About us
JAKKS Pacific is a world leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of toys and fancy-dress costumes. Based in beautiful Santa Monica, with offices in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Hong Kong, we play every day by creating toys and costumes that delight and transform the lives of children.
We work with the best and biggest entertainment companies in the business: Disney, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, Nintendo, SEGA and more, with our products on shelves around the world.
Main purpose of the role
This role is responsible for all our European debtor ledgers and ensuring that customer credit limits are controlled.
Key duties and responsibilities (other duties may be assigned)
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Ensure customers pay within agreed payment terms; contacting customers by phone and email
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Obtain remittance advices to support customer receipts
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Investigate and resolve customer deductions
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Send copies of invoices or statements as requested by customer
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Forecast customer receipts for cash flow
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Work with other departments to ensure swift resolution of customer queries
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Create and maintain positive working relationships with each customer
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Check and release orders for customers that have reached their credit limit
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Ensure appropriate credit limits set for each customer
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Monitor the bank to release cash in advance orders
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Assist with the credit insurance annual renewal process
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Maintain customer master data records
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Generate reports and analysis to assist with compliance of the company credit insurance policy
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Generate monthly reports and analysis to show the status of overdue debt and collections
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Assist with annual audits
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Identify improvements to the accounts receivable process
Key relationships
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US credit control team
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Customer Accounts Payable (AP)
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EMEA sales team
Key performance indicators
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Ensuring a customer’s aged debt does not exceed 30+ days overdue and the debtor ledger does not have a balance of more than 10% past due date at any given time.
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Managing credit risk and ensuring customers do not exceed their limits.
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Projecting cash in for the coming 2-month period, forecasting on a weekly basis with 15% accuracy.
Education and experience
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Previous experience working within a Finance team, preferably Credit Control
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Competent knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including the use of functions VLOOKUP and pivot table
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Fluency in one or more European languages is preferred.
Behavioural capabilities
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Strong organisational skills and time management
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Excellent communication style; able to build positive relationships at all levels
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Strong sense of urgency about solving problems and getting work done.
Our Benefits:
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Compensation: JAKKS Pacific offers a competitive salary. Compensation for this role is commensurate with experience, qualifications, locations, and education and typically ranges from £30,000 - £33,000
Company Overview
A leading designer and marketer of children’s toys and consumer products, JAKKS Pacific® is always on the lookout for talented, bright and creative individuals to join our ever-growing team.
Best known for our toy and entertainment products, JAKKS produces impressive and innovative products across multiple categories spanning from action figures, collectibles, and dolls, to high performance activity toys and vehicles, and let’s not forget our deep portfolios of beloved licensed characters. In other words, we work hard to make play more fun, and we believe it has paid off.
Included in Fortune’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies for four years in a row, and Forbes’ 100 Best Small Companies for three years, JAKKS is an aggressive and passionate company, with a commitment to customers and a dedication to growing our business.
Our goal is to continuously cultivate a talented and diverse workforce while providing a safe and productive work environment and an excellent career growth opportunity while working with a dynamic team who loves what they do and for a Company that ultimately makes children smile, play and succeed!
Jakks Pacific, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
NO RELOCATION ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED WITH THIS POSITION
No Recruiters Please.
