ATR - Accountant & Credit Management Officer

Accountant & Credit Management Officer

ATR is the world's number one aircraft manufacturer in regional aviation providing a new generation of turboprops. We are a joint venture between two European aeronautical heavyweights, Airbus and Leonardo.

ATR Americas (AAS) is the primary hub for supporting the Americas and Caribbean regions. The dedicated team comprises departments such as Support & Services, Quality, HR, Commercial and Finance. Based in Miami, our Training Center reflects ATR's commitment to tailored training programs aligned with aircraft characteristics and operator needs.

From the world's largest cities, to our planet's most remote regions, our purpose is to deliver air travel to people, communities and businesses in an innovative, sustainable and modern way.

If you strive for excellence, are driven by ambition, trust and respect as we are, then get your career off to a flying start with ATR!

At ATR you will work with passionate colleagues to make a difference in a human size company with attractive advantages!

We are looking for an Accountant & Credit Management Officer to come onboard in our Finance Directorate in Miami.

Your Mission

The Accountant and Credit Management reports to the Head of Finance and provides financial, administrative, and credit management support to the organization. This role combines accounting and credit management responsibilities, requiring strong communication skills and the ability to work independently on certain tasks.

• Manages the financial risk by steering credit lines allocated for his/her customer portfolio, liaises actively with customers and commercial departments, prevent, informs, and alerts credit risk to the Group credit manager whilst ensuring full compliance with ATR Group credit management policy.
• To provide financial and accounting support to the organization as well

Key Responsibilities:

Accounting:

• Manage and process payments by receiving, verifying, and reconciling invoices.
• Analyze and charge expenses to appropriate accounts and cost centers.
• Prepare and schedule vendor payments, monitor discount opportunities, and resolve discrepancies.
• Generally responding to all vendor inquiries regarding accounting.
• Maintain accurate accounting ledgers and perform month-end closing tasks.
• Reports sales taxes by calculating applicable amounts on paid invoices.
• Continuing to improve the payment process (in particular SAP cockpit).
• Performing month-end closing tasks
• Ensure timely posting of incoming customer payments and apply them to outstanding invoices.
• Produce monthly customer account statements and manage customer account reconciliations.

Credit Management

a) Customer Account Management

• Update approved customer credit lines
• Maintain customer accounts in SAP by updating approved credit lines & payment terms
• Follow and limit credit risk by releasing customer orders based on an assessment of overdue invoices and their maturity as well as the credit
• Making sure that administrative bank guarantees such as letter of credits are always in place by on-time renewal
• Keep track of incoming payments of customers, post them timely to their accounts and apply them to outstanding invoices based on customer
• Apply credit notes to customer invoices
• Maintain concise customer accounts by clearing invoices with payments and inserting appropriate references

b) Communication with customers

• Produce and provide customer account statements on a monthly basis as well as on request
• Obtain customer financial statements for the Head of Finance to assess customer solvency and ATR Americas' credit risk and whether or not a credit line can be established.
• Ensure on time payments from customers by communication through e-mail or video calls

c) Debt Recovery

• Follow up with customers on overdue invoices in a friendly and diplomatic way and persuade them to pay overdue invoices.
• Initiate and follow-up the application of advanced payments ('cash on delivery').
• Make sure that rescheduled debt installments are paid
• Prepare claims for submission to ATR Americas' credit insurers or external recovery providers
• Collect and analyze customer disputes (invoicing, pricing, logistics, defective equipment, etc.), forward them to the appropriate technical and commercial services, arrange meetings to follow up on the resolution and/or response to the customer

About You

• Degree in Finance, Economy, Foreign languages with a grounding in accounting with 2 years of job experience
• Ability to verbally communicate effectively with vendors, customers and employees of the organization and build trustful relationships
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Proficient in SAP R/3 Modules FI/CO
• Very good MS Office, advance excel, PBI, and PC skills
• Language skills: English, Spanish (French & Italian are a plus)
• Time management and organization skills
• Attention to detail and thoroughness
• but above all, you are ready to take off with us to keep connecting communities and businesses and provide the best possible products and support to our customers!

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Our Recruitment Process

• The Manager will contact you
• Innovative and digital assessment
• To get to know you better: interview with Finance Manager, HR Recruiter, Managing Director

What We Offer

• Highly competitive compensation package
• Work-life balance (remote working, paid time off)
• Well-being / health (supplementary health & welfare coverage)
• Career paths enabling employees to develop their skills and build a professional project
• Wide choice of development programs for soft and hard skills
• Diversity and inclusion: Over 1200 men & women with more than 35 different nationalities work together in our teams!

ATR is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company: Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) GIE

Contract Type: Permanent

Experience Level: Professional

Job Family: Customer Account and Service Management