Job Details
BOR2919 - Senior / Specialist, Credit Operation
Company
Borouge Pte Ltd (Singapore)
Function
Finance
Job Group
Finance
Location
Singapore
Contract Type
Full Time / Permanent
Closing Date
31-Jan-2021
About The Role
Reporting to Manager, Credit Operation, Asia Pacific, you are responsible in supporting Borouge’s PTE strategic credit control and collection framework, providing effective credit risk management and driving credit performance. Credit operation includes credit control and overdue collection.
Key Accountabilities
- Implement and maintain global credit operation framework (procedure and methodology)
- Support strategy to balance credit operation and business opportunity and growth for the region
- Business partnering with sales, marketing, customer service and other functions
- Seek continual improvements in competency of credit operation and industry knowledge
- Maintain high efficiency in credit control and collection
- Support renewal of credit insurance program
- Participate in the cross function credit risk management project team to implement credit risk management across the company
Credit Control
- Act as a focal point of credit analysis team, regional sales and customer service teams to ensure efficient credit operation for sales execution
- Review customers’ incoming orders to insure the integrity of accounts receivable
- Timely response to credit release request
- Escalate to relevant stakeholder to resolve credit block
- Ensure credit release is according to Credit Procedure and DOA
- Train and engage stakeholder for compliance of Credit Procedure
- Engage regional sales and customer service teams with credit control and collection issues through Regional Credit Watch Committee
- Promote continuous improvement of system, credit procedure and internal control
- Coordinate the bank relationship in support of optimal trade finance services
Overdue Collection
- Proactively engage in timely and accurate collection of accounts receivable to achieve Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and Days overdue outstanding (DOO) and other performance based metrics
- Ensure the accuracy of monthly accounts receivable
- Review payment performance and follow up of overdue amount with sales, customer service and customer directly
- Monitor and follow up on daily assessment of customer overdue
- Update and provide comments on weekly overdue action plan
- Negotiate repayment schedule
- Manage overdue notification/claim with credit insurance companies
- Keep management informed of any significant delinquency
- Initiate legal litigation/arbitration (supported by legal department)
- Provide A/R cash forecast to Treasury and Accounting teams
- Work directly with external lawyer (supported by legal department), bank and bankruptcy administration committee to collect Borouge PTE overdue receivables
- Support regional sales, customer service, and accounting teams, across Borouge PTE to ensure timely and efficient cash collection/posting and problem resolution
- Work in partnership with other region Credit teams to exchange information, best practices, standardize and harmonize procedure
Experience & Qualifications
Minimum Qualification
- University degree in Credit Risk Management/ Finance/ Accounting/ Economics/ Business or related discipline
Minimum Experience, Knowledge & Skills
- A minimum of 3 years of credit control and collection experience from multinational companies
- A minimum of 2 year of proven track record in a similar position in an internationally operating company
- Trade finance experience
- Experience from the chemicals / petrochemicals industry is preferred but not a requirement
- Thorough understanding of credit control and collection, credit risk analysis, financial instruments, trade financing, banking regulatory, macroeconomic issue, international trade and monetary flow
- Fluency in English is required and knowledge of other languages would be an advantage
Internal Applicant Statement
By applying for this job posting, I understand and acknowledge the following required HR criteria:
- I understand the job scope and meet the requirement for this role.
- I have been in my current role for at least 2 years and did not receive any disciplinary warnings for the past 12 months.
- My performance for the past year was "Solid Performer" or above.
I understand that information relating to the above criteria and provided in this application would be shared with the interview panel as part of the HR interview process requirement.
With this application, I also understand, acknowledge and consent to the collection, storage, transfer (including offshore transfer), processing, disclosure and erasure of my personal data in accordance with, and for the purposes set out in, this statement and the Data Protection Notice for Employees. I also understand that giving or withdrawing this consent does not affect any of the terms and conditions of my contract of employment or services contract.
Note: you will be required to attach the following:
1. Resume/CV
2. Passport-size photograph