Description
Finance Administrator: Post Fixtures: Global Shipping & Trading Co
World Leading Global Energy Trading Company has an exciting opportunity for a Finance Administrator to join this high profile market leader which is a household name in the world of Oil & Gas.
The post deal expense claims department provides professional oil and freight post deal expense service to the various business desks within the organisation eg. Crude Supply & Trading (Crude and Freight), Products (Middle Distillates, Chem Feed, Africa, Mogas, Fuel Oil, Pacific Island, Freight) and LPG.
The focus on this role will be on overdue debt collection and would suit somebody with experience in a similar environment.
Responsibilities:
- Provide support in collection of unpaid invoices by initiate customer contact by phone.
- Resolve Accounts Receivable issues
- Document all daily collection activities, maintaining up-to-date records in system.
- Manage customers who are resistant to agent contact by remaining polite, tactful, honest and firm.
- Escalate collections issues to Management in a timely manner when necessary.
- Prepare and maintain various reports including payments and ageing debts.
- Formulate collection strategies to ensure timely customer payments.
- Meet individual cash collections targets and individual aged debt targets.
About you:
- Ideally experience in a similar position.
- Hard-working and results orientated.
- Good computer skills, proficient in the use of applications in the Microsoft Office suite and SAP.
- Persistent, assertive and competitive natured.
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and telephone)
- Self motivated, able to work with the minimum of supervision and understands when the make decision or reach for advice.
- Able to demonstrate strong time management skills and organizational skills in order to meet assigned deadlines.
- Experience in a fast-paced changing business environment.
- Basic understanding of accounting principles, preferably with experience of accounts receivable and general ledger environment.
This needs combining with a positive attitude and an ability to work within a large, globally dispersed project team in a multi-cultural environment. You also need to be a self-starter, a logical thinker and a quick learner, with strong initiative and excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, able to write clearly and concisely.
Eaglecliff Recruitment is one of six preferred suppliers to this Corporate Energy Company, who are one of the largest and most successful companies in the world.
We believe in equality of opportunity for all job applicants regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, creed or religion, disability, sexual orientation or age.
Specialising within Energy Trading, Oil & Gas, Financial Markets and TV & Entertainment, Eaglecliff Recruitment is ISO accredited, a Member of REC and listed within the top 4% for Financial stability by Dunn & Bradstreet. Please telephone for an immediate response or email your CV for a reply within one hour. Eaglecliff Ltd is acting in the capacity of an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for contractor resourcing.