Credit and Collection Specialist

Credit & Collection Specialist

When joining PerkinElmer, you select an experienced and trusted leader in scientific solutions, with the support of a global service network and distribution centers, providing the right solution, at the right time, to meet critical customer needs.  With over an 80+ year legacy of advancing science and a mission of innovating for a healthier world, our dedicated team collaborates closely with commercial, government, academic and healthcare customers to deliver our broad portfolio of analytical solutions, and OneSource services.

Job Title

Credit & Collection Specialist

Location(s)

Mumbai

Job Description

Key Responsibility

• Responsible for undertaking collection from customer accounts including short/long term remedial action to resolve past dues and delinquencies in conjunction with sales input and meeting target deadlines
• Exposure to Japan & Korean market collections
• Japanese Language Proficiency (Mandatory Requirement)
• Reason codes update in SAP regularly
• Regular Verification of Customers’ Balance of Accounts
• Investigation of Reasons for Unpaid Invoices, Sending Out of Demand Letters for Payment
• Phone and Email Communication with Clients
• Collection Cycle and Reduce Past Due Receivables Improvement
• DCD releases after customer review and hold for deviations
• Performing Credit Assessment and Setting Credit Lines Per Customer
• Support Bad Debt Reserve and Write Off Processes
• Processing of the Clearing of Invoices with Payments or Credit Notes Using SAP
• Liaison With Treasury Department to Gather Information of Remittances with Insufficient Data,
• Cooperation with Other Internal Departments of PerkinElmer as: Customer Service, Procurement, General Ledger, Digital Transactions and More
• Coordinates with sales and customer service actions to resolve disputes and discrepancies with AR

Basic Qualifications

• Graduate in Accounting, Finance, with minimum 5+ years of Work Experience.
• Proficiency knowledge of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, SharePoint) 
• Essential: General knowledge of SAP
• Essential: English and Japanese: Fluent written and spoken
• essential good knowledge of Korean and-or Japanese

Preferred Characteristics

• Deliver to promise
• Negotiation Skills
• Team player

Experience Level

Entry Level