Senior Credit & Collections Specialist
On behalf of our Client, Kenny-Whelan is hiring a Senior Credit & Collections Specialist to join a Global Life Science Company in Cork.
Profile of the Role:
The successful person will have a passion for credit control and delivering exceptional customer service, with experience having worked in a multi-national corporation, as well as having a knowledge of the order to cash function. Strong Collections experience, Credit Review or Credit Risk experience.
Education: 3rd Level Finance / Business degree
IT / Systems:
Ms Office Suite, Word, PowerPoint, Excel advanced
Oracle and/or SAP very desirable
Main duties and responsibilities:
Responsible for a large and growing debtors listing, looking to minimize debt & overall DSO.
• Ensure timely and efficient follow up on due & overdue accounts and payments.
• Issue written correspondence to customers in a timely and efficient manner including reminder letters, monthly statements etc.
• Responsible for determining how much credit to extend to a customer based on credit policy, credit ratings, financials and payment history, while also providing a key point of interaction with Commercial and Finance team.
• As the Credit & Collections specialist, you will assess the credit risk of a specific company including interpretation of financials and make recommendations backed up with solid judgement and reasoning.
• Will liaise with internal finance/commercial colleagues and any other personnel as appropriate to confirm details regarding customers and overdue payments.
• Point of contact for internal and external queries as they arise and to support the resolution of any billing queries relating to outstanding invoices and escalate accordingly.
• Support with monthly management reports related to DSO, flux and Aging analysis.
• To deliver excellent standard of customer service in all respects of the role.
Knowledge and Experience:
A fast thinker: someone that can translate business needs into pragmatic implementable solutions.
A positive, enthusiastic, can-do attitude and flexible approach to work
Ability to work in a global team environment and communicate effectively with both internal & external business partners of all levels.
Experience in working in the biotech, pharmaceuticals industry and in a multi-national organization very desirable.
*** Are you eligible to work in Ireland?
As this is a Contract role, you will need a Visa: either Stamp 1G or Stamp 4 ***
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence
Kenny-Whelan Contact:
For further information please contact Carmel Synnott on 087 7422268 or send your updated CV to csynnott@kenny-whelan.ie