Working Capital (Credit Risk and Collections) Senior Manager - EY Parthenon - London

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Working Capital and Liquidity, Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy

Assistant Director/ Senior Executive

Credit Risk and Collections/ Order to Cash

The Opportunity

In an economic landscape of relatively high interest rates and uncertain demand, cash and the proactive management of customer contracting, billing and collections are key skills.

EY's cash and working capital team supports businesses in improving the effectiveness of their processes and commercial arrangements in order to free cash that is tied up on the balance sheet. Focusing on sustainable change underpinned by Cash Forecasting and Reporting, they deliver value through measurable improvement. The team has significant experience supporting the complete spectrum of listed and privately owned companies across multiple sectors or geographies, whether a successful business seeking to enhance shareholder value, or an organisation experiencing a cash crisis.

The team is one of the market leading advisers in this space and part of the world's largest specialist cash and working capital advisory practice.

There are opportunities to become a part of this group, specifically across inventory management and supply chain, credit risk and collections/ order to cash, and treasury and cash management.

Your Key Responsibilities

As an Assistant Director/ Senior Executive, you will take a role in all aspects of project delivery and business development and contribute to team management and practice and methodology enhancement.

You will take responsibility for managing teams on engagements, reporting to the engagement Partner / Director and project managing the delivery team. You will input knowledge and subject matter expertise, coordinating and driving the production of deliverables to the agreed timescales and communicating progress and any issues requiring escalation to the Partner / Director.

You will actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships, leveraging these relationships to identify and pursue potential new engagement opportunities.

As an influential member of the team, you will help to create an inclusive culture and will coach and counsel junior team members and help them to develop.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Displays a deep awareness of the drivers of accounts receivable and working capital performance and the potential opportunities that can be implemented to deliver sustainable performance improvement.
• Has a robust understanding of the order to cash cycle, including all aspects of credit risk and collections management.
• Understands, and is able to apply, a segmented approach to interrogating customer working capital performance across billing, terms and collections.
• Understands and is able to provide credible advice around collections cadence, dispute management and escalation and dunning.
• Understands / is familiar with a range of collections software.
• Understands adjacent skills such as accounts payable and inventory management, cash-flow forecasting, factoring, reverse factoring and supply chain finance.
• Able to present solutions, issues and findings in both a concise written and oral format.
• Experienced at providing detailed practical advice on overcoming business issues/ challenges, including the implementation of working capital opportunities.
• Good project management skills, ensuring the quality and consistency of performance in every task, whilst working to tight deadlines.
• Develops and maintains productive working relationships and manages the communication with day-to-day client contacts.
• Manage the financial aspects of engagements by preparing a budget, organizing resources, monitoring engagement economics and communicating the status to the project leaders.
• Understands the capabilities of the firm, looking for opportunities to bring in other specialists and service lines to broaden engagements and achieve the best possible solution.
• Identifies potential sell-on opportunities and support the project leaders in pursuing these to broaden and extend live engagements.
• Conducts performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff.
• Maintains an educational program to continually develop personal skills.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Demonstrable consulting experience in identifying and delivering improvements within order to cash, or experience in a role within industry, e.g. leading on day-to-day collections management in a lead credit control or shared service centre role.
• The ability to build strong relationships across the firm and can actively participate in business development.
• Appreciation of the risks inherent in advising businesses and their stakeholders.
• The ability to support business development activities, leveraging internal and external contacts to identify and pursue potential new client engagements.
• A passion to drive improvement in team capability through methodology development and coaching.

You may also have

• A relevant qualification such as professional accountancy or credit management.
• Broader working capital experience.
• Experience in Turnaround planning and execution, including rapid cost reduction, footprint optimisation, stakeholder management and business planning.
• European language skills, experience of visualisation tools e.g. PowerBi, Qlik, Tableau etc.
• Own network of contacts with work providers, or will understand how to build one.

What we look for

We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful transaction team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly throughout a period of growth within the cash and working capital team.

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that's right for you.

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we're using the finance products, expertise and systems we've developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we'll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world.

Apply now.