Job Summary:
In this position, you will play an integral role in the working capital activities of West Pharmaceutical.
Reporting to the Credit & Collections Manager, you will lead the Credit & Collections team in the delivery of assigned accounts receivable activities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead your team in the delivery of the Credit & Collections operational activities for assigned portfolio, which includes but is not limited to:
- Ensure relevant SLA’s and KPI’s are achieved
- Support and coach the team through complex dispute resolution, liaise with other depts. And/or attend customer meetings as part of the escalation process
- Operational credit & collections activities are performed in accordance with the CP-20 Credit & Collections policy
- Deliver the C2C month and quarter end activities, and closely work with RTR management in addressing any reconciling items/errors
- Ensure Credit & Collections team provide a mature balance between customer satisfaction and credit risk
- Work closely with the Credit Risk & Compliance Manager to minimise credit risk exposure
- Support the commercial, wider finance teams and key stakeholders by actively seeking and developing partnerships, understanding the business requirements, and ensuring communication is maintained to the highest standards
- Support integration into financial operations any future migration projects or acquisitions
- Operate within the C2C policies, procedures, and internal controls,while always ensuring integrity and compliance
- Support audit compliance activities in relation to the credit and collection's function
- Preparation of month end closing activities and reporting
- Process, Technology and Service
- Proactively identify process improvement opportunities within C2C and work collaboratively on assigned projects
- Maintaining of DTP's & up to date SOP
- Participate in any system implementation or changes as required
- People
- Lead and mentor a team of credit & collection analysts
- Focus on talent retention through succession planning and team development
- Develop a customer-centric culture in your team with highly collaborative relationships with the relevant stakeholders
- Other duties as assigned
Basic Qualifications:
- Third level qualification in Finance, a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in Credit & Collections
- Previous Shared Service Centre experience with multinational publicly quoted company
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Fluency in a second European language desirable
- Proficiency in MS Office applications
- Experience of SAP - S4 Hana would be a distinct advantage
- The ability to work and lead independently to deliver against strict deadlines
- Customer focused with excellent problem solving and communication skills (written and oral)
- Excellent organizational skills, with the ability and agility to adapt in a fast-paced environment
- People management experience or demonstrated ability to lead and coach others
- Attention to detail
- Able to be aware of all relevant standard operating procedures as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description.
- Able to always comply with the company’s safety policy.
Travel Requirements:
- Must be able to travel up to 5+% of the time.