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Accounts Receivable Collections & Resolutions Analyst – Portuguese Speaker
- Location: Frimley, Surrey
- Function: SSC – Credit Control
This role does not offer international relocation
This role is for a 12 month contract
Overview:
Our EMEA Shared Service Centre based in the UK has around 240 people across 3 different functions - Finance, Credit & Collections and Supply Chain. We support over 20 countries and speak around 35 different languages. The SSC is just one of 5 different SCJ businesses based at the Frimley site.
About the role
This role is to Manage the Credit Control and Resolution activities for the Portuguese market. Ensuring Customers follow payment terms, validation of deductions and ensuring accurate allocation of customers’ invoices to the correct accrual, investigation and price and freight related activities.
About the Team/Department
The Customer Financial Services (CFS) team is made up of 8 multilingual teams who support our commercial businesses across the EMEA region with their Collections, Resolutions, Cash Allocation and Pricing requirements
What’s in it for you?
Competitive pay & benefits incl Profit Share
Flexible starting and finishing times + 4.5 day working week
33 days annual leave including public holidays due to supporting European countries
Free Parking, Shuttle bus from local train stations, Cycle to Work Scheme, EV charging
Newly refurbished onsite Gym with new Spin Studio and Classes
Responsibilities:
This role assumes responsibility of managing the credit risk, and resolutions for a portfolio of customer accounts on behalf of EMEA Subsidiaries and Head Quarter. It requires a strong ability to make credit decisions within the DOA framework, to work independently, to proactively chase Receivable items, to raise and deal with customer’s claims, and resolve queries in a timely manner through escalation to Commercial business partners and line Manager.
Collections
Develop, maintain and improve relationships with internal and external customers
Minimise the risk of bad and doubtful debts through credit management best practices
Manage insolvency resolution in conjunction with SSC and local Country management
Provide timely and accurate Credit reporting to relevant audience
Ensure customers account reconciliation are completed and accurate
Comply with Sarbanes & Oxley (SOX) requirements for Accounts Receivable processes
Resolutions
Manage the customer rebates and promotional invoices, ensuring customers invoices are validated with the accruals tracker and processed in a timely manner
Manage the creation of Non-Discretionary LTA (Long Term Agreements) and Discretionary Customer agreements, avoiding non-approved expenditure
Monthly & ad-hoc review of rebate expenditure, including accruals, and providing necessary & meaningful report variance analysis to local Business Team
Monthly reconciliation of the subsystem (TSM) to SAP GL accounts and month end reporting
Investigation and Posting of Rebates / Freight claims / deductions with local Country commercial and service providers.
Experience you’ll bring:
Must be fluent in Portuguese & English, both written and spoken
Experience as a Credit Controller or general Finance background
Proficient in Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel – Vlookups / Pivot Tables
A 3rd European language i.e. French, Spanish, German would be an advantage
SAP experience (desirable)
ICM Qualification (nice to have)
Behaviors you’ll need:
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Strong Proactivity and Personal Ownership Skills
Demonstrate adaptability
Process improvement mind set
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Inclusion & Diversity
We’re a global business, with people from every culture, ethnicity, race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, and ability. We recognize the breadth of human experience, and we work to celebrate it. It is our goal to build a diverse, inclusive, and supportive work environment where all people can thrive.
We’re committed to ongoing efforts that help us attract, hire, and retain diverse talent who want to build a positive, inclusive environment. Read more about our ongoing initiatives at https://jobs.scjohnson.com/inclusion.
