Credit and Collection Specialist
Signify, the new company name of Philips Lighting, is the global leader in lighting building on 125+ years of innovations.
Our purpose is to unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world.
We are proud to be ahead of the game in the Internet of Things and on track to be carbon neutral by 2020.
We learn through disruptive challenges and our performance is powered through our diverse teams. Our Philips products, Interact connected lighting systems, and data-enabled services transform people’s lives in homes, buildings, and public spaces.
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Your Challenge
The Credit and Collection Specialist drives operational performance for the C&C department, ensuring processes are efficiently carried out and standards are maintained at global levels.
Your Responsibilities
- Driving operatorial performance and manage Accounts Receivables portfolio with Local and Infosys team, driving transparency and standardization on the work performed by both teams.
- Drive the performance of the C&C KPI’s and the accurate reporting related to it, with a dedicated operational accountability of the full customer portfolio
- Drive root cause analysis and set-up necessary corrective / counter measurements for the collection cycle.
- Drive operational performance by ensuring harmonization of processes and improvement projects are executed on time.
- Drive a transparent and clear collection cycle across the local and Infosys team .
- Improve and manage the end to end credit and collections process by identifying and evaluating credit and collection risks, including the set of proactive mitigation actions.
- Managing the process for escalating risks to more senior levels when appropriate.
- Maintaining a complete AR portfolio view of all credit and collection risks and managing mitigation.
- Having knowledge of internal controls, auditing, and risk assessments.
- Ensure transparency of credit and collection risk in a proactive way.
- Manage the operations of COFACE – Debtors Insurance portfolio
Your Profile
- Minimum 2 years working experience in a related job.
- Minimum undergraduate qualification within Finance direction.
- Possess strong reporting/analytical skills.
- Continuous improvement mind-set and strong knowledge of Excel
- Strong communication skills.
- Team player.
- Pro-active, independent and critical
- SAP knowledge
- Fluent French & English, Arabic is a pre
