Job Profile
Vista Global, the global business aviation group, integrates a unique portfolio of companies offering asset-light services to cover all aspects of business aviation, through its brands including VistaJet, XO and more.
VistaJet’s signature Program membership offers customers a bespoke subscription of flight hours on its fleet of mid and long-range jets, to fly them anytime, anywhere.
Reporting to the Billing Manager, our Finance team is looking for an Cash Application Specialist to join the team in our London office. This role will support the Billing and Collections functions ensuring seamless provision of service in a dynamic and challenging environment.
Your Responsibilities
To succeed as an Cash Application Specialist you will be organized, detail-oriented, and have strong communication skills. Your responsibilities will include:
- Receive and process multi-currency incoming cash (ACH/EFT/Wire) and credit card payments and match to invoices or customer accounts, ensuring accurate allocation of funds.
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies between payments and invoices, and work with other departments or customers to resolve payment issues.
- Analyse all unidentified/unallocated cash on a daily basis and report daily all cash received into the organization
- Build and maintain relationships with key accounts and ensure accurate customer master data is kept within various shared MS Excel workbooks
- Assist with query resolution from Group Treasury, Sales and other internal/external stakeholders
- Maintain commissions, offsets and client refund and understand the full overview of the SAP/AR ledger
- Ensure credit card fees are cleared properly and file transmissions are operational and support on month-end close
- Action inter-company transfer across different entities of the business and initiate/process/clear outgoing refunds
- Support management on annual audit queries and IT teams to develop and improve internal processes, reporting and management statistics
- Prepare monthly analysis on Cash forecasting vs actual cash received and perform credit cards reconciliation between online platforms and actual payment received
Required Skills, Qualifications, and Experience
- AAT qualified or part-qualified desirable
- Proven experience in cash application, accounts receivable, or a related financial role.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and the capacity to handle discrepancies effectively
- Ability to work independently and in a team, meeting deadlines and maintaining accuracy
- Knowledge of basic accounting principles and financial processes
- SAP experience is a plus