Unilever Nigeria Plc Recruitment For Credit Controller – Apply Here

Unilever Nigeria Plc Recruitment For Credit Controller – Apply Here. Unilever Nigeria is now recruiting to fill the position of Credit Controller. Interested persons should check below for how to apply and the requirements.

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We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Credit Controller

Job ID: R-56866
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Permanent Contract – Immediate Hire
Category: Finance

Description

This permanent role is responsible for managing ekaterra’a credit and collections processes for Nigeria, reporting to the Credit Control Manager.
Following go live, this will transition to a BAU role of performing Credit Control activities within [country], ensuring that engagement with customers on credit matters is optimized for customer experience as well as managing ekaterra’s credit risk in line with the local and global policies and working capital performance, working closely with global O2C and operational teams, as well as GTM and Finance.

Job Roles And Responsibilities

Contribute to the development of a high-quality, efficient, and effective credit control organization
Support the implementation of any local variations to global processes and policies covering billing, credit management and collections
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure business and customer needs are being met
Meet all the operational and financial performance targets and obligations, including delivering on collection and credit management KPIs and SLAs
Handle escalations from Operational teams
Approve or reject blocked orders
Block and unblock customers
Negotiate payment plans
Provide reporting for the company accountant
Customer account reconciliations
Support credit insurance and factoring activities if applicable
Deliver on local and global credit risk policies and collections strategies.
Drive proactive customer communication to manage timely credit and collections management activities and improve ekaterra’s working capital position
Evaluate, create and maintain credit limits for the customers in the system.
Responsible for collecting debts from our company debtors

Requirements and Qualifications

Interested persons should possess the following:

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Business (preferably Finance, Accounting or Business)
At least 5 years of business experience in Credit or Collections roles
Proactive and self-leading
Service-oriented attitude
Able to adapt to changes quickly.
Familiar with SAP functionalities
Ability to work cross-functionally
Excellent verbal and written communication skills