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A leading international finance team is looking for a proactive Credit Controller to manage an Accounts Receivable portfolio across the MENA region. This role involves ensuring timely collections, coordinating with various teams, and assisting with financial reviews. Ideal candidates should possess excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.
Job description
The Role:
We are looking for a professional, enthusiastic and highly motivated Credit Controller to join our EMEA Finance Team.
This is an excellent opportunity to work as a key member of this highly visible international Finance team, in a growing
and diversifying business.
Working in the EMEA Shared Servicesteam, thisis a pan-EMEA role and will involve managing an Accounts Receivable portfolio across a number of offices across the MENA region.
As part of the EMEA credit control team, prime
responsibilities will be to ensure that potential credit issues are quickly flagged, expert collections guidance and
support is offered to the client facing teams on a timely basis and regional aging debt and provisions are reviewed
and managed on a regular basis.
Candidates should be well organised, task orientated, able to work to deadlines, multi-task and able to follow
instructions. They should be a personable, confident communicator and understand the importance of building
relationships with clients (internal and external). We are looking for a team player who is able to contribute to the
success of the team.
Principal Responsibilities:
Assist the EMEA Credit Control Team Leads on a day to day basis.
Assist Client Partners with collection of outstanding invoices including reviews/meetings, reporting, and chasing
of debt.
Specific management of EMEA wide Client accounts / countries which need assistance.
Prepare the quarterly review of country commentary of all invoices over 180 days as part of SOX control, and
assigning appropriate bad debt provisions at invoice level.
Post cash accurately and in a timely manner for the region including intercompany payments.
Liaising closely with Billing & Accounts Payable to actively resolve queries and escalate issues as and when
appropriate.
Actively resolving all credit balances/unassigned cash within the region and documenting in line with legal
requirements (seeking assistance from Manager as required).
Assisting in the Month End close process from an AR perspective.
Where circumstances dictate, working with our legal team on collection matters.
Identifying (escalating where necessary) all bad debt write offs for Manager.
Assisting with time sensitive projects.
Other ad hoc tasks, as needed
Experience:
It is anticipated that the profile, skills and experience of the successful candidate will include:
Professional and confident manner
Good communicator and comfortable talking to many different people at all levels in the organisation and clients
Excellent attention to detail
Very organised/thorough note taking
Committed, bright, numerate and enthusiastic
Team player who thrives in a multi-tasking, deadline driven environment
Working knowledge of SAP (would be advantageous, but not essential) or other large enterprise wide accounting
systems
Fluent in English and a second language would be beneficial
Good work ethics
Internal Mobility at Korn Ferry
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