Support bookkeeping, reconciliations, monthly close, MIS reporting, ERP migration, and audit and compliance activities while working with senior accounting teammates and outsourced partners.
Accounts Receivable Accountant
📜 Description
- Manage billing and cash collection, ensuring invoices are accurate, timely and collected.
- Oversee collections, credit control, overdue balances, payment reminders and client disputes.
- Own revenue recognition and contribute to accurate, timely month-end closing.
- Coordinate ticket-based inquiries and follow up with stakeholders to resolve requests.
- Report on debt, DSO, payment times and collection KPIs; identify trends and recovery priorities.
- Build client and internal relationships, lead debt review meetings with Sales, and improve AR processes and compliance.
🛠️ Requirements
- You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Management or a related field, providing a solid foundation for your accounting work.
- You bring 2+ years of experience in accounting operations, accounts receivable, billing, collections or credit control, ideally within a B2B or wholesale environment.
- You have hands-on experience in billing and customer contact, within credit control or collections, and are comfortable negotiating payments with clients.
- You have a strong understanding of the full order-to-cash cycle and solid accounting knowledge, including revenue recognition and month-end closing practices.
- You are autonomous and proactive: you spot problems, raise your hand, and suggest solutions.
- You think in a structured way, prioritize well, connect the dots between debts, clients and markets, and communicate clearly with stakeholders at every level.
- You are fluent in English, with French being highly desirable.
✨ Benefits
- The opportunity to create real impact, take ownership and accountability, and drive meaningful change.
- Continuous learning and development through hands-on experience
- Formal training
- Access to tools such as our Learning Hub and Nilo
- A collaborative community of smart, driven people where you learn, contribute, and connect, every day and through team events.
- A global environment, working daily with diverse perspectives across 4 offices and 70+ nationalities.
- Private Health Insurance and 24 vacation days per year, with 1 extra day per year worked (until a limit of 29 days per year).
- A flexible hybrid setup with up to 22 remote days per quarter.
- A modern, pet-friendly office in Parque das Nações, Lisbon.
Full job description
We are Emma – The Sleep Company. Founded in 2015, we have grown into the world’s largest direct-to-consumer (D2C) sleep brand, with a presence in over 20 markets and more than 35 Emma stores across Europe.
Our mission is simple: to develop sleep comfort products that empower our customers to awaken their best every day. Today, our products are trusted by millions and recommended by leading consumer associations worldwide.
It’s our people who bring this mission to life. At Emma, you’ll join a driven, international team that values ownership, collaboration, and continuous knowledge sharing. With colleagues from over 70 nationalities, we combine diverse perspectives with a shared ambition to learn, grow, and create lasting impact, together.
Ready to awaken your best with us?
About The Role
We are looking for an Accounts Receivable Accountant to own the full receivables cycle for one of our 11 EMEA markets, within Emma’s Finance team. You will be responsible for billing, collections, credit control, revenue recognition and reporting, protecting cash flow, and giving the business a clear view of its debt position.
You’ll report to the Accounts Receivable Manager and work closely with key stakeholders, ranging from Wholesale EU and Operations to Customer Excellence and Controlling.
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