Gowan Crop Protection is a fast-growing global company based in Harpenden where we have our centralizing accounting function for international business. We are seeking an experienced Accounts Receivable & banking assistant to support EUMEA/APAC Accounts Receivable & banking related activities. This role involves managing customer collections, bank entries, bank reconciliations and assisting with month end accounting tasks.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Accounts Receivable
- Prepare and send Receivables report on weekly basis by sales person and identify overdue invoices
- Work with Sales team and Accounts payable department of clients, to ensure timely collections of invoices.
- Co-ordinate with Customer service and sales team to rectify any invoices.
- Investigate and summarise reasons for overdue invoices and prepare reports for management highlighting overdue invoices.
- Manage Letter of Credits (LC) from clients and work with Bank and Customer Services to ensure collections are made timely against the LC. Co-ordinate in resolving any discrepancies or issues faced in the collection against LC
- Post customer payments in E1 on daily basis and ensure Accounts receivable is up to date
- Assist with monthly closing activities related to Accounts Receivable.
- Track intercompany accounts receivable and maintaining reconciliations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Treasury/Banking and other activities:
- Record daily deposit transactions. Track customer remittance advices and ensure it is received for all deposits. Resolve any queries in remittance advice.
- Work on cashflow projections.
- Co-ordinate with banks for any issues or discrepancies
- Assist in month end bank reconciliation.
- Help in month end intercompany reconciliations
- Assist in Year-end audit activities.
- Assist in other finance activities.
Skills and Experience
- Previous Accounts Receivable & banking experience.
- Excellent communication skills and articulate in dealing with clients and sales teams
- Understands basic accounting principles
- Experience working in a finance environment
- Provide support on Month End deadlines to International Accountant
- Ability to work on own initiative and problem solve whilst working under pressure
- Ability to handle detailed information/data accurately
- Experience in working with teams based remotely
- Ability to communicate with all levels of the business
- Organized, proactive, process orientated, and deadline driven
- Good Microsoft Excel skills
- ERP System experience preferable (JD Edwards, E1 or Enterprise one)
Competence/Behaviors
- Must be flexible if required to work outside of normal hours at certain times.
Top Skills
What We Do
Gowan Company is a Yuma, AZ-based, family-owned company that has evolved into a global player in the agricultural input industry. Over 50 years ago, Jon Jessen began his venture working in the fields alongside farmers to help them identify, and solve pest problems that threatened to compromise the health of their crops and their livelihood.
Today, the Gowan Group employs over 950 employees globally with entities in 11 countries including France, Italy, Spain, UK, Canada, and Mexico. The company’s products and services include crop protection products (insecticides, fungicides, etc.) as well as seeds and fertilizers. Contract formulation, manufacturing, and warehousing are also included in the comprehensive suite of products and services provided by Gowan. Based on recent sales growth over the past 5 years, Phillips McDougall has cited Gowan Company as one of the fastest growing agrochemical companies in the world.
Gowan employees are proud to be a part of this family-owned tribe, working together towards a common goal. Weekly “happy half hour” celebrations on Friday, monthly company luncheons, profit-sharing bonuses, excellent benefits, and many other perks make Gowan a truly great place to work.
