SAP Nigeria Job for Cash Collection West Africa

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We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Cash Collection West Africa

Requisition ID: 99765
Location: Maitama, Abuja, FC, NG
Work Area: Finance
Employment Type: Limited Full Time
 
Role Description

• The Cash Collections Organization resumes ownership of the company’s trade receivables.
• The focus is reduction of DSO and improvement of cash-flow by driving timely settlement from customers using standardized processes and tools.
• He/she overlooks the collection process and provides guidance and support. He/she interacts with all levels of senior management, ensuring appropriate degree of awareness about potential risks to SAP.
• While working across standard collections tasks on a defined customer portfolio, he/she will assume Responsibility for additional tasks.
• The organization will engage with other relevant departments within the company to resolve disputes and inform about necessary impairments. It provides timely and relevant reporting and supports projects.
• The Cash Collector is responsible for the A/R functions of the relevant legal entity or Region.

• Proactive contact to customers, set up good relationship with internal stakeholders
• Proactively call customers to reassure the time of invoice payment.
• Handle escalations on open invoices
• Contact for external and internal auditors
• Fulfillment of pre-set targets
• Follow SAP processes and use application tools available in ISP
• Very important in this role is interaction and communication with other team members and managers in an international environment, and as such require advanced communication and language skill
• Perform monitoring and collection of receivables
• Manage open items incl. overdue receivables
• Investigate billing discrepancies and respond to external queries
• Business administration
• Support ad-hoc queries and contributes to projects

• Working experience within a finance related field required (5-10 years)
• Fluent written and spoken English language skills
• Local language skills

• Excellent "Customer Focus" approach
• Independent communication and negotiation with client
• Communication skills (verbally and written)
• Strong will to deliver excellent quality
• Willingness to learn and improve
• Team spirit contribution
• Knowledge of SAP FI module
• Must be a well-organized and self-starter with "can do" attitude
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work in an international environment
• Strong attention to detail