Credit Collections Specialist Viseu

Credit Collections Specialist
Viseu
Viseu, Viseu District, Portugal

Back in 1966, in Marseilles, when the world was talking about Start Trek ? , Sodexo was serving its first customers, initiating our journey in the Quality-of-Life Services leaded by the bold Pierre Bellon.

Since then, we continued our adventure of offering everyday need solutions, improving the life of our users across the globe ? supported by more than 400 thousand dedicated and brave colleagues, in 64 countries, that lead us to where we are today.

? ? Portugal is no exception and 7 years ago, our shared service center – Sodexo Business Services – SBS, was born! In here, you will have the chance to be part of several ? ? Financial teams like Record to Report, Order to Cash, Purchase to Pay, Financial Analysis, Master Data, among others, that support European markets, making sure the business continues to growth.

? Are you bold enough to join our crew, with your unique character and ideas, and make us even bigger?

? We are waiting for you! And so, your career!

In the meantime, check the opportunity below:

CREDIT & COLLECTIONS SPECIALIST

? We are looking for warriors to integrate our collections team. ?

To be accepted, you must "live" according to our "commandments" ⚔

• Willingness- unbreakable will and determination ?
• Adventurous - be bold, willing to try new or difficult things ? ? ♂
• Reliable – be trustworthy, worthy of reliance or dependence ?
• Resilient – be able to recover readily from adversity ?
• Inspired – influence and be inspirational for others ? ? ♂
• Oriented – be
  - oriented and focused ? ? ?
• Remarkable – be worthy of notice/consideration;
  
  extraordinary ?

⚙What will you do?

• Interacting with customer Account Payable to chase invoice approvals and payments.
• Follow up the dunning process and the established collections workflow.
• Sent reminders, dunning letters, statement of accounts, register letters, among others.
• Call customers or operations when needed.
• Provide collections status for customer line items.
• Disputes management (invoice quality issue).
• Challenges any failure in the process preventing fast
  - around of invoices, i. E. disputes.
• Support escalation for delinquent customers, higher overdue amounts, and/or aging.
• Get remittance or payment information for allocation purposes.
• Manage key/critical customer relationships.
• Includes establishing teamwork and handover points between customers, local finance teams, operations, internal teams.
• Proactively reconcile invoices by working with both the local finance team or operations and the customer representatives to ensure payments by the due date.
• Liaise contra accounts (customer and supplier account reconciliation).
• Provide status and trade debtor reporting for operations, local finance team, and senior management.
• Ensure support that all team objectives are met (overdue levels and/or cash targets).
• Support with litigation, administration, and bankruptcy process.
• Lead credit committees/debt calls with operations and/or senior management.
• Provide additional analysis as required.
• Doubtful account analysis supports with communication of any eventually required
  - off or
  - debt provisions.
• Manage all the necessary validations for customer refunds when needed
• Liaise credit, financial and commercial risk reports from compliance companies like Dun&Bradstreet
• Validate risk alerts, payment terms and customer master data with creation purpose

? What you'll need to succeed? :

• University degree (will be a plus, preferable in Finance / Accounting / Management / related fields).
• Relevant work experience (in collections or credit management department, shared service centers, accounting, or business area).
• SAP or other accounting ERP skills (will be a plus).
• Good communication skills (verbal and written), active listener, and customer
  - oriented.
• Fluent in English
• Problem Solver.
• Prioritization and organization skills.
• Assertive, influencing others but also a team player.
• Relationship builder,
  - active, responsive and
  - oriented.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Business Oriented (Credit and Collections / Billing / Payment allocations / Sales and Operations).

? What we have to offer you?

• Hybrid working model;
  
  
• Flexible working hours;
  
  
• Health & Life Insurance;
  
  
• Attractive Mealallowance paid in Meal Card;
  
  
• Additional Daysoff: extra vacation day, employee’s birthday, volunteering day;
  
  
• More than 6000 free online courses;
  
  
• Opportunity to grow professionally inside the Company;
  
  
• Possibility to participate in multicultural projects;
  
  
• Several internal activities aiming to promote our team´s wellbeing.

We are waiting for you!

Send your CV to our email recruitment. sbs. portugal@sodexo.com with the title of the role on the subject.

Check all the opportunities on our career website (https://www.Sodexo. Com/en/contact-us/sbs-porto/porto-jobs)

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