The Credit & Collection analyst plays an important role in supporting business growth across Xylem Europe. In this role you will work with analytical processes including a detailed ‘grounding’ of customer credit. In this you will also work with our customer collection processes across the region. Timely feedback to other departments and sales team is critical for this position. This role reports to the Credit&Collection Manager and provides support to the finance teams and other key stakeholders for the units assigned. This role requires an enthusiastic and highly motivated professional capable of working in a fast paced environment while collaborating with various business stakeholders in administering the day-to-day operation of Xylem’s Global Finance program.
Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:
- Work with Customer/Country risk assessment across the region
- Analysis of Key customers financial statements and risk assessment
- Handling Bank guarantees and letter of credit, work close with our Treasury function
- Reduce the Account receivable position and achieve the AR KPI`s according to the Group targets
- Support on creating a Cash culture within the organization to keep the financial objectives
- Collection activities for assigned portfolio of strategic customers
- Monthly reporting activities regarding the overdue situation and main drivers
- Manage customer risk, block and the release of orders, validation of account opening
- Work as a primary regional point of contact for collections & dispute management for local business unit leader and service provider and partner with other O2C functions (i.e. cash applications, and customer master data) and or local business units leaders (i.e. customer service, order management and or sales) and or with customer as needed to resolve issues
- Apply the Group Credit Policy and support the standardization of financial processes across the company
- Gather feedback from relevant stakeholders and make recommendations for technological and process improvement