Senior Credit Controller

Confidential Company; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Tanqeeb in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is seeking an experienced Credit Control/Accounts Receivable professional to manage collections for FMCG customers and drive cash collection to improve DSO.

The ideal candidate has 8–10 years in AR/Credit Control, strong excel skills (Advanced) and SAP experience, and excellent negotiation and analytical abilities to coordinate with Sales, Finance, Logistics, and Customer Service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 8 to 10 years’ experience in Credit Control/AR, preferably in FMCG industry.
• Strong experience in collections, credit risk, DSO, and customer reconciliation.
• Proficiency in Advanced Excel and SAP.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts receivable, credit control, and collections for FMCG customers.
• Drive cash collection, reduce overdue balances and improve DSO.
• Monitor customer credit limits, payment terms, and credit exposure.
• Manage collections from distributors, wholesalers, supermarkets, and key accounts.
• Resolve customer disputes, deductions, rebates, returns, and short payments.
• Conduct credit-risk assessments and recommend credit limits/credit holds.
• Coordinate with Sales, Finance, Logistics, and Customer Service to resolve account issues.
• Prepare aging, collection, DSO, and credit-exposure reports for management.
• Monitor potential bad debts and escrow high-risk/overdue accounts.
• Ensure compliance with company credit policies and internal controls.
• Support month-end closing, reconciliations, audits, and AR reporting.
• Lead and mentor junior credit-control team members.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Analytical

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

Tools

Advanced Excel

SAP

Job description

• Manageaccounts receivable, credit control, and collectionsfor FMCG customers.

• Drivecash collection, reduce overdue balances and improve DSO.

• Monitorcustomer credit limits, payment terms, and credit exposure.

• Manage collections fromdistributors, wholesalers, supermarkets, and key accounts.

• Resolvecustomer disputes, deductions, rebates, returns, and short payments.

• Conductcredit-risk assessmentsand recommend credit limits/credit holds.

• Coordinate withSales, Finance, Logistics, and Customer Serviceto resolve account issues.

• Prepareaging, collection, DSO, and credit-exposure reportsfor management.

• Monitor potentialbad debtsand escrow high-risk/overdue accounts.

• Ensure compliance withcompany credit policies and internal controls.

• Supportmonth-end closing, reconciliations, audits, and AR reporting.

• Lead and mentor juniorcredit-control team members.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Bachelor’s degree inFinance, Accounting, or related field.

• 8 to10 years’ experiencein Credit Control/AR, preferably in FMCG industry

• Strong experience incollections, credit risk, DSO, and customer reconciliation.

• Proficiency inAdvanced Excel and SAP

• Strongnegotiation, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• Results-driven, detail-oriented, and able to managehigh-volume customer accounts.

• Strong stakeholder-management skills with Sales, Finance, and key customers.