Inviting applications for the role of Collections Specialist with German-Hybrid Bucharest
The Accounts Receivable Europe organization is in charge to provide professional services to the legal entities operated by the client affiliates. Scope of service includes the end-to-end Collections & Dispute management process.
Responsibilities
• Work closely with Team leader and Team members
• Perform Senior AR Specialist daily activities: complete daily tasks and supports others with coaching on completion of metrics
• Timely and actively contact external customers regarding unpaid invoices, and do the follow-up based on the case
• Validates reasons for delinquency using appropriate sources of internal / external information
• Analyzes reasons for non-payment / reasons for disputes with internal / external customers and find the root causes
• Analyze miscellaneous items / open credit balances of customers, and actively communicate with the customer to allocate them properly / to process refunds
• Prepare and process accounts reconciliation in communication with external / internal customers
• Analyze disputes root causes based on communication with external customers / dispute resolvers monitor and escalate delayed resolution of disputes
• Prepare regular and ad hoc analysis of her / his portfolio situation, define priorities for contacting customers
• Regularly analyze in meetings with internal customers further actions for top collectable / disputed / miscellaneous cases
• Process shifting of uncollectable items for legal actions / ensure processing of write-offs
• Works or helps and guides junior colleagues on difficult account reconciliation / escalation cases.
• Manage complex customer accounts.
• Acts as a buddy of new joiners during business specific training, shadowing.
• Is the second voice collector within the team on escalated, aged items.
• Run existing reports on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Improve & maintain reports based on the I2C standards.
• Learn and develop soft and hard skills based on Genome Profile setup.
• Resolve customer inquiries promptly & accurately, by understanding customer market & needs.
• Proactively contact customers for timely collection or resolution of aged receivables, by regularly collecting & analyzing customer data.
• Have a controllership overview of the dunning cycle/letters.
• Validate that reports meet risk & financial requirements.
• Coordinate Payment Plan proposals, pre-bankruptcy and pre-receivership recoveries once approved by the risk department.
• There may be an opportunity to take part in special projects, for those interested in personal / professional development opportunities.
• Accomplish all responsibilities in line with client compliance and integrity requirements.
• Create, update, revise, and submit standard operating procedures for approval.
• Follow the training plan set by management, complete it on time, and highlight potential risks for delays.
• Act as a backup or cross-trained for another process or scope of work.
Minimum Qualifications
• Full professional knowledge of German, min. B2 and English B2
• Business School Degree or qualification or minimum relevant work experience directly related experience to either cash collection or customer service, ideally in a multinational environment.
• Ability to work under pressure in a dynamic environment.
• Microsoft Office proficiency, especially Excel.
• Cash collection skills, with detail orientation.
• Basic financial analysis skills
• Ability to be hardworking and to think “outside the box”.
• Interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Problem solving
• Cultural awareness in a diverse and international environment.
• Thirst for learning.
