Company Profile:

Since 2004, Huahai US has been the well-known Chinese pharmaceutical company penetrating the U.S. generic drug market. We are actively looking for an accountant to join our Shanghai- based finance team to remotely support a variety of U.S. accounting functions. The Accountant is responsible for maintaining their given portfolio of customers and reducing the ageing of open AR by maximizing cash collections and resolving disputes due to unauthorized deductions. Specific responsibilities include: identifying, resolving, and collecting past due invoices, reconciling accounts as needed, identifying and resolving disputes (according to the resolution matrix) and providing excellent internal and external customer service.

Essential Duties

• Completing daily collection activities as prioritized by cash application system

• Contacting customers on delinquent accounts for resolution and payment and recording all activities in collection system and resolving unidentified payments and other payment related issues that have been assigned to the account by Finance Managers

• Resolving within the predefined time frame those A/R related Disputes that have been assigned to the account and resolving Disputes within own area of responsibility according to the agreed upon time line

• Reviewing Dispute documentation provided by cash application or the customer and assigning the Dispute to the appropriate internal owner (as per the resolution matrix)

• Contacting customers regarding unidentified Disputes, determine the reason, securing additional documentation as needed and assign those to the proper owners

• Support departmental, functional and corporate initiatives

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting from reputable Chinese or overseas English-speaking college

• Advanced degree from an accredited U.S. college is preferred but not required

Work Experience

• A minimum of 1 year’ experience working in general accounting and reporting areas, preferably from a global corporation and/or “big 4”

• 1 or more years’ experience working in SAP system

• Prior professional experience in the U.S. is a plus

Skills and Abilities

• Highly proficient in spoken and written English

• Advanced Excel skills

• Established working knowledge of SAP

• Detail orientated, strong sense of urgency