Credit Controller Dutch & Nordic Markets

The Credit & Reporting Specialist is responsible for coordinating the debts of existing creditors and deciding whether to allow credit to a debtor. The Credit & Reporting Specialist is a critical role and is ultimately responsible for managing all money borrowed or owed to the business.

Internal

• Sales and marketing team
• Cluster FP&A Leader / Market Leader
• Finance Manager Europe
  

External

• Retailers
• Lawyers
• Credit rating companies

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND OUTPUTS

Credit

• Maintain strong relationships with all customers to ensure invoices are clear for payment.
• Collection of past due amounts by means of maintaining/implementing Direct Debit, sending e-mails, making calls and sending dunning letters to customers.
• Improve by reducing the overdue and outstanding in your specific regions.
• Review credit hold report and release orders as appropriate.
• Communicate and enforce credit policy to sales and customers.
• Accounts reconciliations from bank statements.
• Review customer account applications, assign credit limits and terms.
• Report risk issues and aged customers to (finance) manager and sales.
• Build and maintain A/R reports for multiple regions.
• Communicating with manager regarding problems, solutions and ideas that may improve the credit department and work cohesively towards achieving departmental and company goals.
• Customer service follow up.
• Follow up in case a collection has been handed over to collection agency.
• Enter new customers in Oracle.

Reporting Support

• Support FP&A Leader with the monthly, quarterly and year end closing process, perform analytical review, account reconciliations and other accounting requests
• Collect, prepare and analyze sets of data and transform into actionable information
• Improve data quality and reliability
• Familiar with Tableau and able to adjust complex reports and translate them to a visual report

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• BS degree in Business Administration or Finance is preferred

• 4+ years credit experience, preferably in wholesale/distribution environment dealing with a large account base.

Language skills

• English
• Dutch and/or Danish, Swedish, Finish, Norwegian is an advantage

KEY COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact proactively with people, leaders and employees at all levels of the organization
• Discretion, integrity and open-mindedness critical
• Understanding of collection patterns.
• Strong credit and financial analysis skills.
• Well versed in collection laws (from the region).
• Advanced Excel skills

Are you Specialized?

Apply for this position via www.specialized.com and send us your resume and cover letter in English.
Adding an original video application is absolutely appreciated!

About Specialized

First and foremost, we are riders. We share the core belief that bikes help make the world a better place. From product development and operations, to finance and marketing - every role at Specialized contributes to a culture of sustainable, global growth and innovation. Around the world, we work to recruit candidates who are passionate and curious with the belief that everyone has the potential to be a leader.