Borsa Italiana - Account Receivables Intern

We are looking for a highly motivated, eager to learn, extremely accurate and self-driven student to join our Accounts Receivable team. As Accounts Receivable intern you will be part of the Finance Operations team located in Milan. You will assist on a variety of Accounts Receivable duties such as Customer Queries, Invoicing, Bank Reconciliation, Customer Masterdata and Credit Collections.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensures customer invoices are processed accurately and in time.

• Reconciliation of bank statements, as well as reconciliation of other methods of payment.

• Daily payment allocation and invoice settlement.

• Identifies and highlights credit notes and write-off concerns.

• Processes daily accounts receivable by monitoring and collecting overdue debtors.

• Actions on significant risk issues and minimizes DSO (Days Sales Outstanding).

• Creates and maintains Customer master data.

• Escalates issues promptly (dispute management).

• Proactively engages with internal departments for the resolution of customer queries

• Prepares monthly statements for customers.

• Develops and maintain professional working relationships with customers, colleagues and other internal departments.

• Supports Management and the team to achieve their goals and objectives.

• Provides reporting when needed.

• Analyzes data and identify trends.

• Assists in internal and external financial audits, ensuring compliance with internal controls, procedures and policies.

• Continuous improvement initiatives.

Knowledge and Skills Required

Education and Knowledge

• 1 year, 2 terms internship.

• Understanding of Order-to-Cash process.

• Excellent English skills (written and spoken), French (written and spoken) a plus.

• Advanced in Excel.

Profile and Skills

• Eye for detail and accuracy.

• Highly analytical.

• Ability to identify risks.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Excellent organizational skills and follow through.

• Displays initiative, highly proactive.

• Adaptable and shows flexibility.

• Strong negotiation and problem solving skills.

• Assertive and persistent with sense of urgency.

• Persuasive and able to influence stakeholders at all levels.

• Listens to feedback and learns from mistakes.

• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Target orientated.