Senior Executive, Customer Invoicing To Cash (Mandarin-Speaking)

The Senior Executive, Customer Invoicing to Cash (CI2C) is accountable for the processing of transactions & activities related but not exhaustive to Customer Master Data, Invoice Management, Cash Application, Credit Management, Collection, Dunning & Bad Debt and Sales Order Processing.

Reporting to the CI2C Team Supervisor, he or she will process such transactions on behalf of Sanofi Business Services (SBS) for the China market. In addition, he or she may be actively involved in further improvement of SBS. This position will provide the successful candidate a unique opportunity to further grow into the Sanofi Group within the SBS environment as it further develops, due to the exposure to Country Finance teams across the regions. This role is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Key Job Responsibilities:

Operations:

• The Senior Finance Executive daily/monthly key responsibilities include but are not exhaustive to the following: Customer Master Data
  • Invoice Management
  • Cash Application
  • Credit Management
  • Collection, Dunning & Bad Debt
  • Sales order processing
  • Month-end closing activities    
• Actively participate in credit assessment for new and existing customer, perform periodic customer credit review
• Managing the releasing of sales blocked orders & sales reconciliation
• To perform collection activities, manage dunning process and monitor AR bad debts.
• To back up the Finance Executive on overall CI2C tasks such as Customer Master Data, Invoice Management, Cash Application, Sales order processing and any other tasks.
• To take charge of several countries for overall CI2C activities
• Support/responding to enquiries from internal and external customers, Country Finance & Stakeholders
• To update Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) as and when required and obtain validation from Team Supervisor/Manager
• To support ad-hoc projects implementation (New tools, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), process improvement projects)
• To perform month-end closing activities/reporting such as Marco Sales, AR Ageing report &  IWC
• To ensure timely & quality month-end closing and reporting of legal statutory account within Sanofi Group Calendar timeframes
• To manage any other tasks as assigned by Team Supervisor/Manager.

Compliance:

• To ensure compliance with the following under the supervision of Team Supervisor:
• SOX & internal controls compliance
• Ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and company procedures to ensure integrity of financial information
• To support internal & external audit and follow up on issues identified within his/her parameter

Continuous improvement:

• To participate in LEAN workshop, acquire LEAN mindset and work according to LEAN methodology.
• To proactively alert in issue/roadblock and propose solution to Team Supervisor/Manager.
• To identify within the task recurring issue/roadblock and to alert and propose for solution.
• Obtain validation on solution from Team Supervisor/Manager and execute them.
• Be agent of change and to actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives and identifying opportunities.

Key Job Requirements:

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree/ Professional Certificate in Accounting/Finance/Business or equivalent
• 5-8 years of experience in accounting/ finance
• Working experience in Finance shared services, either in-house or in a BPO setting
• Working experience in the pharmaceutical or similar industry, preferably in Finance will be advantage.
• Understanding of shared services technologies such as scanning and imaging, OCR, case management tools, KPI monitoring and reporting
• Fluency in Mandarin and English language (verbal & written) with the ability to interact effectively with all stakeholders.
• Working experience with SAP, specifically FICO
• Proficient in the use of applications in the MS-Office suite, including MS-Excel
• Experience in successful handling of Customer Invoicing to Cash
• Self-motivated, mature and ability to work independently
• Able to work in a metrics environment