About this Accounts Executive (Maternity cover) role at Hach
Veralto
Veralto launched in October 2023 as a $5 billion global leader in essential technologies with a bold vision for creating enduring positive impact for the world. Our operating companies are building on a long-standing legacy of success, innovation, and deep customer trust as they work to create a safer, cleaner, more vibrant future. Veralto is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts with the 13 operating companies and 300+locations worldwide. Our global team of 16,000 associates is committed to making an enduring positive impact on the world united by powerful purpose. Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™
Veralto’s Water Quality Companies’s – Hach, Chemtreat, Trojan Technologies, OTT Hydromet, Sea-Bird Scientific, McCrometer, XOS & Acquatic Informatics- helps to manage, treat, purity & protect the global water supply from municipal & wastewater treatment facilities to lakes, rivers, watersheds and oceans.
Our Product Identification companies – videojet, Esko, X-rite, Linx and Pantoe helps package and protect the world’s food, medicine and essentials tracing and authenticating billions of goods that travels the global supply chain every day.
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Water Quality (‘WQ”) Platform is part of the Environmental & Applied Solutions reporting segment and is a global leader in water quality analysis and treatment, providing instrumentation and disinfection systems to help analyze and manage the quality of ultra-pure water, portable water, wastewater, groundwater and ocean water in residential, commercial, industrial, and natural resource applications. Our water quality business provides products under a variety of brands, including Hach, Trojan Technologies, McCrometer and ChemTreat. WQ Asia has sales offices in India, Australia, New Zeland, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Philippines.
About Role
KEY RESPONSIBILITY & AUTHORITY
Account Receivable
Monitor assigned customer accounts and contribute to the achievement of AR performance targets, including collection targets, overdue reduction, DSO, and aging objectives.
Respond promptly and professionally to customer queries and ensure timely resolution.
Manage daily collection calls and follow-ups on overdue accounts to achieve collection targets.
Monitor payment commitments and follow up with customers to ensure timely payment.
Identify discrepancies, perform account reconciliation, and resolve outstanding issues.
Engage with customers, including attending meetings when required, to address and resolve payment-related issues.
Record day-to-day bank receipt transactions and perform settlement for overseas inter-company accounts in SAGE.
Monitor and follow up on collections of receivables in line with agreed credit terms and limits, ensuring consistent follow-up on overdue accounts assigned, and achieving both the daily call KPI and monthly collection targets.
Prepare the weekly collection meeting, engaging with other departments to address and resolve collection-related issues.
Month-End Closing & Reporting
Perform timely AR month-end closing activities, including revenue recognition, bank receipts and account reconciliation.
Perform BlackLine reconciliation and submission for assigned accounts.
Prepare and submit required month-end AR schedules and supporting documents within the closing timeline.
Perform and reconcile month-end intercompany cross-charges and confirmation
Obtain and maintain monthly supporting documents for GST/SST zero-rated transactions
Investigate and clear month-end reconciling items and outstanding balances.
Support AR reporting and analysis as required by the AR Manager.
Additional Job Description
Support ad hoc matters as assigned, including assisting AR team members during monthly closing, internal audits, and customer service requests.
Undertake other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the AR Manager to support overall departmental objectives.
AP - Manage self-billing process: verify supporting documents, reconcile billing statements, and ensure accurate posting into the accounting system.
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field.
2–3 years of relevant Accounts Receivable / Credit Control experience preferred.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel.
Experience in SAGE or other ERP/accounting systems is an added advantage.
Experience in MNC / shared services environment is an added advantage.
Diversity & Inclusion:
At Veralto, we are dedicated to building and sustaining a truly diverse and inclusive culture. These are not just words on a page—Diversity and Inclusion is a top priority for the company, and it ties deeply to each of our core values. Veralto and all Veralto Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.
At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.
Unsolicited Assistance
We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at any of the Veralto companies, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Veralto and its companies. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Veralto and its companies because of the unsolicited referral.
