Accounts Receivables Lead

Your tasks

• Manage customer billing, sales ledger accuracy, and allocation of customer receipts for credit and cash sales.
• Perform customer account reconciliations, issue statements of account, and resolve billing discrepancies and disputes.
• Prepare AR aging reports, collection forecasts, bad debt provisions, and Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) reports.
• Handle export payment instruments, including Sight and Usance Letters of Credit (LCs), Documentary Collections (CAD), and advance Telegraphic Transfers (TT).
• Review LC drafts before shipment to ensure compliance with commercial terms, proforma invoices, and banking requirements.
• Verify export documentation, including commercial invoices, packing lists, Bills of Lading, Certificates of Origin, EUR.1 certificates, and inspection certificates.
• Coordinate with banks, shipping agents, customs brokers, and internal departments to resolve export documentation discrepancies.
• Reconcile export receivables with shipping and customs records to support VAT compliance and financial audits.
• Monitor export rebates, duty drawback claims, and applicable export incentives.
• Collaborate with Export Sales, Shipping, Logistics, and Customer Service teams to resolve billing errors, customer claims, shipping delays, and freight disputes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience in Accounts Receivable and export finance.
• Practical experience handling Letters of Credit, Documentary Collections, and international payment transactions.
• Good knowledge of export documentation, Incoterms, and international trade procedures.
• Understanding of Egyptian VAT requirements for export transactions and related compliance procedures.
• Strong knowledge of AR aging, customer reconciliations, collections, and DSO reporting.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience using ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Odoo.
• Good command of written and spoken English.
• Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Experience in manufacturing or export-oriented companies is preferred.