Accounts Receivable Associate

nVent Electric Inc.
  • San Diego, CA
    12 days ago

    Job Description

    We're looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success - and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

    WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

    • Manage customer deductions, disputes, and documentation requests, ensuring timely resolution and clear communication with customers and distributors.
    • Apply customer payments, match incoming payments, record deductions, and ensure accurate, compliant AR posting.
    • Ensure timely invoice dispatch, monitor collections against contractual terms, and follow up on overdue accounts through regular aging analysis.
    • Serve as the primary contact for AR related inquiries, resolving account issues and communicating progress and solutions.
    • Review and evaluate customer disputes based on order details, product circumstances, and policy requirements.
    • Coordinate claims processing with Customer Service, Finance, and Logistics to ensure complete and accurate review before settlement.
    • Maintain compliance with nVent policies, internal controls, and applicable credit management regulations.
    • Prepare and distribute AR reports, including revenue status, aging, KPIs, and ad‑hoc analyses for month‑end, quarter‑end, year‑end, and audit needs.
    • Support month‑end close activities and contribute to cash forecasting and bad‑debt analysis.
    • Identify process improvements, participate in efficiency initiatives, and recommend solutions to enhance AR operations.

    YOU HAVE:

    • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics or Business is preferred.
    • 1+ year experience in Finance and Accounting (Cash Management, Customer. Support, Credit Management, Collections, Litigations).
    • Fluent English (both speaking and writing).
    • MS Office - especially Excel (medium-cash app / advanced-cost recovery: Pivots, VLOOKUP, If, Count, etc.)
    • Display the required accuracy and attention to detail when dealing with client accounts and information.
    • Effective communication skills.
    • Proactive behavior, result oriented, high flexibility and work autonomy.
    • Collaboration and team spirit.

    WE HAVE:

    • A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

    • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

    • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

    • Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

    • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

    • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

    • Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We're known for being:

    • Innovative & adaptable

    • Dedicated to absolute integrity

    • Focused on the customer first

    • Respectful and team oriented

    • Optimistic and energizing

    • Accountable for performance

    • Benefits to support the lives of our employees

    At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other's authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.

    #LI-JO1

    #LI-Hybrid

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Diego, CA

    Skills

    • Accountingunmatched
    • Accounting Closeunmatched
    • Accounts Receivableunmatched
    • Aging Analysisunmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Cash Managementunmatched
    • Claims Processingunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Computer Securityunmatched
    • Contract Managementunmatched
    • Credit Controlunmatched
    • Credit and Collectionsunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
    • Detail Orientedunmatched
    • Distribution Channelunmatched
    • Diversityunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Economicsunmatched
    • Electricityunmatched
    • English Languageunmatched
    • Financeunmatched
    • Forecastingunmatched
    • Litigationunmatched
    • Logisticsunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • Microsoft Excelunmatched
    • Microsoft Officeunmatched
    • Non-Profit Fundingunmatched
    • Past Due Accountsunmatched
    • Performance Metricsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Process Developmentunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Regulationsunmatched
    • Resolve Customer Issuesunmatched
    • Revenue/Sales Reportingunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Vlookupsunmatched

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