• Job TypePermanent
• PaySalary required commensurate with position
• Reference7331816

Professional qualifications/key skills

• Business Management Diploma
• Excellent technical skills including Excel to intermediate, Xero, SAP, Salesforce
• Project Management
• Customer Service

Comments

The candidate is an experienced credit, AP, and AR specialist with a managerial background in credit control and financial management. Currently, they are the Credit Control Manager at a sanitation provider since 2023. Previously, they managed teams at an equipment supplier from 2020 to 2023, and served as an Accounts Payable & Receivable Manager in 2020. Notable achievements include enhancing staff satisfaction and reducing arrears debt. They have also managed finance teams at an office supplies company from 2011 to 2019 and held roles at a financial institution and a car rental service, showcasing expertise in the legal debt system of New Zealand and Australia.

My candidate is seeking a position that offers a high level of challenge, as the current role does not provide the desired level of satisfaction from challenge previously experienced.

Employment History

Sanitation Company
Credit Control Manager
2023 to current

Responsibilities:
• Team Management
• Debt Management
• Training
• Credit Vetting
• Legal accounts
• IT projects

Safety Services Provider
Credit & AP Manager
2020 to 2023

Primary responsibilities:
• Managed multiple teams
o New Applications Team – Credit Vetting, PPSR, general maintenance
o Resolutions Team – Resolve financial queries related to pricing, order numbers, billing disputes
o AR Team – Banking, refunds credit card and Trade Centres banking
o Accounts Payable Team – Work with the business to ensure supplier invoices are approved within the agreed payment terms
o Credit Control Team – Meet with customers & sales team, review overdues, and assess credit limit increases.
Achievements:
• Staff satisfaction survey from 54% prior to starting to 83% in 3 months
• Created Policies (to meet Audit requirements), procedures and training documents
• Various projects (completed & in progress): Auto Allocation, Automated collection letters, Automation of New applications, Query system software.
• Arrears Debt reduced from 15% to under 6% in less than 3 years

Investment Service Provider
Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable Manager
2020

Responsibilities:
• Cash Flow forecasting and management including FX cover requirements & movements between banks for payments
• Meet with AR & AP customers as required
• Continuous improvement focus

Stationary Provider
Finance Shared Services Manager
2011 to 2019
Primary responsibilities:
• Looking after 24 Team members
• Mentoring NZQA Training and development in Team
• Credit assessment of new & existing accounts, set credit limits, reviewing risk
• Credit Vetting, Billing, Credit Control & payments
• Cash Flow forecasting and management
• KPI’s Goals, Performance reviews and management of non-performance according to agreed standards
• Recruitment and training of new team members
• Meeting with customers & sales to resolve disputes
• Weekly and calendar financial reporting
• Audit reviews to ensure that functions are in line with authority levels and segregation of duties
• Review of legal documents to minimise risk, such as updating the credit application
• Managing legal matters relating to collection of debt by working with collection agents
• Managed PPSR & Debtor insurance
• AP - Authorising invoices for certain invoices in line with authority levels and reconciliations
• Good working knowledge of invoice scanning and invoice payment processes such as integrated invoices and understand the important of PO matching
• Working Capital, payment for AP in line with terms and AR collections optimization
• Change management, IT development, creating new processes
• Create policies and practical procedures for team

Pre 2011 history available on request