Hybrid Collections Manager at Ecolab

The Collections Manager will coordinate and manage day-to-day activities of the collection teams. This role is responsible for building and developing an exceptional performing team in driving Credit and Collection operations to manage trade collections while supporting the company’s growth and protecting shareholder value.
Responsibilities:
•    Accountable for $50M trade accounts receivable portfolio across NA Institutional divisions
•    Partner with business leaders across multiple divisions and across various organizational levels to implement solutions to drive end-to-end OTC process execution.
•    Manage high-risk customers, controlling and managing credit exposure and extension in compliance with policy.
•    Lead team of associates, holding associates accountable to accelerate collections, minimize AR aging, hold customers to invoice terms and improve portfolio health
•    Credit policy enforcement 
•    Monitor AR portfolio and working capital trends to manage issues, accelerate cash flow, identify opportunities for process improvement and provide KPI’s, commentary and analysis for senior finance leadership, division management and internal/external/SOX auditors
•    Collaborate with Divisional finance and sales management on key credit issues, impacts to the division, portfolio trends, and balance sheet planning.
•    Lead special projects affecting Credit and Collections (integrations, divestitures, system upgrades, audits, policy harmonization)
•    Work closely with Order-to-Cash functional leadership, project deployment leaders and IT on business or system issues and process improvement initiatives
•    Train and develop high performing teams while driving standardization and continuous improvement
•    Interfaces with other support functions (credit ops, dispute mgt, etc.) to ensure appropriate service delivery and support.
Basic Qualifications
•    Minimum 7 years of combined experience in Collections teams.
•    Demonstrated experience in leading a high performing team, business-oriented teams that have a sense of urgency, a focus on results, and a commitment to quality
•    Experience leading cross-functional projects in a finance environment and communicating to all levels of the organization
•    Proficient with using SAP as well as Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Access
•    Advanced English level
Preferred Qualifications:
•    Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
•    Solid organizational and planning skills
•    Experience delivering results while leading a large team
•    Experience with working in a shared services environment