Revenue Accounting and Controls Associate

Zusammenfassung der Tätigkeit

This person will be an integral part of an EMEA Team that has responsibilities for accurately validating and processing customer orders. The successful candidate will be responsible for the order to cash cycle beginning with the sales quote and concluding with the acknowledgement of payment. This person will interact daily with Customers, as well as Sales and Finance personnel across multiple locations and with the company headquarters in Natick, USA. With strong finance background the candidate will support the Finance & Operations team in Reporting and Controlling activities and projects on a local basis. This role offers exceptional experience in collaborating within an EMEA wide team, providing valuable insights into the business processes of an industry-leading and global software company.

Verantwortlichkeiten

• Maintain cross-functional relationships with Sales, Sales Support, Sales Operations, Customer Service, Accounting, Operations, etc. to ensure the accuracy and integrity of each business transaction.
• Validate each sales quote with the corresponding customer order (P.O.) including license configuration, pricing, discounts, terms and conditions in accordance with The MathWorks licensing standards. Maintain the integrity of all customer, contact, and installed product databases.
• Follow all established export control policies regarding end use and end user controls.
• Confirm revenue is properly recorded by ensuring monthly cutoffs are adhered to, products are shipped, invoiced.
• Maintain all pertinent documentation needed to properly invoice the customer including P.O.’s, sales tax, ship to and bill to information, etc.
• Perform required Accounts Receivable functions including, credit, collections, cash receipts, electronic transfers, etc.
• Manage a customer portfolio by actively initiating outbound calls striving to maintain an adequate DSO.
• Develop and generate monthly reporting metrics and routine revenue reporting by revenue class, license type, sector, location, product, and industry reports, metrics and value-added analyses to support the local management for regular business analyses.  
• Participate in a wide variety of special projects within the finance and operations team as required.

Mindestqualifikationen

• A bachelor's degree is required.

Zusätzliche Qualifikationen

• Bachelor degree required with an accounting, business studies and/or finance or data analytics concentration
• Second language fluency required in German, French or Italian
• Prior work or internship experience in an accounting role, finance, Accounts Receivable or operations is desirable
• Must be detail oriented, accurate, and able to provide solid audit trails
• Must possess excellent communication, organization, follow-up skills and a hands-on attitude
• Must be self-motivated, able to prioritize, and multitask to meet daily deadlines
• Proficient in a technology: MS Excel, MS Word, e-mail, MS PowerPoint, etc.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies like Chat GPT, MS Co-Pilot, and Power Platform is a plus
• Excellent written and oral communication skills required
• Credit and collection knowledge or experience is desirable
• Interest in/willingness to learn at least one of the following areas: Analytics, Accounting, Tax, Continuous Improvement, business systems or Artificial Intelligence 

Additional skills with Enterprise Reporting Applications (Salesforce, Oracle Cloud) a plus