A/R AP Finance Analyst - Service

Professional | Full-Time | Finance 

The Latin America (LATAM) Finance Business Performance Management (BPM) team are the dedicated finance business partners to our LATAM Regional Sales, Construction, Service and Manufacturing operations. We are an internationally diverse team, physically located in multiple countries across the region. Together with our primary operational stakeholders, we focus on Performance Management, Business Finance, Business Controlling and Finance Business Partnering.

The Service Finance team specifically partners with Service Operations. As one of the two AR/AP Analysts - Argentina, you will be physically located in Buenos Aires, AR, and reporting to the LAT Finance BPM Service Director, who is located in São Paulo, BR. Your primary stakeholders will be located in Buenos Aires, AR, Santiago, CL, and Manila, PH.

Responsibilities:

- Proactively engage and collaborate, as applicable, with LAT Regional Finance, other operational stakeholders, Finance SSC, Global Treasury, and Global Sourcing, to solve operational issues and problems with speed and quality

- Prepare daily and monthly AR/AP reports and accompanying schedules and specifications.

- Performs scheduled and urgent payment by the defined and agreed Vestas Standard Operating Procedures

- Investigate and resolve payment-related issues (duplicate, rejected, and returned payments)

- Makes sure that payment specification is in place and being sent to the vendors after every payment run schedule

- Performs manual payment clearing as needed

- Requests statement of account to identified critical vendors regularly and performs reconciliation

- Monitors and resolves issues for non-payment of overdue invoices, from missing invoice copies to posting to the system up to payment. Inform concerned party/ies of the status promptly

- Make sure to submit on or before the deadline all internal controls documentation tagged under the Accounts Payable process

- Follow-up and resolve issues for unbilled billing documents blocked accounting invoices, and unapplied payments

- Sends invoice copies to external customers

- Ensures that all incoming payments are properly allocated and booked in the system on or before the month-end

- Coordinate with regional colleagues for the specification of other unknown incoming payments

- Performs customer accounting clearing

- Performs validation of customer refund requests, as applicable

- Follow-up on outstanding external customer balances, as applicable

- Provide timely and accurate support to both finance and operation colleagues in issue resolutions

- Assists in developing best practices and knowledge sharing with team members

Qualifications:

- Relevant experience with accounting & cost controlling (project/contract experience preferred)

- Bachelors' degree in Finance or Accounting.

- Previous experiences in Wind energy is advantageous (but not required).

- Experience with systems including MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint) required and SAP, SAP BI, SAP BPC experience is beneficial

- Strong proficiencies in both spoken and written English, the official language of Vestas, is required. Portuguese, Spanish and Danish proficiencies are a Significant Plus.

- Flexibility and motivation, travel is not expected for this role but may be required for ad hoc tasks

Competencies:

- Solid communication and analytical skills

- Good collaboration mindset, including cross-functional and cross-cultural

- Constructive but open-minded personality

- Good stakeholder management skills

- Internal Customer satisfaction

We offer an exciting job in a new, international environment. You'll be working in a fast growing team which is at the forefront of growth within the wind energy sector. As well as offering a attractive salary and benefits package, we put the emphasis on developing both personal and professional skills.

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DEIB Statement
At Vestas, we recognize the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion in driving innovation and success. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, particularly those who may hesitate due to their identity or feel they do not meet every criterion. As our CEO states, "Expertise and talent come in many forms, and a diverse workforce enhances our ability to think differently and solve the complex challenges of our industry". Your unique perspective is what will help us powering the solution for a sustainable, green energy future.

About Vestas
Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We are specialised in designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing wind turbines, both onshore and offshore. 
Across the globe, we have installed more wind power than anyone else. We consider ourselves pioneers within the industry, as we continuously aim to design new solutions and technologies to create a more sustainable future for all of us. With more than 173 GW of wind power installed worldwide and 40+ years of experience in wind energy, we have an unmatched track record demonstrating our expertise within the field. 
With 29,000 employees globally, we are a diverse team united by a common goal: to power the solution – today, tomorrow, and far into the future. 
Vestas promotes a diverse workforce which embraces all social identities and is free of any discrimination. We commit to create and sustain an environment that acknowledges and harvests different experiences, skills, and perspectives. We also aim to give everyone equal access to opportunity. 
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