Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Company Information

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with revenues of $25 billion. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We help our customers accelerate scientific research, solve complex challenges, improve patient diagnostics, and increase laboratory efficiency. Our distributed team of over 75,000 colleagues provides an unmatched combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience, and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, and Patheon. For more information, visit www.thermofisher.com.

Job Description

Job Title: Team Leader, Accounts Receivable

Location: Costa Rica

General Purpose of the Position:

This is an outstanding opportunity to lead a world-class team in a dynamic finance role. As the Team Leader, Accounts Receivable, you will supervise and determine the workload for your team, ensuring flawless execution of daily operations. Your leadership will drive the successful implementation of our ambitious financial strategies, encouraging an inclusive and collaborative environment.

Main Responsibilities:

Ensure the daily operations of the team through meetings, audits, reports, and controls, strictly adhering to procedures and achieving set objectives and metrics.Supervise the allocation of workloads to team members, ensuring efficient performance.Successfully implement departmental and organizational objectives, focusing on outstanding operational performance and mentorship for the team.Coordinate and support the reconciliation of accounts for complex clients.Lead blocking issues from both internal and external clients, determining the best solutions.Provide support to team members in complex and critical dispute scenarios.Maintain engagement and communication with clients via phone, email, chat, or other means.Serve as the contact point in internal and external audit processes, ensuring compliance and providing necessary information.Find opportunities for optimization and continuous improvement, suggesting new strategies and standard methodologies.Support supervisors and management in implementing strategies and communicating them assertively to the team.Perform any other requests required by the company's needs.

Basic Requirements:

Advanced university student in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, or related field and/or equivalent experience with a minimum of 5 years in the accounting/finance area.Proven experience in Shared Service Centers.English level B2+.

- Proficiency in MS Office: Word, PowerPoint, Outlook - Intermediate Excel.

Experience with at least one ERP (SAP, Oracle, JDEdwards, and/or Mainframe).

Proficiencies:

Put the customer first.Own your results.Find a better way to do things every day.Develop high-performance teams.Build successful work environments.Move from strategy to action.