Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
adidas Shared Services in Porto delivers high quality services for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Retail Accounting, eCommerce Accounting and other Finance processes as well as HR Services for adidas companies located in Europe and Americas.
Credit and Collections are responsible for performing daily activities such as Dunning and Collection, Dispute management and Credit Management. The team deliver all activities in timely manner and with the required quality. The team supports projects, including process standardisation, tools implementation and other ad hoc projects.
Key Responsibilities:
Secure timely collection of receivables by working closely with the customer and other finance teams and resolving the causes of non-payment
Drive timely collection by following up on overdue invoices with customers, collection agencies and end consumers
Manage customer relationship, which includes problem resolution and root cause analysis
Assess & review the credit risk on the customer on regular basis, calculate and suggest the required credit limits
Decide on the release of the blocked orders and ensure timely release
Provide insight in the development of the accounts receivable position of the customer to sales and finance teams
Manage the relationship with customer service and other stakeholders in the business
Identify the improvement opportunities and support their implementation
Ensure the lowest possible write off for uncollectable balances
Provide insight into the calculation of the required provision for uncollectable balances
Support ongoing projects for the implementation of technology solutions
Support requests from partner Finance department
Establish and maintain strong financial controls over the work performed
Key Relationships:
Cash Application
Customer Service
Record to Report
Market Finance
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
:
Good Finance Acumen
Experience with SAP
Experience in a Shared Service environment or similar
Ability to read, write and communicate in Englisha and Hungarian and Czech or Slovak in a business setting
Ability to pay close attention to detail and high degree of customer orientation
Good Problem solving and analytical skills
Self-motivated and self-directed individual
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
University degree
2 to 4 years of relevant work experience in the accounting / business area
Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function
***Apply with your CV in English***