Credit Control Supervisor

Job description

Job Purpose and Summary

· Ensure collection of outstanding debt within the agreed credit terms and minimize bad debt.
· Maintain customer and salesperson satisfaction through communication and effective account management.
· Meet collection objectives and targets set by Financial Controller.
· Lead the Credit Team.

Responsibilities and Tasks

· Execution of the company’s Credit Policy.
· Achieve DSO targets as agreed with Financial Controller.
· Achieve overdue target as agreed with Financial Controller.
· Lead, train and coordinate the credit team.
· Manage risk and minimize overdue exposure through maximizing payment security.
· Evaluate customers to assign or amend Credit Terms.
· Strict implementation of credit limits and liaison with sales to control supply.
· Frequent contact with significant customers regarding their accounts including reminders and Dunning letters.
· Liaison with leasing partner and provision of customer data.
· Maintain customer files and master data.

Competencies

• Able to work on own initiative and in a team environment.
• A high level of accuracy when dealing with figures.
• Flexibility to deal with changing requirements.

Further Information

Passionate about imaging, passionate about you Wherever your journey at Canon begins, there are plenty of ways you can develop your career. For some people, it can mean taking advantage of our network across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. For most, it involves taking every single opportunity to drive yourself and our business forward. Realising your potential is achievable in our environment of mutual trust and respect, where you are given the freedom to do your best, and where we all work towards the same common goals. You’ll be one of 17.000 valued employees across the region all of whom share a heritage of innovation, value the spirit of our company, and have a real passion and pride in what we do. You can.

Desired profile

· Practical & hands-on; exposure to an environment with a high volume of customers within GCC (2 years minimum).
· Strong risk management and credit control skills
· Bachelor Degree in Commerce/Finance or an equivalent qualification.
· Basic knowledge of accounting principles.
· Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic ( preferable ).
· High level of written and spoken communications ( essential ).
· Professional appearance, attitude and communication style ( essential ).
· Familiarity with MS Office, Email and Internet ( essential ).