Cash Application Specialist

Cash Application Specialist

Cash Application Specialist

Job Family- Finance

This family develops, refines and implements the financial policies, plans, measures and controls to safeguard and accurately report in the financial results of the business.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Cash Application Team Leader, your role is focused on receiving payment and ensuring accurate application & reconciliation of payments to customer accounts, preparing statements by communicating with our credit control and record to report teams.  

Duties and responsibilities

• Allocation of cash receipts and reconciliation of customer accounts. 

• Communicating with local credit control teams to resolve queries relating to cash allocation 

• Resolve customer queries with tact and diplomacy, through to a satisfactory resolution. 

• Check credit note, and journal request forms and relevant paperwork are in order for approvals e.g. vat credit requests, withholding tax, refunds. 

• Liaise with members of the operations and sales teams at regional sites. 

• Ensure all documentation is electronically stored to customer/dept folders in a timely manner to minimize hard copy paperwork 

• Assist the Cash Management Team with the compilation of month end report to the board. 

• Completion of weekly bank reconciliations (Multi-Currency) 

• Supporting senior team members with ad hoc accounting tasks. 

• Assisting with Credit Control function 

• Contact debtors through calls, emails or letters to notify them of outstanding invoice 

• Coverage for the Cash Management Team across various regions. 

 

Skills

• Excellent communication skills, comfortable dealing with people at all levels 
• Strong organisational and time management skills to meet strict targets 
• Able to work on their own initiative 
• Possess a methodical approach to work 
• Possess a high standard of numeracy, accuracy and attention to detail 
• Continuous improvement mind-set 
• Proactive approach 
• Ability to build strong working relationships 
• Excellent attention to detail  
• Assertive 
• Comfortable working in a high paced environment