Accounts Receivable Analyst Intern

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Atlanta

Travel Required:

Relocation Provided:

Job Posting End Date:

January 31, 2025

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Accounts Receivable Analyst Intern to join our Finance team. This internship offers hands-on experience in accounts receivable processes and the opportunity to work closely with experienced professionals in the field. The ideal candidate will be eager to learn and contribute to various accounting tasks, ensuring accurate and timely billing and collections.

This position serves as the initial and primary role in supporting the Managed Service Provider (MSP) for the company’s receivables portfolio in the North America Region (US and Canada). The Analyst will cultivate and maintain relationships with business clients, offering guidance and oversight for the MSP’s accounts receivable organization in the administration and handling of billing and accounts receivable. Ensuring financial controls are met in managing accounts receivable and resolving associated customer claims is crucial. The role includes developing and implementing work tools, identifying process gaps, and driving process changes to help the team achieve specific business results, such as improving the percent of current accounts receivable and overall portfolio performance.

Responsibilities:

• Provide customer account management for collections, deduction management, and sales team support.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on various business processes and ensure compliance and consistency in delivering results.
• Lead and facilitate meetings.
• Analyze issues at the team portfolio level to identify root causes and trends, determine corrective actions, and prevent recurrence.
• Monitor aging items in the team portfolio; generate reporting and tracking to facilitate resolution.
• Support and lead the team to achieve overall performance goals.
• Manage collections and dispute resolution activities within an assigned portfolio.
• Serve as a point of contact for all portfolio customers for first-step escalations, working with internal and external clients to resolve escalated issues.
• Partner with billing to resolve billing issues resulting in unpaid invoices.
• Provide input into various reporting and planning processes.
• Serve as a subject matter expert to external clients regarding business policies, procedures, processes, and measures that drive business strategies realization.
• Lead the team in implementing process changes.
• Handle exception and ad hoc reporting requests.
• Support system and process roll-outs as a subject matter expert (SME) and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Participate in special projects as needed.

Functional Skills:

• Financial Policies and Procedures: Knowledge of the company's financial policies, including standard practices, accounting codes, and internal procedures specific to the area of responsibility.
• Accounting: Understanding of accounting principles, appropriate general ledger accounts, and transactions.
• Customer Focus: Demonstrating understanding of how one's actions impact the company's relationship with customers.
• Cash Management: Knowledge of cash management principles used within a business environment.
• Currently pursuing a degree in a related major with a final graduation date no earlier than December 2025.

Monthly Compensation:

Undergraduate Students: $4,506

Graduate Students: $6,066

Location: Atlanta, GA

Skills:

Accounts Payable Process, Communication, Customer Service, ERP Solutions, Financial Accounting, General Ledger (GL), Microsoft Office, Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (BI), Preparation of Financial Reports, Process Reviews, Teamwork, Troubleshooting

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

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