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Cash Collection West Africa Job

Job TypeFull Time
QualificationBA/BSc/HND
Experience5 - 10 years
LocationLagos
Job FieldFinance / Accounting / Audit

ROLE DESCRIPTION:
The Cash Collections Organization resumes ownership of the company’s trade receivables. The focus is reduction of DSO and improvement of cash-flow by driving timely settlement from customers using standardized processes and tools. The organization will engage with other relevant departments within the company to resolve disputes and inform about necessary impairments. It provides timely and relevant reporting and supports projects.
The Cash Collector is responsible for the A/R functions of the relevant legal entity or Region. He/she overlooks the collection process and provides guidance and support. He/she interacts with all levels of senior management, ensuring appropriate degree of awareness about potential risks to SAP. While working across standard collections tasks on a defined customer portfolio, he/she will assume Responsibility for additional tasks.
EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS:
The main tasks are:

proactive contact to customers, set up good relationship with internal stakeholders
proactively call customers to reassure the time of invoice payment.
handle escalations on open invoices
perform monitoring and collection of receivables
manage open items incl. overdue receivables
investigate billing discrepancies and respond to external queries
business administration
support ad-hoc queries and contributes to projects
contact for external and internal auditors
fulfillment of pre-set targets
Follow SAP processes and use application tools available in ISP
very important in this role is interaction and communication with other team members and managers in an international environment, and as such require advanced communication and language skill

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Working experience within a finance related field required (5-10 years)
Fluent written and spoken English language skills
Local language skills

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

Excellent "Customer Focus" approach
Independent communication and negotiation with client
Communication skills (verbally and written)
Must be a well-organized and self-starter with "can do" attitude
Ability to work under pressure
Ability to work in an international environment
Strong attention to detail
Strong will to deliver excellent quality
Willingness to learn and improve
Team spirit contribution
Knowledge of SAP FI module

This position is open for 6 months, but maybe with possibility to exted for a full-time role (currently under discussion).

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Method of Application

Interested in this position, apply on SAP career website