Financial Analyst - OTC Coordinator

Financial Analyst - OTC Coordinator

• 3 months initially
• Immediate start required
• 4 days per week on site in Waterloo
• £150-£170 per day Inside IR35

The Role

The Local Market Controllership team will take responsibility and ownership for all controllership matters, led by the market Controller, who will be a key member of the local market finance team. The Local Market Controllership team is expected to be both industry knowledge experts and finance professionals, liaising across a number of internal and external stakeholders. There will be strong collaboration and partnership with the Controlling Operations team, based in Bangalore, who will provide a high level of service to the local market by recording transactions across a number of finance processes, thereby acting as the 'customer' of the Controlling Operations . Although the offshore team will not report directly to the Local Market, there will be strong influence, support and oversight from the Local Market Controller and the controllership team to ensure accurate and timely reporting.

The role of the OTC Coordinator is particularly important and exciting as the individual will be part of the OTC team reporting to the Market Controller, supporting the OTC Lead responsible for the full end to end process of Order to Cash, right from Contract origination, having direct contact with the Sales and Strategy teams. The OTC Coordinator will have a key role in delivering cash targets and as such will be required to build strong relationships with Customers, working with a broad client base to ensure timely invoice collection.

Keys skills

• Thorough understanding of the end to end Order to Cash cycle, encompassing invoicing, collections and cash applications
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including active listening for alerting customers of non-payment, determining reasons for non-payment and explaining payment options in simple terms
• Diplomacy for discussing sensitive matters tactfully
• Negotiation skills for convincing customers to meet their financial commitments
• Conflict resolution for calming hostile non-paying customers
• Bookkeeping and numeracy for determining outstanding payments and appropriate payment instalments
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills
• Proficient in ERP systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle Workday, or similar)
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively in a busy
• Sound knowledge of financial regulations and practices.
• Significant experience within an Accounts Receivable role / Proven experience and understanding of AR (billing, allocating cash and chasing)