Finance
Senior Credit & Collection Professional
Job Description

Are you passionate about driving effective cash collection strategies and building strong customer relationships in a dynamic shared services environment? Then join us in our mission to pioneer smarter solutions for moving and transforming water, reducing energy consumption, and enhancing quality of life for people.

 

As our new Senior Credit & Collection Professional, you will be executing end-to-end credit and collection activities for an assigned portfolio, ensuring timely cash collection while proactively resolving complex account issues and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders. You'll be part of a diverse, supportive and inclusive culture, that celebrates our differences and puts people first by fostering growth, well-being, and a sense of belonging.

 

What you will be doing

As a key part of the Credit & Collections team, you'll create impact by Driving cash collection performance, minimizing past due balances, and improving DSO to directly strengthen Grundfos's financial health.

 

Your main responsibilities include:

  • Proactively communicate with external customers daily to obtain payment commitments, monitor aging accounts, and follow up on broken promises
  • Perform total account management using SAP FSCM Credit & Collection and dispute management tools, including order releases and account reconciliations
  • Identify and resolve complex account issues, coordinate timely dispute resolution, and collaborate with cash application to minimize unapplied cash
  • Support credit management by recommending appropriate credit limits and evaluating when credits or debits need to be issued
  • Assist in forecasting cash collection and escalate issues to minimize bad debt and improve DSO
  • Actively participate in migrating cash collection activities from local business units to shared services

 

What makes you a great fit

Above all, you are a detail-oriented finance professional with strong communication skills, a proactive approach to collections, and the ability to navigate complex account situations in a shared services environment. We would also imagine that you have:

  • University or college degree in economics or finance
  • 3-5 years of experience in credit and collections within a Shared Service environment
  • Advanced English
  • Strong understanding of end-to-end Order to Cash processes and solid Excel proficiency

 

It is a plus if you also:

  • SAP knowledge, particularly SAP FSCM Credit & Collection modules
  • An additional European language at advanced level
  • Experience driving projects or process improvement initiatives in an SSC environment

 

Why you will love working here

We care! Day to day, you can look forward to:

  • A working environment built around your needs, with flexible hours, home working opportunities and parental support.
  • Annual bonuses, health insurance and a strong focus on well-being activities.
  • Three days' additional paid leave for volunteering in your community.
  • Access to on-demand training and learning sessions and carefully structured programmes to pursue personal and professional development opportunities.

 

We are inclusive! Celebrating and valuing our differences helps us see possibilities where others can't. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all abilities, experiences, and backgrounds.

 

Are you ready to unlock possibilities at Grundfos? Apply today!

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Information at a Glance

Job details

Workplace:  Hybrid (office and home-working)
Job Location:  Budapest, Pest, Hungary
Contract Type:  Full-Time
Employment Type:  Regular

About Grundfos

Grundfos is one of the world’s leading water technology companies with more than 19.000 employees in 60+ countries all over the world. Our skills commit us to pioneering solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges and improve the quality of life for people. We dare to do things that others cannot or dare not do, as we believe innovation is not only a business opportunity, but an obligation. And what really matters to us is not short term profit, but the impact we make. By becoming part of our united powerful team, you too can drive this change no matter your role.

An inclusive team

We believe that the key to a work environment, where employees thrive and grow, is our ability to celebrate and value our differences in background, experiences and perspectives. In our recruitment process we welcome all professional people without consideration of age, colour, gender identity, national origin, physical or mental disability, ethnicity or religion.

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