Head of Invoicing, Collection & Recovery UK

Allianz; Croydon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading finance company in the UK is seeking an experienced professional to manage its Invoicing, Collection & Recovery unit. Key responsibilities include overseeing invoicing processes, handling collections from business partners, and ensuring timely commission settlements. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication and analytical skills, with a background in finance and the ability to work collaboratively in a diverse international team environment. Comprehensive benefits and professional development opportunities are provided.

Benefits

Business class travel for international flights

Extensive professional development programs

Work-life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven ability to influence others and work across cultures.
• Capacity to learn and undertake initiative.
• Experience in Finance and HR Acumen.

Responsibilities

• Manage invoicing, collection and recovery processes.
• Calculate and govern commission payments to partners and brokers.
• Maintain communication with business partners for collections.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication

Analytical skills

Ability to consolidate large volume of data

Customer service

Finance Acumen

Networking skills

Job description

This role consists of managing an Invoicing, Collection & Recovery unit of the Invoicing, Collection & Recovery department for a specific geographical scope as part of the Finance Services division in the Finance Factory. It implies to organize & steer the Unit, lead & develop the people and guarantee IT tools, develop and maintain internal controls & procedures, monitor performance of the activities and encourage & facilitate communication in order to ensure the excellence of the operations under responsibility: issuing the correct invoices to Business Partners for all services provided for their customers, collecting the outstanding amount and performing the settlement of the commissions to the Business Partners and Brokers

What you do

Invoicing, collection & Recovery

• Issue invoices to Business Partners.
• Send invoices to Business Partners.
• Answer questions and queries from Business Partners on Invoices.
• Govern the collection from Business Partners related to the Invoices under Management:
  • Perform Cash allocation i.e. the reconciliation of received cash with the invoice.
  • Evaluate new credit request.
  • Establish and maintain regular communications with Business Partners to facilitate collection.
  • Notify Business Partners related to outstanding invoices
  • Prepare reports to monitor invoice collection

Commissions Settlement

• Calculate the Commissions to be paid to Business Partners and Brokers as per contracts.
• Send reports to Business Partners and Brokers related to Commissions.
• Answer questions and queries from Business Partners on Commissions.
• Govern the payments of the commissions to the Business Partners and Brokers.

  What you bring

  Communication

  • Excellent written and verbal communication.
  • Networking skills: Ability to liaise with members of other functions.
  • Capability to influence others.
  • Ability to work and communicate with different cultures, levels and organizations world-wide

  Management

  • Analytical skills.
  • Ability to synthesize.
  • Ability to consolidate large volume of data into structured and simple outputs.
  • Ability to arbitrate and prioritize.
  • Ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
  • Solutions and results oriented.Openness and flexibility to address challenges from various perspectives in order to find the best possible way to manage the challenge.Organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.
  • Ability to innovate and seek for advances in technology and practices.

  Accountability

  • Capacity to learn.
  • Ability to undertake initiative.
  • Customer service.
  • Ability to innovate and seek for advances in technology and practices.

  Finance

  • Finance Acumen
  • Solvency II Regulation
  • HR Acumen

  What we offer

  Experience the comfort of business class travel on flights exceeding five hours while engaging in international journeys from Australia to Brazil, Europe, and the USA, and collaborate with a diverse team of over 15 nationalities. Our employees play an integral part in our success as a business. We appreciate that each of our employees are unique and have unique needs, ambitions and we enjoy being a part of their journey.

  We are there to empower and encourage you with your personal and professional development ensuring that you take control by offering a large variety of courses and targeted development programs. All that in a global environment where international mobility and career progression are encouraged.

  Caring for your health and wellbeing is key priority for us. This is why we build Work Well programs to providing you with peace of mind and give the flexibility in planning and arranging for a better work-life balance.