Credit Collector & Administrator

Arconic is currently in search of Credit Collector & Administrator 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.

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 in Arconic Europe and US.

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  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.

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  Collecting invoices at due time, sending statements, and reminders. Chasing cash, providing inputs to reconcile cash to invoices.

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  Collecting and filing supporting documentation to claim coding. Communicating claims to AR and the BU. 

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  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.

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  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. 

   

• Background in financial principles normally acquired through formal secondary and/or tertiary level education in Accounting, Finance or Economics.

• Understanding various payment methods, and secured terms. 

• Understanding financial impact of payment delays.

• Languages: 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.

In depth knowledge of accounts receivable management - collection perspective. 

• Customer connection. 

• Goal- and process-oriented. 

• 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. 

• Communication skills are excellent in both writing and speaking. 

• Proactive, transparent, analytical, disciplined, motivated. 

• Ability to work in a diverse and complex environment. 

• Team player cooperates with sales, his team, the country coach, other BU teams and AR processors.

• 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 the incumbent is expected to come forth with new ideas as to how they can be resolved.