I2C Senior Specialist

Job Description

 •   To manage the collection of country related trade receivables for the areas and companies assigned by I2C Management
•    Set credit limits for customers, liaising with country Sales Management, Credit Control and other management as appropriate
•    Drive the improvement in overdue debt and collection effectiveness for the countries and companies under your control.
•    Manage legal collections, verify the prepared paperwork for liquidations and receiverships, liaising with external legal representatives as required.
•    Provide qualitative information to management regarding overdue debt and other relevant Credit Control KPI’s.
•    Drive the resolution of disputes and minimize the turn-around-time or manage according the SLA.
•    Verify rebates and drive the payout execution within SLA.
•    Ensure and monitor team's compliance with legislation and Global Credit Policy.
•    Translate O2C strategy into constructive action on all levels of the business and within all departments.
•    Act as a business partner for both internal and external stakeholders to ensure sound risk management as well as identify and action on opportunities to realize revenue growth. 
•    Daily progressing (legal) overdue trade receivables, outstanding disputes and verify and execute rebates. 
•    Setting credit limits in respect of local customers using Dun & Bradstreet, or equivalent, Credit Information system.
•    Updating Credit management module/system in respect of known problems to provide information and guidance to Sales and Credit Control personnel in other AN offices/countries.
•    Provide reliable and well documented risk advice to senior management and/or sales department based on accurate assessment and evaluation of all appropriate internal & external factors and objectives. Ensure that changes to credit limits comply with the global credit policy
•    Participate in standard O2C reporting cycle and issue ad hoc reports on portfolio performance for analytical purposes and stakeholder sharing.
•    Manage the disputes turn-around-time 
•    Advise MDM team of discovered (future) changes in customer master data.

Job Requirement

•    Desirable Bachelor’s Degree
•    2+ years finance experience. 
•    Experience with working in matrix organization.
•    Working within a multicultural environment.
•    Experience in AkzoNobel O2C tools (e.g. SAP, FSCM, MFGpro, EBS).
•    Experience of working as business partner with management.
•    Experience in execution of standard processes.
•    Able to set priorities and work independently.
•    Extended knowledge of order to cash end to end process and experience.
•    Business knowledge.
•    Language skills (English essential).
•    Experience in sales/customer focused commercial role.
•    Minimum English and one other language spoken and written.
•    Excellent communication, networking and presentation skills.
•    Commercial focus and balanced decision making.