Wyser is the international company within Gi Group in charge of searching for and selecting specialized middle and senior management.
We are looking for a " Collection and Finance Specialist " for our global business partner.
Responsibilities
• Provide proactive support to internal and external customers on all collections related AR issues
• Liaise with other departments to establish and maintain effective and relevant collections activities, policies and procedures
• Engage with internal and external customers early in negotiation process to facilitate receivables friendly agreement on large project related contracts
• Undertake customer site visits where required to ensure effective issue resolution and relationship building
• Effect collection of amounts due to Emerson Automation on the accounts receivable ledgers in accordance with the company targets.
• Highlight any concerns/potential bad debts to the Regional Collections Manager in a timely manner
• Work closely with the Risk team
• Provide & promote 1st line resolution for customer discrepancies and escalate accordingly within the organisation
• Actively promote and participate in initiatives to perform root cause analysis on discrepancies and undertake improvement initiatives across the quote to cash process to prevent discrepancies occurring.
• Ensure best practice in Accounts Receivable is promoted and employed at all times across the area
• Provide guidance and support to more junior members of staff across the business
• Interact with all internal and external customers in a professional and courteous manner.
• Responsible for the reconciliations of the customer accounts monthly
• Issuance of the invoices for the recharging of stamp duty on the contracts and FX variance invoices monthly
• Timely decision making, release and resolution of issues relating to all held orders to maximise sales.
• Undertake any other activities as required by the Regional Collections Manager in the operation of the Collections function.
• Set own priorities within framework of established procedures.
• Flexibility for travel
• Occasional weekend/public holiday working is a requirement of the role
Requirements
• Extensive Accounts Receivable experience (min 5 years) in a senior position within a large European/Global corporate organization is essential together with experience of working with export and Letter of Credit situations. Given this is a split role experience is also required in related finance activities as specified above.
• University degree in relevant field is desirable
• Experience of managing complex milestone billing projects
• Ability in interpret financial information
• Ability to manage bank guarantees
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal and ability to communicate at all levels
• Ability to manage time and work to tight deadlines
• Business systems to include Oracle / SAP / Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel would be an advantage)
• Fluent English & Turkish essential both written and verbal (additional European language would be an advantage)