Finance coordinator Payments team

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Job Description

Thermo Fisher Scientific offers impactful work on a global scale, enabling customers to improve health and safety.

Discover Impactful Work:

As an AP/AR Representative I at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will be part of a world-class finance team that strictly adheres to excellence. This role is essential in ensuring flawless international payment processing, making a significant impact on our ambitious goals. You will have the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment, competing to implement operational optimizations successfully.

Main Duties:

• Ensures accurate and timely processing of regular and urgent international payment requests among the relevant AP functions.
• Handles the appropriate and detailed completion of assigned AP Payment related tasks (such as: rejected payment, direct debit, refund reconciliation, etc.).
• Manages customer requests and resolves payment-related issues and findings.
• Responds to ad hoc requests and maintains agreed timelines.
• Generates payment-related reports; evaluates and interprets data. Calls out performance issues.
• Attends internal meetings and provides updates on payment statuses.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and relevant formal academic/vocational qualification or last year in process of acquiring Finance/Economics degree.

Experience:

• Experience with international payments or treasury for 1 or more years will be considered an advantage.
• Understanding of the entire payment life cycle (creation/reconciliation/refund).

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Outstanding organizational and communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Capable of handling critical tasks efficiently and effectively.
• Flexible and able to prioritize workload to meet changing business needs.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Resourceful with Excel, including VLOOKUP and pivot tables.
• Previous experience with ERP systems (Oracle preferred).
• Capable of conducting payment-related activities following the established process.

What we offer:

Join PPD clinical research services for growth opportunities through our award-winning learning program.

As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD clinical research services truly value a work-life balance. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organization but with a local feel.