Hydro Global Business Services (GBS) is an organizational area that operates as an internal service provider for the Hydro group. Its ultimate purpose is to deliver relevant IT, financial and HR business services to all business areas within the company.
Role purpose
The purpose of this position is to manage Hydro’s investment of the trade accounts receivable which will include minimizing credit risk while supporting profitable growth, control DSO, support sales growth with credit and financial tools tailored for the geographic area and customer portfolio. This position helps to ensure the Corporation’s cash flow objectives are consistently met.
You will work on
1. Ensure and optimize collaboration with business partners, controllers
2. Frequent customer visit and collaboration with the customers
3. Active participation and input in conference calls and meetings
4. Control and reduce risk of receivables, minimize working capital and bad debt
5. Coordinate / manage routine and special collection activities such as RIBA, direct debit, drafts, promissory notes, bill of exchange, documentary credit collection, etc
6. Ensure all Collection Specialists are properly trained, mentored and coached in collection specific issues and processes
7. Manage, coordinate collection, documentary collection and account reconciliation activities of assigned portfolio
8. Define, supervise and control all credit, standard and non-standard collection related processes
9. Analyze trends within the portfolio, develop and execute plans to drive continuous AR & Working Capital improvement.
10. Monitor all the payments and bad debts.
11. Assisting with audits as necessary
12. Testing and participation in projects
13. Adherence to with internal and external compliance regulations
Requirements
14. Bachelor’s / Masters’s degree (Economics, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Commercial or a related field) is preferred
15. At least 3- 5 years’ working experience in Sales, Commercial, Accounting or Finance field
16. Strong Italian and Spanish language knowledge is required
17. Good command of English knowledge, able to communicate orally and in writing effectively
18. Excellent communication, organizational and negotiation skills
19. Able to perform frequent customer visits locally
20. Knowledge of local commercial and market trends is advantage
21. Driving license
What we offer you
22. Working at the world’s only fully integrated aluminum and leading renewable energy company
23. Diverse, global teams
24. Flexible work environment including home office options
25. We provide you the freedom to be creative and to learn from experts
26. Career growth opportunities, with potential for new certifications
27. Attractive benefit package
Applications from severely disabled and equally disabled people will be considered with equal suitability.