Senior Accounts Receivable Specialist - Germany

About ZURU 🚀

📍 ZURU is on a mission to disrupt industries, challenge the status quo, and catalyze change through radical innovation and advances in automation. This is in play in different pillars of the company: ZURU Toys are re-imagining what it means to play; ZURU Tech is shaping a better future by leading the next building revolution; and ZURU Edge is pioneering new-generation FMCG brands to better serve modern consumers.

📍 Founded in 2003 by EY Entrepreneur of the Year and World Entrepreneur Hall of Fame brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray, ZURU has quickly grown to a team of over 5,000 direct and indirect members across more than 30 international locations.

One of the largest toy companies in the world, our globally recognized and award-winning brands include Bunch O Balloons, Mini Brands, XSHOT, Rainbocorns, and Smashers. Our global FMCG brands include MONDAY Haircare, Millie Moon, RASCALS, BONKERS Pet Treats, DAISE Beauty, and GUMI YUM Surprise and more!

📊 Role Overview:

To be successful in this role, you shouldn't be limited to standard routine AR accounting operations. You should have strong professional accounting knowledge and a solid understanding of the end-to-end AR process, an effective and structured approach to month-end closing, and a strong business partner mindset. You should also work well with other team members and have excellent communication skills.

📌 Key Responsibilities:

1. Perform daily AR accounting operations, including journal booking, intercompany activities and reconciliation etc. (end to end ownership) for Germany.

- Make sure it’s accurate and on a timely basis

- Ensure all transactions are booked and comply with company policies and accounting standards

2. Process, verify and clear receivables by appropriate measures in alignment with Sales team, as well as liaising customers for reconciliations. Take care of bad debt booking and tracking.

- Major customers should provide confirmation letter or reconciliation accumulated.

- Clear the customer payment timely and report the difference or error of payment to sales team.

- Processing and coding credit and debit notes.

3. Conduct monthly closing processes efficiently with high quality.

- Prepare and submit regular accounts receivable report, and check the invoices to match with sales orders. Work with M&O team to solve the invoice issues to make sure monthly closing smoothly.

4. AR aging/reconciliation and reporting on a monthly basis. Work with internal SAP team to optimize automatic reporting system or processing.

- Monthly AR provision calculation and booking. Ensure all promotions can be accrued accurately. Prepare and analysis on monthly Aging report. Work with M&O team and sales team for payment chasing and clearing.

5. Corporate with oversea local auditors, prepare internal and external audit.

- send the monthly AR reports and details to local accounting team, and work with them to ensure the accounting accounts can match with accounting team monthly, and provide reports and materials to auditors

-Provide necessary support to the tax team for tax audits.

-Support the audit team in auditing the accounts receivable modules.

-Fully support on EU entities AR reconciliations between local agent books vs SAP books

6. Prepare DE reconciliations with local agent.

- Work with local agent for monthly, yearly accounting books’ reconciliations compare IFRS and local GAP.

💡Skills & Experience:

1. Majored in Accounting, Finance.

2. Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in financial accounting. Working experiences in FMCG or Finance Shared Service Center is preferred.

3. Strong written and verbal communication skills in both German and English, German as the role requires interaction with both EU local and Chinese team.

4. Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics).

5. Practical mindset with a proactive, solutions-oriented approach.

6. Excellent communication skills, highly organized and detail-oriented. Capable of working independently and valuing teamwork.

7. Nice to have: EDI experience, particularly with Factur-X or KSeF

LIFE@ZURU

At ZURU, we have cultivated a high-performing culture that encourages excellence. Our team works towards ambitious goals, learning, performing, and improving together, all while having fun. We empower talented individuals to do their best work every day.

At ZURU, you get out what you put in. You are responsible for driving your own career and we provide the platform to achieve it. As ZURU is on such a fast growth trajectory, there are opportunities here that you won’t find anywhere else.

We recognise that ZURU’s success stems from our people and you can only be at your best when you are looking after yourself. ZURU encourages all our team members to invest in their wellbeing by providing an array of benefits and tools.

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