Senior Credit & Collections Specialist

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