Job Description

Finance Assistant - Receivables
( 8 months contract - start date 22 April)
Blis is looking for a detail oriented candidate to join our team as Finance Assistant - Receivables based in Mumbai working for our European and US subsidiaries. This role is critical for the timely collection of payments, optimizing cash flow, and maintaining the financial health of the company. This role will be directly reporting to the Manager - Receivables and MIS and working closely with the global team to ensure accurate and timely processing of customer payments
Afternoon Shift : 1 pm -9 pm IST (Mon -Fri) Location - Mumbai (Jogeshwari)
Key Responsibilities

• Generating Invoices and Account Statements: This involves creating and issuing invoices to customers for products or services provided by the company. It also includes preparing detailed account statements that provide a summary of all transactions and outstanding balances for each customer.
• Preparation of MIS Statements: Management Information System (MIS) statements are comprehensive reports that provide insights into the company\'s financial performance. In this role, you would be responsible for preparing these statements, which could include data related to receivables, outstanding balances, and collection trends.
• Performing Customer Account Reconciliations: Regularly comparing and reconciling customer accounts with the company\'s records to ensure accuracy. Any discrepancies or issues are identified and resolved promptly.
• Producing Monthly Financial and Management Reports: Creating reports on a monthly basis that outline the company\'s receivables status, including aging of accounts, collection progress, and other relevant financial and management insights.
• Making Outbound Collection Calls: Communicating with customers to follow up on overdue payments in a professional manner. The goal is to ensure timely collection while maintaining positive customer relationships.
• Resolving Client-Billing Problems: Addressing and resolving any billing issues or disputes raised by customers promptly and effectively. Excellent customer service skills are essential in handling these situations.
• Liaising with Ops and Customer Service Teams: Collaborating with operational and customer service teams to address matters related to revenue and customer accounts. This coordination ensures a cohesive approach to managing receivables.
• Coordinating with Sellers: Working with external sellers to manage invoicing and collections, as well as addressing any queries they may have regarding payments.
• Collecting Customer Payments: Managing the process of receiving and processing customer payments, ensuring accurate application to outstanding invoices.
• Identifying Account Delinquency Issues: Monitoring accounts for signs of delinquency and reporting these issues to management. This proactive approach helps mitigate potential collection challenges.
• Sending Payment Reminders: Mailing correspondence to customers to encourage timely payment of delinquent accounts. This involves sending reminders and notifications about overdue balances.
• Facilitating Legal Proceedings: In cases of severe delinquency, coordinating and facilitating legal proceedings as required, following proper discussion and approval from management.
• Preparing Commission Statements and Accruals: Generating commission statements on a quarterly basis and calculating accruals for rebates and trading deals. This involves detailed financial calculations and reporting.
• Supporting Vendor Registration: Assisting with the registration of new vendors (Customers and Sellers) from a financial and accounting perspective.
• Additional Finance and Accounting Tasks: Undertaking any other finance and accounting tasks assigned by management as needed.

Skills and requirements

• M.Com, B.Com, MBA in Finance, CA Inter, or ICWA Inter with strong accounting knowledge
• Passionate about work and highly organized with a focus on delivering work within deadlines
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to handle customer interactions.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Experience with collections and dispute resolutions
• Excellent excel and writing skills
• Experience using Microsoft Dynamics Business Central advantageous
• Experience in media advantageous

About us
Blis is an audience-first platform that doesn\'t rely on personal data. We\xe2\x80\x99re an integrated planning and buying platform that delivers scaled, relevant, and high-performing audiences, helping the world\xe2\x80\x99s largest brands and media agencies achieve their goals. Over the past 19 years, Blis has built its reputation on delivering award-winning location-powered advertising solutions. In today\xe2\x80\x99s consumer-centric landscape, Blis is transforming the role of location data by combining it with a broad range of rich and powerful datasets to give our clients the deepest audience understanding available. Our unique approach to integrated planning and buying provides personalised targeting and performance without reliance on personal data. We serve relevant ads to the highest-value addressable audiences across any channel and deliver our clients\xe2\x80\x99 campaign outcomes every time, from brand awareness and engagement through to store/site visits and sales.
Established in the UK in 2004, Blis now operates in more than 40 offices across five continents. Working with the world\xe2\x80\x99s largest and most customer-driven companies across allverticals, including Unilever, Samsung, McDonald\'s, HSBC, Mercedes Benz and Peugeot, as well as every major media agency.
At Blis our vision is to be the undisputed leader in location-powered advertising and analytics. We believe that values create behaviours and behaviours create a culture. Our company values are a huge part of our DNA. We are fully committed to creating a powerful culture of inclusivity and belonging that embraces diversity, encourages people to bring their authentic selves to work, educates everyone at Blis about matters of equality, and engages with the wider industry community to drive social change.
As an equal opportunity employer, we treat all our employees and job applicants fairly and equally. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination and take all reasonable steps to create a work environment in which all employees are treated with respect and dignity. We don\'t condone or tolerate any form of harassment, by employees or by others who do business with us.
Our Values - B.L.I.S.
Brave We\'re leaders not followers An innovation and growth mindset helps us solve everyday challenges and achieve breakthroughs. Our passion drives us to innovate. We don\xe2\x80\x99t see barriers, just possibilities. We take ownership and hold ourselves accountable for outcomes, good and bad \xe2\x80\x93 and we don\xe2\x80\x99t pass the buck.
Love our clients We\'re client obsessed We do what we say and build trusted relationships with our partners for the long term. We act with integrity. We put our clients at the center of our business. We obsess over the best insights, ideas and solutions to deliver WOW and work with honesty and accountability to get it done.
Inclusive We\'re one team We are empathetic and embrace diversity. Everyone has a voice and can bring their authentic self to work. We care about and support each other \xe2\x80\x93 with humility and good humor. Mutual respect and wellbeing are key. We strive to eliminate bias and be open and transparent.
Solutions driven We\'re action oriented Speed matters in business, so we\'re solution-driven and action-oriented. We value simplification and calculated risk taking. We are lean, agile and resourceful self-starters. We collaborate and break silos, working thoughtfully and with urgency to solve problems, while learning from mistakes and celebrating wins.
If this looks like the perfect fit for you or if you just want to have a conversation, please apply, and we will get back to you as quickly as possible!