Accounting Specialist, Accounts Receivable (German-speaking)

Job description

**We are the platform turning browsing into shopping**. We connect 200 million shoppers with deals they love while boosting local sales for hundreds of top retailers and brands. We help consumers save time and money while making smart shopping decisions, and we support retailers and brands in engaging customers from online research to in-store purchases. In 2024, Shopfully joined forces with the North American company [Flipp](https://corp.flipp.com/), creating a global leader in the sector. Together, we reach 400 million households and serve over 1,000 top retailers and brands across 27 markets, including Europe, Canada, the USA, Latin America, and Australia. Ready to **spark** your growth with us? **WHO WE LOOK FOR** **🦄** We are looking for an **Accounting Specialist, Accounts Receivable**, who will join our Accounting team. As an Accounting Specialist, Accounts Receivable, you will play a key role in managing our customer receivables and collections processes across our European operations. You’ll be responsible for ensuring accurate and timely invoicing, monitoring customer accounts, driving collections, and resolving payment and billing issues. You’ll work closely with customers and cross-functional teams including Sales, Account Management and Finance to resolve outstanding balances and ensure a healthy accounts receivable portfolio. This role is ideal for someone who is detail-oriented, comfortable communicating with customers, and enjoys taking ownership of issues from investigation through to resolution. ***As part of our global hiring process, we kindly ask that resumes/CVs be submitted in English, as it’s our primary business language across teams and regions.*** **WHAT YOU WILL DO** 🏄 #### Credit, Collections & Accounts Receivable - Manage the collection process for an assigned portfolio of customer accounts, ensuring timely payment of outstanding invoices. - Proactively follow up with customers on overdue balances through email, phone and other appropriate communication channels. - Monitor Accounts Receivable aging, identify overdue accounts and payment delays, and escalate potential credit risks as appropriate. - Investigate and resolve payment discrepancies, deductions, disputes and other issues impacting collections. - Perform customer account reconciliations and ensure incoming payments are accurately allocated. - Partner closely with Sales, Account Management and other internal teams to resolve commercial or administrative issues affecting customer payments. - Contribute to cash collection forecasts and regular reporting on overdue receivables and collection performance. - Provide information and supporting documentation for bad debt and credit loss assessments, where applicable. - Support month-end and year-end close activities related to Accounts Receivable. #### Billing & Invoicing - Manage the customer invoicing process, ensuring invoices and credit notes are issued accurately and on time. - Review billing information, contractual terms, purchase orders and supporting documentation prior to invoice issuance. - Process billing adjustments, credit notes, cancellations and invoice corrections. - Investigate and resolve billing discrepancies in partnership with Sales, Account Management and other relevant teams. - Maintain accurate customer master data and billing information. - Support electronic invoicing processes and customer billing portals where required. - Contribute to the continuous improvement and standardization of billing and Accounts Receivable processes. #### Reporting, Controls & Process Improvement - Prepare and maintain regular reporting on Accounts Receivable, aging, overdue balances, collection performance and billing activities. - Support month-end and year-end closing activities related to Billing and Accounts Receivable. - Ensure compliance with internal policies, accounting procedures and internal controls. - Support internal and external audit requests related to Accounts Receivable and Billing. - Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls and collection effectiveness. **WHAT YOU WILL NEED**🪄 - 3–5 years of professional experience in Accounts Receivable, Credit & Collections, or a similar accounting role. - Hands-on experience managing customer collections, AR aging, account reconciliations and payment discrepancies. - Strong understanding of Accounts Receivable and general accounting principles. - Fluent in German, both written and spoken, is required. - Professional fluency in English, both written and spoken, as English is our primary business language. - Proficiency in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets - Experience working with an ERP system; NetSuite experience is an asset. 👉 At our company, we value diversity and actively encourage it — we believe a variety of perspectives and backgrounds makes us stronger. We focus on potential rather than on having a “perfect” CV. If this role excites you and you believe you could grow into it — even if you don’t tick every single box in the requirements — we’d love to hear from you! **WHAT YOU WILL FIND AT SHOPFULLY** **🤗** 🌎 An opportunity to thrive in a rapidly scaling multinational company 🕶️ A vibrant, informal, and inclusive work environment 🧠 We champion autonomy, flexibility, and a hybrid work model, empowering you to own your work 📚 Access to learning opportunities and regular feedback sessions 🍓 Enjoy our central, modern offices featuring fresh snacks, coffee (including vegan options!), and ergonomic setups 🎉 Engage in meaningful team events: offsites, happy hours, company parties and celebrations that unite us beyond daily tasks 💻We provide all the necessary equipment for you to work effectively and set up your workspace, wherever you are 🧰 Benefit from additional country-specific advantages based on local contracts and practices **TO FEEL AT HOME 🛋️ IN SHOPFULLY YOU NEED 🎯** - **Progress Over Perfection**: We move forward. Always. In a fast-moving world, speed with purpose beats certainty without action. Momentum matters—not for its own sake, but because it drives results. - **Clarity Through Transparency**: We bring each other along. We work in teams, not silos. Transparency gives context, and context enables action. That means we share decisions early, publish work in progress, and document outcomes so others can learn, move faster, and build better. - **Learn Loudly**: We grow by doing and by daring. Big bets unlock big breakthroughs. But real innovation demands risk, and risk always carries the possibility of failure. That’s not a flaw. It’s the price of ambition. - **Challenge with Empathy**: We speak up, even when it’s hard—because candor shows care, and leads to better outcomes. Listening deeply is how we grow. Disagreeing openly is how we build trust. **Always Build Better: We are builders—of products, systems, and ideas. But more than that, we are builders of better. Better has no finish line. It’s a mindset.** *If you choose to apply for this specific job position and submit your application, which may include personal data such as your identifying details, contact information, curriculum vitae, cover letter, professional qualifications, and/or employment history, please be informed that your data may be shared with our Affiliates\*, including Offerista Group GmbH and Flipp Operations Inc. The aforementioned entities will act as joint controllers for the limited purpose of intra-group sharing related to the evaluation of candidates’ applications. This means that your data may be processed by the Affiliate to assess your application and, if deemed suitable, to contact you regarding potential employment opportunities. However, please note that from the moment an Affiliate initiates direct contact with you and engages in any further processing of your personal data beyond the initial intra-group sharing for evaluation purposes, such Affiliate shall act as an independent data controller. In such cases, the processing of your personal data will be subject to the specific privacy policies that can be found*[*here.*](https://shopfully.com/applicant-and-candidate-privacy-policy/) *\* Affiliates shall mean any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with ShopFully SpA and its Affiliates’ subsidiaries, meaning any entity which is directly or indirectly controlled by the Affiliates.*