Collections Supervisor - Mississauga, Canada - SGS

SGS

Verified Company

Mississauga, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Company Description
WE ARE SGS - THE WORLD'S LEADING TESTING, INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION COMPANY. WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE GLOBAL BENCHMARK FOR QUALITY AND INTEGRITY.

OUR 96,000 EMPLOYEES OPERATE A NETWORK OF 2,600 OFFICES AND LABORATORIES, WORKING TOGETHER TO ENABLE A BETTER, SAFER AND MORE INTERCONNECTED WORLD.

The Collections Supervisor will create and develop best-in-class standards, processes, and a team for collections activities across select SGS business units.

Process improvement and rationalization to lead the transformation of the collection activities to an efficient, collaborative, and strategic collections team is critical to the success of this role.

Manage all aspects of collection activities, which includes (but is not limited to) ensuring adherence to policies and procedures; negotiating payment terms while maintaining client goodwill; and facilitating dispute resolution.
Lead and mentor the Collections team, including driving accountability, setting performance objectives, regular team meetings and communicating direction, changes, and training.
Identify and recommend areas of improvements within standard operating procedures to enhance efficiencies and implement and monitor the processes within team.
Create an efficient collections management culture based on strong process, continuous improvement, and team development.
Determine appropriate course of action for dealing with delinquent accounts; escalate internally with Account Management or with the client to determine the root cause and potential solutions.
Identify and recommend account balances or amounts to be transferred to third party collections and/or added to allowance for doubtful accounts.
Timely Collection of the Receivables has significant impact on the company cashflow and bad debt
Timely response to internal and external New Customer, AR, IT and Finance inquiries, can facilitate decision making process, affect relationship with clients and have impact on other departments.

Qualifications

Education: Postsecondary educationdegree in a Finance, Accounting or Business Administration program
Credit Designation preferred
Experience: Over five (5) years of Credit and Collections experience (experience from a large corporate setting is preferred) coupled with 23 years of experience managing/leading a team
Solid knowledge of credit, collections and accounts receivable processes and procedures.
Superior organizational, communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
Strong leadership skills and ability to influence others.
Strong conflict resolution skills: excellent research, analytical and problemsolving capabilities to ensure problems, complaints, and inquiries are handled tactfully, effectively, and promptly; ability to recommend winwin solutions.

Additional Information

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