Credit And Risk Analyst Accounts Receivable Uk Fortune 500 Multinational Sporting Retailer Years
Primary responsibilities:
Working with the Collections team, establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with customers.
- Partner with the US transition team to ensure data, operating procedures and training materials are fit for purpose on SAP/Global Operating Model.
- Review all credit limits and inform the set-up data for our ERP launch.
- Testing the system to ensure it is working as planned.
- Support in training out the function to the wider AR team.
- Partner with our overseas teams to ensure global processes are being consistently adopted.
- Liaise with external partners needed to set-up the function (e.g, D and B credit checking).
How you will make a long-term impact:
Ongoing ownership of maintaining credit risk limit and ratings and monitoring of customers.
- Support in opening new customer accounts / establishing credit / performing credit and reference checks.
- Adherence to the Credit insurance policy.
- Partner with the collections team to optimize cash flow and tactfully address any credit issues with customers.
- Where appropriate, responsible for monitoring and maintaining assigned accounts - customer calls, reconciliations, prepayments and if necessary, assisting clients with discrepancies and resolving short payments.
- Providing customer service regarding credit and collection issues, process credit cards, refunds if necessary, submit and review account adjustments.
- Accountable for maintaining aged debt targets at or above our target.
- Enlist the efforts of sales when necessary to accelerate the collection process.
- Assist in month-end close duties
- Weekly and Monthly Reporting of collection and credit issues to the wider business.
- Support in reviewing the B2B forward order book report on a quarterly basis to address potential credit issues.
- Additional ad hoc tasks as required
Qualifications and experience:
What you need to have:
- 3 + Years’ Credit and Risk experience within the apparel and consumer products industry.
- B2B collections experience, including working with credit insurers.
- Proficiency in Microsoft, including Excel and Outlook.
- SAP ERP and Business Warehouse experience a plus.
- Ability to work in a multi-functional and multi-national entity business.
- Ability to communicate customer information to commercial sales team members.
- Strong attention to detail/goal orientated.
- Polished verbal and written communication skills.
What we need to see in you:
- Confident and professional
- Proactive, exceptionally well organized and able to prioritize and multi-task behind areas adding value to Pentland.
- Able to liaise and influence and build relationships with people at all levels, including commercial.
- Strong leadership, gravitas, and influencing skills.
- Dedicated to maintaining high standards.