Excellent opportunity for a Senior German Speaking Accounts Receivable Analyst to work with a multinational pharmaceutical company in its Shared Services Centre.
The Role:
* Drive analyst performance through reviews, training, and feedback as part of the regional management team.
* Represent the team in meetings with stakeholders and participate in strategy setting and Continuous Improvement planning.
* Lead projects aligned with OTC future and team objectives.
* Own the debtors' schedule, understanding client payment terms and likely payment dates to optimize the Accounts Receivable portfolio.
* Conduct credit checks on all customers, establish and manage limits.
* Manage the credit control function by liaising with clients and customer service to resolve payment queries and invoice disputes in a timely manner.
* Oversee cash application, ensuring all cash receipts are applied properly by the cash app team.
* Maintain and strengthen client relationships.
* Report on aged debtors.
* Reconcile the sales ledger.
* Provide necessary support schedules and reconciliations for month-end reviews.
* Perform day-to-day shared services credit and collections functions within defined process standards, working across captive and outsourced teams.
* Drive cash collections for the portfolio under management, reviewing analyst performance.
* Train and provide feedback to team members.
* Represent the team in stakeholder meetings.
* Meet agreed performance measures, KPIs, and goal-setting processes.
* Prepare and review monthly performance reports.
* Ensure adequate allocation of customer payments.
* Assist management in performing, facilitating, and reviewing daily credit and collections activity within the centre and 3rd party provider.
* Maintain a high level of understanding of commercial operations.
* Standardize credit and collections processes and services to the regional shared service organization.
* Evaluate best practices with global peers and develop improvement suggestions.
* Support management in developing and reviewing performance results for credit and accounts receivable processes in the region.
* Ensure integrity of internal controls, partnering with the compliance team.
* Support internal and external audit queries.
* Provide oversight and support for responses to and remediation of audit findings, across internal and 3rd party outsource service providers.
Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in business administration or professional credit management qualification highly preferred.
* 2-3+ years of international credit experience, inclusive of all aspects of credit management.
* Fluent in English and German.
* Knowledge and understanding of overall OTC processes.
* Experience reading and analyzing customer financial statements.
* Prior recent experience working in a captive SSC environment is preferred.
* Experience with 3rd party outsource providers is preferred.
* Additional SAP ERP experience is a plus.
Job Terms:
* Initial 11-month temp contract (may be extended or go permanent).
* Generous salary for the right candidate.
* Flexibility regarding start and finish times.
* Luas access direct to site.
* Hybrid working option available after training period.