AR & Credit Control Specialist

Position: AR & Credit Control Specialist-2
## AR & Credit Control Specialist-2

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** Key Responsibilities
**** Credit Risk Management
*** Assess and analyse the creditworthiness of new and existing customers
* Review and propose credit limit changes, ensuring approvals are obtained in line with delegated authority levels
* Obtain and evaluate credit and bank references where required
* Recommend credit decisions based on risk assessment
* Work with Sales and Customer Care to identify alternative solutions where credit terms cannot be extended
* Ensure adherence to company policies and delegated authority levels, seeking approvals in a timely manner
** Collections & Accounts Receivable
*** Manage a high-volume portfolio of customer accounts to ensure timely collections
* Manage accounts across multiple countries and currencies
* Carry out structured collection activities, including follow-ups and escalation of overdue balances
* Investigate and resolve invoice disputes, deductions, and short payments
* Support the reduction of aged debt and improvement of collection performance
* Support month-end reporting requirements
** Cash Application & Reconciliation
*** Perform timely and accurate cash application within SAP
* Allocate payments and ensure correct matching to customer accounts
* Reconcile unapplied cash and investigate discrepancies
* Maintain accuracy of the accounts receivable subledger and support month-end close
** Stakeholder Management
*** Work closely with Sales, Customer Care, Operations, Finance, and Legal teams to resolve issues
* Engage with customers to address payment queries and escalations
* Work with external credit agencies to support the assessment and determination of customer credit worthiness
** Reporting & Process Improvement
*** Use SAP and collections systems to monitor AR ageing and account activity
* Support the preparation of AR and collections reporting
* Identify and support process improvements to increase efficiency and control
* Support ad hoc credit, treasury, or cross-functional projects as required
** Qualifications**- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field (or equivalent experience)- Minimum 6 years’ experience of credit, collections, and accounts receivable within a high-volume environment
** Skills & Competencies**- Strong attention to detail and accuracy, combined with a proactive, hands-on approach
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a high-volume environment
- Experience working in a multi-entity and multi-currency environment
- Strong SAP experience (FI/AR module) in an Accounts Receivable / Order-to-Cash environment

- Experience with collections or receivables management systems
- Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, data reconciliation & large dataset analysis)- Solid understanding of accounts receivable processes, including collections, cash application and reconciliation
- Experience allocating cash, resolving unapplied cash and investigating discrepancies, including variance analysis
- Experience managing customer collections and resolving payment issues
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Understanding of credit risk principles
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills