Senior Credit Specialist

Arconic is currently in search of a Senior Credit Specialist to join our Resource Unit Team based in Székesfehérvár/Hungary.  

At Arconic, we take pride in our work and our innovative products and technologies that advance sustainable solutions for a better world. We strive to create a safe, inclusive, and collaborative workplace with competitive benefits, development opportunities and a culture that values and rewards employees on all levels of the organization.

Job Summary:

The principle challenge of this position is to collect overdue, follow outstanding and the customer’s payment performance. Due invoices are collected with minimal delays, without alienating customers. You will manage collection, cleans and reconciles customer ledgers of 1- 3 business units and/or 20 Arconic locations in Europe & US. You will control your accounts receivable portfolio independently, manage all collection and customer receivable issues and release orders; you will also be responsible for accounts reconciliation.

Qualifications and work experience:

• Background in financial principles normally acquired through formal secondary and/or tertiary level education in Accounting, Finance, Trade or Economics.
• 2-3 years of work experience in Accounting, Finance, Trade or Economics area
• Understanding various payment methods, and secured terms.
• Understanding financial impact of payment delays.
• Language knowledge: fluency in English and preferably an additional European language (German, Italian, French)
• Good computer and typing skills. Administrative skills.
• Ability to work independently, set own priorities and organize the daily work in the most efficient manner.
• Understanding basics of a business report.
• Understanding bulk credit review drivers and process. 

Will develop over time:

• In depth knowledge of accounts receivable management - collection perspective.

Focus points:

• Customer connection.
• Goal- and process-oriented.

Skills/attributes:

• Excellent people skills: pleasant, persuasive, diplomatic yet authoritative, able to work with people across the organization as well as with external customers.
• Strong communicator – with external clients as well as with internal customers, supervisors and team members.
• Proactive, transparent, analytical, disciplined, motivated.
• Ability to work in a diverse and complex environment.
• Able to evaluate, resolve problems and to adapt quickly to new situations if necessary. Day-to-day problems often ask for a creative approach and you are expected to come forth with new ideas as to how they can be resolved.

In this role, your primary responsibilities will be: 

• Preparing, updating and filing company information about existing and new customers on a timely manner. Entering and maintaining customer data in the system and the files.
• Collecting invoices at due time, sending statements, and reminders. Chasing cash, providing inputs to reconcile cash to invoices.
• Collecting and filing supporting documentation to claim coding. Communicate claims to AR and the BU.
• Checking credit holds and releasing orders whenever it is possible. Communicating credit release issues of the assigned portfolio to all involved partners. Ensuring that customer exposure is consistent to the approved global credit line.
• Performing administrative tasks in relation to special collection tools, such as RIBA, direct debit, drafts, promissory notes, bill of exchange and others that are required by the business. Dealing with documentary credit collections; ensure Letter of Credit requirements are communicated to all involved parties and conditions are met.
• Negotiating financial agreements to secure outstanding and debt collection in pre-agreement with your supervisor.
• Negotiating payment agreements, conditions, timeframe, and interest, in pre-agreement with your supervisor.