Your key accountabilities are:
Leadership & Team Management
- Supervise, mentor, and develop a team of collections specialists.
- Set performance goals and KPIs; conduct regular reviews and coaching sessions.
- Foster a high-performing, customer-focused team culture.
- Ensure consistent adherence to company policies, regulatory standards, and ethical practices.
- Oversee day-to-day collections activity on all outstanding receivables.
- Establish structured follow-up schedules and escalation procedures.
- Review and approve repayment plans or settlement arrangements as appropriate.
- Handle complex or high-risk accounts directly, including negotiation with key customers.
- Ensure timely documentation and accurate account updates.
- Partner with Billing, Sales, and Customer Support to investigate and resolve account disputes.
- Maintain a professional and service-oriented approach with customers to strengthen relationships.
- Develop and implement strategies to reduce disputes and billing-related issues.
- Manages the relationship with our third party collection agency
- Prepare and deliver detailed reports on collections performance, aging, cash collections, DSO, high-risk accounts, and recovery trends.
- Analyse payment patterns, identify root causes of delinquency, and recommend improvements.
- Provide forecasts on expected collections and cash flow impacts.
- Works with our FP&A team in the formulation and development of Power BI Dashboards to enable visibility of our collections KPIs
- Develop and refine collections policies, workflows, and standard operating procedures.
- Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory standards governing credit and collections.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and accuracy through automation and system enhancements.
- Partner with IT/Finance teams to optimize ERP, CRM, and collections platforms.
- Work closely with Credit, Accounts Receivable, and Billing teams to ensure aligned processes.
- Collaborate with Sales to enforce credit terms and support customer retention.
- Coordinate with Legal regarding escalated or litigation-bound accounts.
