About AkzoNobel
Since 1792, we've been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people's lives and protect what matters most. Our world-class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens, and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We're active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It's what you'd expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that's dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let's paint the future together.
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Job Description• To manage the collection of country-related trade receivables for the areas and companies assigned by I2C Management.
• Set credit limits for customers, liaising with country Sales Management, Credit Control, and other management as appropriate.
• Drive the improvement in overdue debt and collection effectiveness for the countries and companies under your control.
• Manage legal collections, verify the prepared paperwork for liquidations and receiverships, liaising with external legal representatives as required.
• Provide qualitative information to management regarding overdue debt and other relevant Credit Control KPI's.
• Drive the resolution of disputes and minimize the turn-around-time or manage according to the SLA.
• Verify rebates and drive the payout execution within SLA.
• Ensure and monitor team's compliance with legislation and Global Credit Policy.
• Translate O2C strategy into constructive action on all levels of the business and within all departments.
• Act as a business partner for both internal and external stakeholders to ensure sound risk management as well as identify and action on opportunities to realize revenue growth.
• Daily progressing (legal) overdue trade receivables, outstanding disputes, and verify and execute rebates.
• Setting credit limits in respect of local customers using Dun & Bradstreet or equivalent Credit Information system.
• Updating Credit management module/system in respect of known problems to provide information and guidance to Sales and Credit Control personnel in other AN offices/countries.
• Provide reliable and well-documented risk advice to senior management and/or sales department based on accurate assessment and evaluation of all appropriate internal & external factors and objectives. Ensure that changes to credit limits comply with the global credit policy.
• Participate in standard O2C reporting cycle and issue ad hoc reports on portfolio performance for analytical purposes and stakeholder sharing.
• Manage the disputes turn-around-time.
• Advise MDM team of discovered (future) changes in customer master data.
Job Requirements• Desirable Bachelor's Degree.
• 2+ years finance experience.
• Experience with working in a matrix organization.
• Working within a multicultural environment.
• Experience in AkzoNobel O2C tools (e.g., SAP, FSCM, MFGpro, EBS).
• Experience of working as a business partner with management.
• Experience in execution of standard processes.
• Able to set priorities and work independently.
• Extended knowledge of order to cash end-to-end process and experience.
• Business knowledge.
• Language skills (English essential).
• Experience in sales/customer-focused commercial role.
• Minimum English and one other language spoken and written.
• Excellent communication, networking, and presentation skills.
• Commercial focus and balanced decision-making.
At AkzoNobel, we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason, we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability.
Requisition ID: 41207#J-18808-Ljbffr