Manager/Senior Manager, Finance O2C

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The Senior Manager, Credit and Collections is a senior management role, responsible for managing the development and implementation of policies, processes and procedures related to Credit and Collections.

This operates at a regional or divisional level within the organization and is responsible for overseeing directing and managing the activities of the team whilst fostering a collaborative and innovative culture focused on operational excellence.

Key responsibilities:

• Contributes to the development of policies and procedures for credit application processes and supervises the maintenance of credit for complex client accounts.
• Re-evaluates and recommends improvement for the credit and collections processes such as invoicing, follow up and query management.
• Ensures that sufficient information is obtained to assess the credit worthiness of new and existing clients.
• Ensures that the cash received from payments are correctly allocated.
• Coordinates the payments of creditors via electronic funds transfer and cheques.
• Works closely with the relevant internal stakeholders to pursue deficient balances and enforce the client's contractual obligations, while minimizing company expenses.
• Deals with payment and all credit related queries received from clients.
• Supervises the collection of overdue accounts and ensures that clients are appropriately advised regarding their payment terms.
• Deals with escalated disrupted accounts and negotiates with clients ensuring the re-negotiation of payment plans.
• Leads, mentors, and develops the credit and collections team to ensure high performance and continuous professional growth.
• Ensures cash flow by ensuring efficient collections and performing credit analysis, including the analysis of the relevant reports and financial statements to maximize profits.
• Ensures the distribution of all credit and collection related reports to the relevant forums.
• Directs the operational activities of the credit and collections team.
• Coordinates the operational tasks associated with credit applications and collections.

To thrive in this role, you need to have:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to engage with key clients in a professional and tactful manner.
• Demonstrates good negotiation and influencing ability
• Displays good problem solving and decision-making ability
• Excellent understanding of credit analysis, collections processes, and risk assessment methodologies within the context of IT services and products.
• Excellent familiarity with credit reporting agencies and credit scoring models used in the IT industry.
• Ability to build a cohesive team and to manage people effectively.
• Ability to manage time effectively while setting the tone of the team through modelling and leadership.
• Ability to interact effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders by using their good collaboration and engagement skills.
• Proficiency in financial analysis tools, collections software, and Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel).
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to produce high quality work.

Academic qualifications and certifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Finance, Financial Accounting or Business Administration or related field.

Required experience:

• Extended experience in a Credit and Collections role, preferably within an information technology organization.
• Extended demonstrated experience leading and managing a Credit and Collections team
• Extended experience in a Credit and Collections management role.
• Extended experience working with large corporate clients.

Workplace type:

On-site Working

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