Accounts Receivable and Credit Risk Analyst

JR United Kingdom; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the automotive sector seeks an Accounts Receivable and Credit Risk Analyst to oversee financial processes and mitigate risk. This full-time role focuses on maintaining effective financial controls, reporting, and fostering internal and external relationships to enhance business profitability.

Benefits

Competitive salary and discretionary bonus

Access to colleague's car scheme

Pension scheme

Flexible benefit pot

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Solid credit control experience required.
• Ability to implement digital tools on financial procedures.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel, Power BI skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage the entire sales ledger process to minimize business risks.
• Ensure timely reporting and analysis on accounts receivable.
• Develop and maintain local credit control policies for cash flow.

Skills

Credit Control

Financial Analysis

Data Analytics

Predictive Analysis

Communication

Education

Accredited Accountancy Qualification

Finance Management

Tools

SAP

Excel

Power BI

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31.05.2025

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15.07.2025

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Job Description:

We here at Daimler Truck are looking for an Accounts Receivable and Credit Risk Analyst to join our Finance and Controlling team, based at our new Head Office in Willen, Milton Keynes. Within this role, you will manage the entire sales ledger process to minimise risk to the business with the overall view of protecting the profitability of the business.

At Daimler Truck UK Ltd, we deliver Sales and Marketing for all Daimler Truck UK products in the UK. These include:

Mercedes-Benz Trucks: renowned for their quality, reliability, and innovative features. They cater to various industries, from logistics and construction to long-haul transportation. Mercedes-Benz trucks are designed for efficiency, safety, as well as delivering driver comfort.

FUSO Trucks: FUSO, a subsidiary of Daimler, specialises in light and medium-duty trucks. They offer practical solutions for urban delivery, short-haul transport, and vocational applications. FUSO trucks are known for their agility, fuel efficiency, and low environmental impact.

We are dedicated to sustainable transportation solutions to provide fuel efficiency, emission reduction and safety across our ranges.

This is a Full-Time position.

Please note: We are currently only considering applications from those with a current right to work in the UK.

Closing date 10th June 2025

More about the role

• Create our own credit risk analysis based on customers financials and previous payment performance as well as external risk credit information for potential and existing customer. Provide a final recommendation based on all relevant credit risk KPI’s making sure all signs of potential risk are recognised and to take proactive measures to mitigate risk to the business.
• Adherence to bench marking on financial analysis with Daimler Truck group companies and management of company governance.
• Analyse and recommend possible credit collateral's to improve customers credit, e.g. (Factoring, Physical and financial assets).
• Constant risk monitoring of granted credits limits with corresponding management reports and financial actions to minimise risks.
• Develop, implement, and maintain local credit control policies and procedures to improve cash flow and minimise bad debt.

Accounts Receivable Management:

• Implement digital tools e.g. dashboards, AI, data analytics and predictive analysis to automate routine tasks and make efficiencies, ensure accuracy of sales ledger and general ledger bookings, and that cash and open items are cleared in an accurate and timely manner.
• Ensure all accounts receivable reporting and analysis is prepared on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis to identify trends, highlight areas of improvement and to monitor KPI’s to present to local management and headquarters.
• Maintain a professional and proactive communication with customers and internal stakeholders regards to collections, dispute resolution and other customer contact requirements.
• Continuously review all Sales Ledger processes analysing where efficiencies can be made.
• Responsible for in month sales ledger tasks which leads to month end closing tasks ensuring correctness of invoices processed, payment tracking, and all reconciliations making sure the ledger is accurate.

Shared Services Management:

Manage, guide, and drive the shared services team to.

• Maintain the AR Ledger to ensure they are achieving process standardisation and accuracy
• Fulfil KPI’s
• Adhere to compliance and risk management
• Ensure updated technological integration
• Make sure data analysis and reporting are done on a regular basis

Build and maintain a strong and collaborative relationship with the shared service team. And ultimately be responsible for ensuring the shared service centre maintain customer satisfaction resulting in customer retention and business profitability.

Cash Flow Management (focus on accounts receivable):

• Responsible for accounts receivable long term and short term plannings as well as target achievement deviation report with corresponding countermeasures to improve planning accuracy and cash conversion cycle.
• Work with the other accounting team members in preparing the working capital reports involving Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) and actively participate in providing suggestions and recommendations to bring the Cash Conversion Cycle to a healthy level.
• Responsible for analysing Aged Debts and the Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) per customer (intra-group and external) and take necessary actions to bring the DSO days to a minimum level as per agreed credit terms with the customers.
• Recommend and implement tools to improve Cash Conversion Cycle as for example factoring (Internal/External), payment term review, based on market best practices.

Policies and guidelines:

• Adhering to policies to ensure dealers/ customers submit payments on time and follow customer service best practices.
• Ensure adequate internal control processes are in place to meet audit/compliance requirements as well as other internal requirements (e.g. DTAG policies).
• Establish effective monitoring and control mechanisms to oversee credit processes and identify any deviations from policy.

About you

• Accredited Accountancy Qualification, Finance Management, or similar area of study
• Solid credit control experience
• Ability to display operational, financial and conceptual understanding
• Experience by implementing digitisation tools on financials procedures as Data analytics and predictive analyses.
• SAP experience and/or experience of working with several IT systems and ability to drive any system changes when required
• Intermediate to advanced Excel, Power Bi and presentation skills
• Experience working with a shared service centre beneficial
• Ability to analyse financial data from published financial statements of companies, provide credible information to management and draw sound conclusions
• Ability to prioritise daily activities and work effectively to meet deadlines
• Ability to apply rules and challenge non-compliance
• A commitment to continuous improvement, problem solving capabilities and self-driven attitude
• Effective communication skills to liaise with dealer network and customers

What we'll give you

As well as the opportunity to work for a great business who are passionate in everything that we do, we'll offer you a competitive salary and discretionary bonus structure. We also hope you'll love our products as much as we do, with access to our colleague’s car scheme. On top of that, you'll be able to join our pension scheme and you'll get a flexible benefit pot that can be used to find the benefits that are right for you.

We're here to support you - we offer access to colleague wellbeing resources, including an Employee Assistance Programme and Mental health First Aiders. What's more, we'll also encourage your development, with the training and knowledge you need to reach your potential.

What’s next?

Once you click apply, we’ll take you through to the Daimler Truck careers portal. Here, you’ll need to complete a short 10-minute application form, attach your current CV and submit your salary expectations. Simple.

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At Daimler Truck, we promote diversity and stand for an inclusive corporate culture. We value the individual strengths of our employees, because these lead to the best team performance and thus to the success of our company. Inclusion and equal opportunities are important to us. We welcome applications from people of all cultures and genders, parents, people with disabilities and people of any community.

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