Collections Specialist At Nokia

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE AND WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Proactively tracks and collects Trade Debts & Advanced payments (when cash request is issued)
Provides visibility and supports follow up of invoice disputes
Collaborates with the customer to improve invoice approval and payment lead times
Provides forecast of expected payment of open items for current period / quarter
Ensure Collections Tool correctly represents latest status of AR open items
Reflect Manual invoice mapping in Collections Tool
Timely update Line Items Status Check (Collections)
Share payment remittances for timely Cash Allocation
Increases the speed at which customer's open items move to cash
Challenge any failure in the process preventing fast turn-around of invoices, i.e. disputes
Provide status and trade debtor reports for customer and CT meetings
Supports achievement of customer Overdue and cash targets
Supports RBC/Asset Controllers with Sales of Receivables administration, Due date amendments, provide accurate cash forecasting
Ensure payment deductions (penalties; WHT; etc) are resolved and dealt with
Highlights E2E process improvements when inefficiencies exist
Follow-up liquidation cases (if any)
Execute the SOX Controls

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Degree in Economics, Finance, Business Administration or any other related field;
Problem Solving / Organization / Prioritization skills;
Expert knowledge in MS Excel;
Relationship building, able to build collaborative partnerships with internal and external teams;
Business Orientation (Credit / Collections / Sales / OM);
Working across boundaries and with virtual teams;
Contract Management knowledge preferable.