Accounts Receivable Associate

Your Team Responsibilities

We are looking for an organized, detail-oriented, and highly motivated team member to join our Account Receivable team. The ideal candidate will play a key role in the daily management of cash for accounts receivable collections, ensuring accurate allocation of funds and contributing to the efficiency of our financial operations. This individual will work closely with the finance team to maintain smooth cash flow processes and support the timely resolution of any billing or allocation discrepancies.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Cash Activity Review: Monitor and review daily cash activity across Americas, EMEA, and APAC bank accounts, ensuring accurate application of cash to customer accounts.
• Issue Resolution: Collaborate with Collections and Billing teams to address allocation discrepancies, billing concerns, tax issues, and other related matters.
• Financial Reporting & Analysis:
  • Prepare cash analysis reports and accounts receivable turnover reports for senior management
  • Support weekly cash flow forecasting of the company’s accounts receivables.
• Month-End Close: Compile and prepare monthly accounts receivable reports as part of the financial close process.
• Innovation Projects: Contribute to process improvement and automation initiatives, leveraging technology to enhance efficiency in cash application, reporting, and reconciliation.

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in a finance department, with a focus on accounting, accounts receivable, or accounts payable (experience in these areas is a plus).
• Proficient in English, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid writing and communication abilities to effectively convey financial information.
• Education: A college degree is required, with a preference for degrees in Accounting, Finance, or Business.
• Advanced Excel skills, including experience with pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and data analysis.
• Experience with financial software such as Salesforce or SAP is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of Power BI (PBI) for reporting and data visualization is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail and a proactive problem-solving approach to ensure accuracy and efficiency.

About MSCI

What we offer you

• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.

• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.

• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

• A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.

• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose – to power better investment decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave), veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please email Disability.Assistance@msci.com and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note, this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.

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