Senior Credit & Collections Manager

T2M Resourcing are recruiting a Senior Credit & Collections Manager on behalf of a leading international manufacturing business. In this newly created role, you will report to the Finance Director and be responsible for ensuring that the business has a robust framework for managing credit risk and ensuring customer debt is effectively managed.

Main responsibilities in this Senior Credit & Collections Manager role will include:

Credit & Risk

• Lead the day-to-day credit management and credit risk processes.
• Develop policies, processes, and controls for mitigating credit risk exposure.
• Work closely with sales leadership team to ensure commercial standing of customers, minimise risk, and manage debt levels.
• Set, monitor, and review credit limits in line with trading and insurance, providing customer risk insight and recommendations.
• Working with the credit insurer ensure customer commercials and risk are understood and limits are maximised.
• Implement, track and review controller KPI’s to minimise risk, reduce overdue debt and maximise collections.
• Manage “key customer” accounts where material risk has been identified or is predicted.
• Manage 3rd party finance provider relationship in conjunction with group Treasurer.
• Manage credit insurance in conjunction with group C&C Manager and 3rd party brokers.
• Reporting of monthly credit & risk KPIS and analysis
• Support the Head of Financial Control with the Bad debt provision making factual based recommendations.
• Coordinate and deliver year end audit activities working closely with the Head of Financial Control.

Leadership and Management

• Lead, develop and mentor the Customer credit teams
• Drive a continuous improvement culture, aligning resources and structures to support the finance and business strategy whilst optimising performance and effectiveness.
• Cultivate strong relationships with internal stakeholders

To be successful in this Senior Credit & Collections Manager role you will need to demonstrate the following skills, attributes and experience:

• Extensive knowledge of the AR/OTC process including previous leadership in a similar position.
• Experience of working in a busy environment with ability to handle high levels of pressure and critical decision-making.
• Experience leading and building teams.
• Excellent leadership qualities with the ability to influence, engage, inspire and mentor.
• Good IT skills.
• Demonstrates a highly professional approach with strong work ethic.
• Able to adapt to change and new situations when needed.
• Commercial awareness.
• High integrity with commitment to good governance.

T2M Resourcing is an equal opportunities employer.