Americas Credit Leader

The Americas Credit Leader supports profitable growth by delivering customer risk assessment and credit management services for a strategic portfolio of customers and is the Corporate Treasury point of contact for Americas Credit communications. This role is an important global business partner that provides thought leadership, drives continuous improvement and leads projects that proactively address risk in both the near and long term. Close partnership and relationship building with key stakeholders across the business are critical to success.

Reports to: This position will report to the Assistant Treasurer

Span of Control: Direct Leader of 2 multinational Credit/Collection Specialists

Knowing Our Business Strategy

• Build relationships within the treasury organization, cross-functionally, and with key stakeholders; ensure effective contact to remain aligned with functional objectives.
• Understand the strategic direction of the company's business and execute functional strategies to support and enhance business results; be knowledgeable of the project work that supports this direction and implications to the business.
• Understands relationships with our customers and understands what it takes to ensure their success.
• Collaborate with global credit partners to support business and credit strategies.

Supporting the Business

• Develop / Maintain relationships with Business and other stakeholders (Customer Service, Supply Chain, FP&A) and actively participate in internal meetings at regional and global level.
• Build strong relationships with key customers.
• Ensure the monthly reporting requirements are met in a timely manner providing valuable insight into the business organization and higher management.
• Monitor credit-blocked orders and ensure fast response times to support the sales activities.
• Negotiate, develop and evaluate customer contracts.

Developing and Executing Strategy

• Perform financial analysis and risk/ return assessments for proposed customer credit changes.
• Develop customer assessments that provide a comprehensive and meaningful analysis of risk.
• Create and execute strategies to mitigate global credit risk.
• Monitor market conditions and other external factors.
• Evaluate creative options to protect our investments in accounts receivable (e.g., security, guaranties, lien rights)
• Support the development and execution of cash collections forecasting process for the Americas & EMEA customer base.

Leading and Influencing in the Credit Function

• Represent the credit organization in customer-facing situations and provide insight as needed
• Lead or participate in special regional and global projects that support the long-term strategic goals of the business and/or credit organization
• Create an inclusive environment where the team looks at you as a highly regarded leader and mentor
• Educate others to have a strong attention to detail to ensure consistent data integrity and accuracy
• Encourage others to identify areas of waste (process, time, etc.); ideate and execute action plans to create productivity

Leading and Developing Talent

• Lead Americas & EMEA Credit & Collections Specialists and assist in building the Treasury talent pipeline, mentoring and developing others
• Invest in personal growth and development, clearly focused on self-learning
• Lead and demonstrate continuous learning and ongoing development opportunities for self and direct team

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or related field of study
• 5+ years Finance/ Accounting or relevant finance experience preferred; 3 years credit portfolio management
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills; Spanish preferred as a second language
• Experience working for a disbursed multinational organization

Experience

• Experience making decisions based on financial statements
• Experience in making decisions based on knowledge of financial ratios and interpreting them
• Forecast modeling experience
• Success in a fast-paced and dynamic, team-oriented environment

Knowledge and Abilities

• Strong financial and business acumen
• Ability to lead others to strong analytical, quantitative, and organizational skills with the ability to identify trends in data
• Proven ability to build strong relationships and inspire trust with multiple stakeholders to get results
• Ability to create an inclusive environment where all are appreciated for their diverse thoughts and uniqueness
• Ability to lead others to make decisions using data trends and judgement
• Accountability / Integrity
• Ability to challenge and lead others to gain and results as defined by business or organization
• Ability to challenge and lead others to obtain results through continuous improvement
• Must be able to travel domestic and international 5 - 10%

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