must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree in Accountancy or Finance and/or equivalent courses. Certification of Public Accountancy is preferred, but not required.
• Open for Fresh Graduates or at least one year of experience in accounts receivables, order-to-cash and maintaining general ledger, preferably from global shared services environments and/or multinational companies.
• Preferably with Oracle System, Adbook and/or Salesforce, Archimedes, CRM background but not required.

Core Competencies

• Attention to Detail – Ability to notice both minute and pertinent details of transactions, situations and documents; thorough and conscientious when performing work.
• Communication Skills – Ability to convey clear and convincing oral and written communication to individuals or groups effectively taking into account the audience and nature of the information.
• Customer Service – Ability to work with internal customers, assess needs, provide information or assistance, resolve concerns, or satisfy their expectations; committed to providing quality products and services.
• Problem Solving – Ability to identify problems; determine accuracy and relevance of information; use sound judgement to generate and evaluate alternatives and make recommendations.
• Collaboration with Peers – Coordinates with teams across department, organisation, and global boundaries; Builds and maintains a broad network of relationships with the aim of promoting and developing the organisation

What’s in it for you? Our benefits

Our benefits vary by location but we are committed to providing best-in-class perks across all our offices. These include generous annual leave, medical cover, inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships and opportunities to give back to the community. Full details of our benefits are available here.

We’ve embraced a 50% hybrid working model (averaging two to three days onsite) that fosters trust and remote adaptability while encouraging in-person camaraderie and peer learning. Additionally, we are open to accommodating specific flexible working pattern requests for all roles where feasible.

Accessibility

We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, email talent@ft.com and a member of our team will be happy to help.

Further information

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Candidates should be aware that the use of AI throughout the application process may be monitored to ensure a fair and transparent hiring process for all.

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