Dutch-Speaking Credit Controller — Cash Flow & Risk

Luxottica; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

EssilorLuxottica in the Netherlands seeks a Credit Controller to drive improvements in credit risk management and support the commercial side with our external customers.

You will build relationships, monitor credit limits, prepare monthly aged debt, DSO analysis, and assist with invoicing and payments reconciliation within the Shared Service Center.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written Dutch; good English; French is a plus.
• Ability to build effective relationships with internal and external customers to maximise cash collection while minimising risk.
• Experience investigating credit risks and managing significant transactions.
• Familiarity with credit policy adherence and monitoring credit limits and customer risk.
• Experience in monthly reporting on aged debt, overdue debt, DSO and cash flow for NL.
• Ability to define payment plan agreements with the sales team and prepare ad hoc reporting.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with customers to maximise cash collection while minimising risk.
• Investigate credit risks and resolve problem accounts.
• Ensure adherence to the company credit policy and monitor credit limits.
• Prepare monthly reports on aged debt, overdue debt, DSO and cash flow.
• Define payment plan agreements with sales and provide ad hoc reporting.
• Produce accurate management accounts and reconcile postings; identify cost drivers.
• Support invoicing and send statements and dunning letters to customers.
• Assist master data management and SSC reconciliation of payments and invoices.

Skills

Dutch language

English language

French language

Relationship building

Credit risk analysis

Job description

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We are a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses. We offer our industry stakeholders in over 150 countries access to a global platform of high-quality vision care products (such as the Essilor brand, with Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest and Transitions), iconic brands that consumers love (such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Vogue Eyewear and Costa), as well as a network that offers consumers high-quality vision care and best-in-class shopping experiences (such as Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, Salmoiraghi & Viganò and the GrandVision network), and leading e-commerce platforms.

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Your role:

As a Credit Controller, you will be involved in driving improvements to credit risk management and operating procedures whilst building effective working relationships with the commercial side of the business and our external customers.

Main responsibilities:

• Building effective business relationships with internal and external customers to maximize cash collection whilst minimizing risks;
• Investigation and resolution of credit risks and problem accounts, reviewing and managing issues and significant transactions;
• Ensuring that the company credit policy is adhered to including monitoring the application of appropriate credit limits and the risk profile of customers;
• Support the Credit Control Team Lead and Credit Manager at preparing monthly reports on aged debt, overdue debt, DSO, cash flow, credits processed and provision for losses;
• Define payments plan agreements with the sales team when necessary preparing ad hoc reporting in line with the needs of the business;
• Producing accurate and timely management accounts, journal preparation, identifying and correcting mis posts, variance analysis and insightful commentary by identifying cost drivers and behaviors;
• Supporting invoicing to the customers when required;
• Establishing and sending statements and dunning letters to the customers;
• Create manual invoices according to instructions;
• Support on master data management;
• Support the Shared Service Center for the reconciliation of the payments with the invoices.

Main requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Dutch. Good level of English, and French a nice to have.
• Able to build effective business relationships with internal and external customers to maximize cash collection whilst minimizing risks.
• Investigate credit risks and problem accounts, reviewing and managing issues and significant transactions.
• Ensuring that the company credit policy is adhered to including monitoring the application of appropriate credit limits and the risk profile of customers.
• Support the regional Credit Control team at preparing monthly reports on aged debt, overdue debt, DSO, cash flow, credits processed and provision for losses for Netherlands.
• Define payments plan agreements with the sales team when necessary preparing ad hoc reporting in line with the needs of the business.
• Produce accurate and timely management accounts, journal preparation, identifying and correcting mis posts, variance analysis and insightful commentary by identifying cost drivers and behaviours.
• Support and contact customers via phone and email.
• Establish and send statements and dunning letters to the customers.
• Create manual invoices according to instructions.
• Support on master data management.
• Support the Shared Service Center for the reconciliation of the payments with the invoices and with the bi-monthly direct debit run.

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