Accounts Receivable accountant - Brazil Focus (m/f/d)

About KWS

KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.8 billion in the fiscal year 2022/2023. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests, and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development. For more information: www.kws.com/career. Follow us on LinkedIn® at https://linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/.

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Your tasks:

As part of our ONEGLOBE initiative KWS Berlin GmbH is looking for a new Accounts Receivable Accountant - Brazil focus (m/f/d) with fluent Portuguese and English. The position is in full-time at our location in Berlin.

• You are in charge of posting customer payments, performing accounts receivable related payments and clarifying discrepancies with customers.
• Therefore, you will have constant contact with customers, sales and logistic, credit management and colleagues in other financial departments.
• Moreover, you will participate in preparing the monthly and quarterly closings for the whole KWS Group.
• You assist in creating ageing reports and dunning procedures.
• You execute all activities in compliance to rules, guidelines and procedures of KWS

Your profile:

• Preferably you have a completed apprenticeship or an academic degree in Business Administration/Economics/Finance or similar.
• You have experience in the field of Finance – especially in Accounting. You had previous experience in creating reports and implementing them.
• Experience in working in an international Shared Service organization is an additional advantage.
• You can meet tight deadlines and manage high volume transactions with a high customer orientation and extraordinary service attitude
• Due to time zone differences, you have a flexible approach to your core working times
• You have strong communication skills, you are cooperative, and have a good team mindset.
• You are fluent in Portuguese (ideally native level) and excellent English language

What you can expect:

• A location in the heart of Berlin 
• A great team with lots of fun at work and regular team events 
• A positive and appreciative working environment 
• Flat hierarchies and open communication 
• An attractive remuneration package incl. company pension plan and other benefits 
• Flexible working hours and a reasonable work-life balance 
  Training opportunities