Collection Specialist

Maersk; United States; Remote; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk Romania is seeking a dedicated Collection Specialist to manage customer debt and ensure financial objectives are met. This role involves proactive communication with customers, dunning activities, and maintaining accurate financial records, all within a diverse and inclusive workplace environment.

Benefits

Opportunity to gain insights into finance and accounting processes

Career experience in a multinational company

Training in analytical and management skills

Qualifications

• Preferably 2 years professional experience in finance & collection.
• Excellent command of both written and spoken English.
• Presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Follow up proactively with customers for the collection of outstanding debt.
• Ensure timely clearing of unposted payments.
• Provide feedback to stakeholders on outstanding/overdue and payment performance.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Organizational skills

Communication

Time management

Proactive agile approach

Education

Finance related degree

Tools

SAP

MS Excel

Job description

The A.P. Moller-Maersk Group comprises of different business activities, one of which is Maersk A/S – a world leading container carrier.

Eastern Mediterranean Cluster consists of Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon, Romania, Bulgaria, Israel, Ukraine, Georgia, Syria and Libya under its scope area. Finance department is responsible for all Finance-Collection activities related to Maersk A/S and other entities and agencies in the countries. Maersk Romania is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated “Collection Specialist” to follow up of outstanding debt so that the organization is not exposed to unacceptable credit risk.

We offer

• A unique opportunity to make a difference by leading the container shipping industry in the direction of reliability,
• Gaining insight into finance and accounting processes, Experience a career in a multi-national company,
• Chance to learn different aspects within the cluster,
• Great opportunity to improve analytical, communication and management skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a customer centric attitude with timely attendance to phone calls and e-mails from customers.
• Follow up proactively with customers for the collection of outstanding debt and for the services delivered.
• Proceed dunning activities for collection of overdue debt.
• Carry out periodic reconciliations with customers on their balances
• Clear open items in customer balances, enable relevant corrections.
• Ensure timely clearing of unposted payments
• Construct collaboration with commercial parties to reach finance goals
• Provide feedback to stakeholders on outstanding/overdue and payment performance of customers.
• Support cargo release approval process and coordinate between customers and relevant teams
• Support container deposit refund process and coordinate between customers and relevant teams
• Follow sound internal control practices as established by Global SOPs.
• Establish good work relationships with internal and external customers to reach common goals.
• Administrative task for Bucharest office and primary accounting tasks ( archiving, ad-hoc reports)

We are Looking For

• Finance related degree from a reputable university
• Preferably 2 years professional experience in finance & collection
• Working experience with SAP preferred
• Excellent command of MS Office Applications, particularly MS Excel
• Excellent command of both written and spoken English
• Organizational and time management skills, multi-tasking, prioritizing, planning work activities efficiently to meet deadlines
• Analytical mindset
• Presentation skills
• Proactive agile approach

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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