Accounts Receivable and Credit Control Specialist with Portuguese and Spanish (LATAM shift)
Job Summary
Manage Accounts Receivable for Avient Companies in LATAM region. Supports Business and the regional Credit Risk Manager in cash collection, credit control and managing bad debts.
Oversees & executes standard tasks from cash collection, credit control, account reconciliation, cash application, finance billing to month end activities. Closely interacts with internal and external stakeholders i.e. commercial sales, finance, credit risk managers and our clients. stakeholders i.e. commercial sales, finance, credit risk managers and our clients.
Essential Functions
- Monitor overdues, dunning levels and collect overdue invoices.
- Maintain Credit Risk related customer master data.
- Manage blocked sales orders and provide customer information to business and Credit Risk Manager.
- Support managing customer insolvencies.
- Support processing L/C Payments.
- Support credit insurance process.
- Maintain accounts receivable files and records.
- Provide financial and management reports, assist in general financial analysis and enquiries.
- Monitor and solve proactively credit open items on customer ledgers.
- Calculate bad debt provision.
- Issue finance cross charges, debit and credit notes.
- Apply work instructions and working references and ensure adherence to defined standard operations procedures.
- Act as a back up for other team member/s as per aligned back up structure. Ensure proper knowledge transfer between all involved team members. Perform additional tasks assigned by supervisor.
- Support improvement projects and scope enhancement / knowledge transfer activities.
- Participate in daily team briefings and regular team and GBS meetings.
- Contribute to trustful work relationship with team members and present ownership approach.
- Assist in establishing and maintaining strong, collaborative relationships with internal and external customers.
- Interface with other GBS teams to ensure compliance with cross-team responsibilities.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor graduate and/or certified in job related fields..
- 2-4 years of related experience, preferred in SSC/GBS/BPO environment
Qualifications
- English B1, Portuguese B2, Spanish B2 with knowledge in job related field
- Excel and other MS office applications
- ERP system knowledge, SAP would be a plus
- Ariba/Coupa/Esker/FSCM knowledge can be a plus
- Data/process analytic tools can be a plus (Power BI, Tableau etc.)
Competencies
- Leader of Self - Instills Trust
- Leader of Self - Action Oriented
- Leader of Self - Collaborates
- Leader of Self - Customer Focus
- Leader of Self - Situational Adaptability
- Leader of Self - Being Resilient
- Leader of Self - Demonstrates Self-Awareness
- Leader of Self - Communicates Effectively
Environmental, Health, Safety, & Security (EHS&S) Requirements
- Avient integrates EHS&S into all aspects of our operations. Each position at Avient is responsible for complying with all applicable EHS&S requirements. Additionally, employees and management are responsible for reporting all EHS&S incidents immediately to ensure we keep EHS&S a priority within the organization.
Security includes physical security and cyber security.
Who We Are
Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:
- Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports
- Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy
- Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint
- Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility
Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®. For more information, visit www.avient.com.
Why Avient
Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse associates can grow and succeed, as well positively impacting our planet and the communities we serve. Our Great Place to Work culture, values, and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.
At Avient, we believe diversity of ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.
Avient Corporation is a drug free workplace. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law.