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Job description / Role
Manage a complex AR portfolio across multiple product lines and countries. Manage and develop a team of collectors and personnel throughout the region ensuring the team realise their potential and deliver the results expected. Manage and encourage the development of the credit team by coaching, setting and meeting, challenging goals and objectives.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Audit collection performance and personal reviews with Collections team to ensure accounts are being worked to their full potential and all disputes are managed.
• Assist with the design and implementation of standardised measurements and process improvements for OTC processes across the region.
• Work extensively with various departments to ensure that the company makes the best decisions possible to maximize sales and collections.
• Be willing to travel to locations to clarify procedures and promote process improvements, and possible issues with customers as well as visiting customers directly.
• Meet the collection targets as specified in the objectives by pro-active contact with the customers and by engaging the support of operations.
• To maintain and improve the culture of arrears management from reactive debt chasing to pro-active Credit Management and customer retention with the aim of meeting or exceeding the company targets.
• Be able to understand and make decisions that involve bankruptcy, liens, and general collections that involve legal or the use of an outside third party.
• Be able to read and understand the impact of basic legal documents that involve the extension of open account or the collections of open account.
• Lead monthly dispute/ AR meetings across all countries in region.
• Drives operational process improvements by using statistical methodologies, network modelling and business case write ups for improvement initiatives.
• Including identifying causes of process inefficiencies and designing process re engineering solutions.
• Complete and distribute accurate AR and OTC reports in accordance with guidelines.
• Perform various other duties and activities as assigned by supervisor within the physical constraints of the job.
Requirements
• Degree in accounting as part of the courses taken.
• Minimum 10+ years related experience.
• 5+ Years of credit management of five or more credit personnel.
• Extensive credit experience.
• Computer skills that include creating charts and graphs that can be used to explain or define presentations.
• Past experience in making credit decisions based on actual written analysis of financial statements and information.
• Extensive Letter of Credit experience.
• Must have previous international experience preferably gained in the region.
• Exposure or general knowledge of SOX, MICM.
• Experience of Oracle, GetPaid or JD Edwards would be required
• You must be an Egyptian national and currently based in Cairo
About the Company
A multinational oil & gas company.