Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
The Credit and Collections team is responsible for performing daily activities such as dunning and collection, dispute management and credit management, together with the support in projects and process standardisation initiatives.
The pursuit of excellence in all deliverables and being recognized as a highly trusted partner by stakeholders are the pillars for the team's success, ensuring a stable and flawless business platform to adidas Europe.
Key Responsibilities:
Ensure a timely collection of receivables by working closely with the customer and internal stakeholders and solve any causes of non-payment.
Ensure that all payments received are allocated accurately and timely without any errors.
Follow-up in case of discrepancies and ensure they are handled within a reasonable time frame.
Manage customer relationships, which includes problem resolution and root cause analysis.
Assess and review the credit risk on the customer on a regular basis to mitigate risk for adidas according to credit policy.
Perform review, analysis and proposal of release on credit block deliveries.
Track disputes, forward to the right department for their solution and follow-up until their closing.
Identify improvement opportunities and support their implementation.
Ensure desktop procedures are updated in line with standards and policies.
Key Relationships:
Cash Application
Customer Primary Data
Account and Sales Operations
Market Finance
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Good Finance Acumen
Experience with SAP and Excel
Experience in a Shared Service environment or similar
Ability to read, write and communicate in English and French in a business environment setting
Ability to pay close attention to detail
High degree of customer orientation
Good problem-solving and analytical skills
Self-motivated and self-directed individual
Curious and growth mindset; keen to learn and approach subjects outside of comfort zone, look beyond the obvious
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
University degree in Accounting, Business Administration or similar field
2 plus years relevant work experience in accounting / corporate finance area
Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function
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