Job Description

DESCRIPTION: Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), with expected 2021 revenues of $4.9 billion, provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:

• Barrier technologies that preserve the shelf-life and quality of food, beverages, medicine and other perishable goods through high-performance materials
• Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation
• Breakthrough technologies that minimize wastewater and improve the recyclability of materials and packaging across a spectrum of end uses

Avient employs approximately 8,400 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care\xc2\xae, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work\xc2\xae. For more information, visit www.avient.com. WHY AVIENT: At Avient, we strive for a culture of trust and engagement. Our associates are leading company initiatives such as Lead by Women, HYPE (Harnessing Young Professionals), Pride at Avient and Embrace to advance diversity in professional and personal development. We also provide our associates with robust development programs such as Avient Academy, Lean Six Sigma, and various leadership workshops to allow for career growth in a variety of ways. With workplace flexibility, health and wellness programs, casual dress days, and paid time off for community service, we are committed to building upon our positive momentum. At Avient, we believe diversity of ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions in hiring, promotion, development, compensation and advancement are based upon non-discriminatory factors such as, for example, qualifications, abilities, experience, and performance. Job Specification \xe2\x80\x93 Sr. Specialist, Business Services - Cash Application (CA) Job location: Renaissance Industrial & Warehousing Complex, Unit no. WA-06, Village: Vashere, Amane B.O Padgha-Kalyan Toll Road, Tehsil- Bhiwandi, District- Thane, PIN 421 302. Job Summary To contribute to deriving operational excellence for SSC OTC by playing a key role in Offshore process Migrations, Month End Closing, Cash posting, Account Reconciliations creation and review. Essential Functions
Essential Function 1: Process Operations

• Day to day processing and allocating of cash received to appropriate clients and invoices.
• Contact clients directly and liaise with the Customer derive desk team, to ensure unidentified receipts are worked on each day and kept at an absolute minimum.
• Monitoring and processing of items highlighted each week on the Un-Reconciled Report.
• Timely and accurate recording, of payments returned to clients.
• Responding to queries from the Billing teams in a timely manner.
• Assist in forensic analysis of aged items and on-account payments to ensure open items are identified and closed out.
• Identifying and working through areas for improvement and increased automation with external consultants and the Corporate Systems team.
• Assist as required with the month-end Bank > GL reconciliations.
• Participating in the financial close process including sub ledger to GL reconciliations and ensuring all activities are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Responding to audit queries.
• To undertake ad hoc and other duties as required by the Business Unit.

Essential Function 2: People Aspects

• Participate in weekly team meetings
• Team oriented and process driven. Proactive and one team attitude
• Share and assist Team manager on building lean culture in the team, for efficient service delivery

• Perform and ensure smooth month end close and reporting for assigned entities.

Essential Function 3: Stakeholders /Cross Functional Relationship Management

• Maintain positive & strong work relationships with cross functional teams and respective stakeholders.
  

• Establishing and maintaining strong, collaborative relationships with internal and external customers
  

• Interface with other SSC teams to ensure compliance with cross-team responsibilities

Essential Function 4: Project Management

• Support, communicate and follow up with Project lead/ Stakeholders about specific projects and their goals
• Coordinate and schedule execution of the project
• Review, assess and evaluate execution of the project on a regular basis
  Develop project reports on a timely basis and ensure completion of the project in a timely manner Maintain, manage, track, document all project reports and prepare cost/benefits tracking

Education

• B.COM/MCOM
• Accounting education Must; any degree in accounting

Business Experience

• Essential: +7 Years (Non CA)

• Essential: High end Accounting & Analytical skills

• Desirable: SAP FICO Closing and Reporting Experience.

• Desirable: Working experience within a shared services center/BPO

Additional Qualifications Desirable: Degree/Diploma in Business Management Competencies Each position at Avient focuses on eight Core Competencies as a Leader of Self. Additionally, management positions focus on Leadership Competencies as a Leader of Others and/or a Leader of the Business. These competencies are designed to drive behavior that will ultimately help our associates excel at their current roles, while supporting individual and career development. Avient Corporation is a drug free workplace. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran\xe2\x80\x99s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law.
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