SGS is hiring an O2C AR Accountant skilled in accounts receivable, order-to-cash process, credit management, billing, and balance reconciliation.
Job Description
- The O2C Accounts Receivables Accountant will provide temporary support
to the Finance Shared Services team and is
responsible
for ensuring accurate and timely accounting of
incoming payments and customer balances for the O2C portfolio.
- The role includes allocating cash receipts to open invoices in the
accounting system, investigating and resolving customer balance
discrepancies in cooperation with the collections team, and
supporting month-end activities such as calculating bad debt
provisions, and posting work-in-progress and unbilled delivered
orders.
- Performance should meet the requirements defined in the SLA/KPIs
applicable for the role.
Responsibilities
- Allocate incoming payments by entering and matching receipts to the
correct invoices in the accounting system.
- Investigate and resolve customer balance discrepancies by monitoring
payment differences and coordinating with the collections team
to obtain remittance details from customers.
- Monitor and clear open/unidentified payments; maintain a
tracking file and add comments regarding missing remittance,
duplicate payments to be refunded, supplier payments to be routed to AP,
etc.
- Calculate the allowance/provision for potentially uncollectible
receivables by analyzing customer balances in line with agreed accounting
principles.
- Post and reconcile Work in Progress (WIP) and unbilled delivered
orders by verifying transactions and recording them in books.
- Process and distribute incoming emails within the team; analyze each
request and resolve it or route it to the appropriate department.
- Work effectively under pressure, especially during
month-end closing periods, and support closing tasks
when required.
- Ensure Compliance with internal controls, company policies, and
audit requirements.
- Prepare AR reports, aging reports and accounts
analysis
- Use MS 365 tools (mainly Excel) and Oracle to perform analyses,
reconciliations, and reporting.
- Perform additional tasks as requested by
the supervisor and participate in process
improvements/standardization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related
field – preferred
- CPA or equivalent qualification is an added advantage
- At least 2 years of Accounts Receivables or order-to-cash
experience.
- Experience in accounting operations (AR/GL/R2R) – preferred
- Good knowledge of MS 365 (especially Excel) – required
- Experience with ERP systems (Oracle is an advantage) – nice to
have
Additional Information
- Conscientiousness and accuracy in delivering tasks,
- Analytical mindset and problem-solving skills,
- Very good command of English (minimum B2 level),
- Ability to work under pressure, especially during
month-end closing periods,
- Proficiency in Arabic language is an added
advantage.
- Effective collaboration and clear communication with internal
stakeholders (e.g., collections, R2R, AP)
- Full onboarding and work equipment provided.
- Availability is required on public holidays if they fall
within month-end closing periods.
- This is a Fixed term contract for 4-months to provide for maternity
cover.
How to Apply
