Accounts Receivables and Collections Team Lead Budapest

Accounts Receivables and Collections Team Lead
Budapest

Our partner company is helping brands, agencies, publishers and studios to optimize and create advertising and productions all around the globe. We are seeking a highly skilled professional to collaborate with the North-American market on exciting AR projects and to lead the Collections team. If you have a experience in people management, have proactive mindset, strong communication skills, and you speak fluent English, we invite you to explore this role further. Apply with your English CV!

Main responsibilities:In this role you will succeed if you have excellent communication skills and relationship building experience. The role requires a very hand on approach, diligence, and the ability to follow processes.

Your main tasks will be:

Manage the AR functions

Drive improved performance in invoicing and collections activity, in term of greater accuracy and increased cash inflows.

Maintain a solid master date environment with adequate controls and links to source of truth systems, such as Salesforce.

Be the key link between internal stakeholders, system and the AR team.

Drive to implement best practice processes that should be replicated across other finance teams in the business.

Lead the AR team

Train and develop the AR team to undertake all AR processes successfully and in line with agreed SLA’s.

Ensure cross training is completed to enable back-ups so tasks are appropriately resourced at all times.

Complete performance monitoring and appraisal process for AR team members.

Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job.

Establish KPI’s to track AR performance

Utilises the KPI’ to identify areas for improvement across AR functions.

Implement changes to improve performance against the KPI’s.

Act as a leader / key contributor in projects (finance and business wide) to ensure the impacts on AR are understood and processes are established.

Support Finance managers to improve AR performance in their markets.

Oversee month end close to ensure AR deadlines are met.

Required skills:

College or university degree

Fluent English

3-5 years previous experience in Billing (Accounts Receivables) and Collections

Experience in people management

Experience of negotiating with key stakeholders

Excellent organisational skills

Microsoft Office, advanced level Excel

Exhibit a strong, positive culture that promotes respectful behaviour

Advantages:

Knowledge of SAP B1

SSC experience

What our partner can offer to you:

Hybrid working arrangements (3 home office / week)

Cafeteria

Private healthcare

Offsite parking