What if you were given the opportunity to make a difference?
A global leader in paper, packaging and distribution, International Paper provides superior solutions to meet the needs of businesses and consumers in 24 countries, using renewable resources to make products that people depend on every day. Within our high-performance and inclusive work environment, our employees find many ways to express their best ideas and share their talent. We offer them the opportunity to expand their world through challenging assignments and extensive collaboration, as well as the ability to follow their path by developing skills, and taking the lead to move their career forward. They help shape our future, by promoting sustainability and supporting our local communities.
The Global Business Services Centre in Krakow started operating in 2004. Thanks to our dedicated employees and operational excellence we centralized advanced processes in the areas of Finance, IT, Global Sourcing, Supply Chain and Global Customer Service.
This position implies responsibility for managing a portfolio of customers of over €60MM in AR including but not limited to new customer assessment, credit limit and order management, collections and cash application overview.
- Assess customer credit worthiness by analyzing financial data, market/country conditions and customer reputation
- Manage daily administration of assigned portfolio (account data accuracy, payment terms, parent/child linkage, maintenance of credit records and audit reports)
- Assess customers on credit hold and provide recovery strategy if needed
- Research and resolve discrepancies regarding customer accounts receivable
- Overview collection activities and help resolve disputed items
- Manage insurance claims, bad debt reserve and write-off processes
- Continually monitor global credit market developments and financial news
- Provide value by working very closely and ethically with internal and external customers
- Prepare accurate accounts receivable performance reports
- Analyze working capital performance and present results to business leadership teams
- Communicate effectively and competently with high level financial managers (CFOs, Directors)
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics or relaetd field
- Experience in finance, accounting
- Knowledge of financial statement analysis or commercial lending / banking will be an additional asset
- Advanced Excel skills, working knowledge of SAP will be an additional asset
- Understanding of consolidation accounting, financial reporting
- Demonstrating excellent analytical and decision making skills
- Proactive, highly motivated and action oriented
- Strong team player
- Ability to multi-task
- Good communication and negotiation skills
- Fluency in Spanish and English, other European languages a plus
Being a part of Credit Department gives an excellent opportunity to be directly involved in the IP's customer reliability monitoring across EMEA region. Credit team actively influences other business functions such as sales, customer service and cash collection in order to secure outstanding results.
