Intercompany Specialist at DSV

Job description

Main Purpose:

To deliver a reliable and high quality service to Customers while continuously driving unit costs down. Develop and drive the department serving primarily African Countries (8-10) as per the scope of the SSC. Responsible for providing timely and accurate reconciliations, including effectively solving any differences for all countries in scope and complying with DSV financial policies & standard processes.  In addition, this position will be responsible to support any finance transition as the Company migrates from the legacy processing environment to our future state model.

This role will involve a large amount of Customer contact (mostly internal with local Business Partners and/or staff in Operations) so excellent interpersonal skills and a strong Customer focused approach are required, along with positive and professional attitude to tasks allocated, and effectively applies their knowledge and experience.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for the following:

• AR and AP Full reconciliation
• Ensuring that all receivables and payables being confirmed are accurate and reflects the reality
• Coordinate either with business partners or ISSC to ensure all payments are made in due time
• Ultimately responsible for IC figures, and ensures that any query is raised in due time, with proper follow-up and full ownership on WebQuery escalation procedure
• Ownership on all clean-ups to be performed, including but not limited to:
• Pre-payments
• Reconciliation differences
• Invoices under the risk of being Forced-paid
• Invoices pending in CW1
• Invoices pending in Webcost
• WebQueries, Follow up and escalation to business to minimize risk
• Ensuring that all queries are logged and addressed; identifying root causes and resolving promptly in accordance with agreed turnaround times for query resolution
• Ensuring that data quality is of an exceptionally high standard through accurate and timely data processing
• Analyzing metric reports and address deviations; review and ensure data quality
• Highlighting any non-conformance to Company rules and regulations or to the SLAs
• Internal controls implementation and monitoring

Qualifications:

Grade 12 / Standard 10 Certificate.  

Computer Skills:

• MS Office.
• Above average computer Literacy.
• Advanced Experience MS Excel
• Solid experience on MS Office Software (Outlook, Excel, Word)
• Working experience on an ERP system (SAP & CargoWise1 Essential)

Minimum Requirements:

• Intercompany (IC), Cash Management (CM), Accounts Payables (AP), Accounts Receivables (AR) or General Ledger (GL) Experience – At least 2 of thedepartments
• Understanding and experience in processing entries within accounting packages.
• Good knowledge of Intercompany cycle.
• Computer Literate
• Ability to work Overtime, Weekends & Public Holidays when needed
• Internal Customer Focus  Listen, Understand, and continuously looking for how to serve the business the best possible way.
• Identifies and demonstrates sensitivity to and understanding of customer needs
• Able to manage client expectations without sacrificing process and technology standardization goals.
• Must be factual and reasonable when handling queries and dealing with individuals
• Process Driven
• Full understanding of the end-to-end business processes underlying the intercompany function.
• Must take ownership of responsibilities, processes, situations and resources
• Must be a dynamic thinker with end-to-end understanding of the Intercompany process
• Must be able to drive correct behavior and organizational compliance
• Proven problem solving skills with the ability to
• Identify root causes
• Effectively apply the process of elimination
• Take appropriate steps for short-term resolution
• Offer effective Medium to long-term solutions

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

• Must be able to communicate effectively and with diplomacy
• Must have good presentation skills
• Must have good reporting writing skills
• Strong Financial Background
• Min 5 years finance exposure, of which 2 in either CM, AP, AR, AP or GL 
• Understand & explain accounting principles and concepts
• Good understanding of debits and credits and able to explain transactions using T-Accounts
• Solid reconciliation skills
• Systems: Knowledge of SAP and/or CW1 modules essential

• Motivation and Commitment

• Self-motivated and able to use initiative
• Ability to work under pressure, with tight deadlines
• Must be a team player, willing to get involved to achieve overall team goals