I2C Specialist

• To manage the collection of country related trade receivables for the areas and companies assigned by I2C Management • Set credit limits for customers, liaising with country Sales Management, Credit Control and other management as appropriate • Drive the improvement in overdue debt and collection effectiveness for the countries and companies under your control. • Manage legal collections, verify the prepared paperwork for liquidations and receiverships, liaising with external legal representatives as required. • Provide qualitative information to management regarding overdue debt and other relevant KPI’s relating to I2C. • Drive the resolution of disputes and minimize the turn-around-time or manage according the SLA. • Verify rebates and drive the payout execution within SLA. • Ensure and monitor team's compliance with legislation and Global Credit Policy. • Translate I2C strategy into constructive action on all levels of the business and within all departments. • Act as a business partner for both internal and external stakeholders to ensure sound risk management as well as identify and action on opportunities to realize revenue growth. • Daily progressing (legal) overdue trade receivables, outstanding disputes and verify and execute rebates. • Setting credit limits in respect of local customers using Credit Information system. • Updating Credit management module/system in respect of known problems to provide information and guidance to Sales and Credit Control personnel in other AN offices/countries. • Provide reliable and well documented risk advice to senior management and/or sales department based on accurate assessment and evaluation of all appropriate internal & external factors and objectives. Ensure that changes to credit limits comply with the global credit policy • Participate in standard I2C reporting cycle and issue ad hoc reports on portfolio performance for analytical purposes and stakeholder sharing. • Manage the disputes turn-around-time • Production of monthly figures for the analysis of aged debt and monthly STOP lists. • Advise MDM team of discovered (future) changes in customer master data. • Drive continuous improvement initiative for processes to deliver value and benefit to AkzoNobel. • Coach new joiners on the operations flow, process and policy. Job Requirement • Minimum Diploma / Desirable Bachelor’s Degree • 4+ years finance experience or related experience. • Experience with working in matrix organization. • Working within a multicultural environment. • Experience in AkzoNobel I2C tools (e.g. SAP, FSCM). • Experience of working as business partner with management. • Experience in execution of standard processes. • Able to set priorities and work independently. • Extended knowledge of order to cash end to end process and experience. • Business knowledge. • Experience in coaching peers and new joiners