Accounts Receivable Lead

LOCATION - Lisbon, Portugal

HOURS - 40 hours

ABOUT THE ROLE

We have an incredible opportunity for an Accounts Receivable Lead to join our Solution Delivery Organisation (SDO) team. As an AR Lead, you will be responsible for collections and non-commercial billing, establishing collection targets, ensuring timely and accurate collections, and supervising the monthly AR closing tasks like bad debts calculations.  Your network will be made up of various teams such as customer service, sales, treasury and accounting teams.

WHAT WILL YOU BE RESPONSIBLE FOR?

• Build a strong, engaged and efficient team, and ensure effective people management and development of the team
• Set a collections strategy alongside objectives and KPIs and animate them daily
• Escalate and lead the resolution of technical and operational issues in coordination with other teams: customer service, sales, SAP teams, etc.
• Oversee AR month-end closing activities, ensuring accuracy and adherence to timelines, for example for bad debts provisions or revenue accruals in coordination with the record to report team
• Maintain and improve our AR analytics reports with the support of our business intelligence team
• Ensure AR internal controls are performed in a timely manner and with accuracy
• Coordinate the AR audit requests and responses as required from local or Group auditors
• Lead the improvement of the Quote to Cash process as a whole through SAP optimizations or proposed process improvements, in coordination with SAP teams and Quote to Cash global process owners

WHAT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WILL BE REQUIRED?

• Total relevant experience of 5-8 years with at least one previous leadership experience
• Solid knowledge of SAP, preferably SAP S4/Hana
• Strong understanding of the Quote to Cash process and related business impacts
• Strong communication, leadership and decision-making skills
• The ability to be both strategic to establish a vision and operational to help the team
• Proactivity and a builder mindset to improve processes and the SDO project as a whole

WHAT IS ON OFFER?

As a colleague at Scandinavian Tobacco Group, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package. Our benefits differ across regions; our recruiting team will be able to give more details.

OUR HIRING PROCESS

Before we enter a hiring process, your job application will be reviewed by a member of our recruiting team. Your application will be reviewed in line with the hiring competencies we have for the role you have applied for. If your experience aligns with the requirements, you will enter our hiring process which will consist of the following:

• Recruiter Screen
• Hiring Manager Interview
• Behavioral Assessment
• Leadership Interview

ABOUT SCANDINAVIAN TOBACCO GROUP

At Scandinavian Tobacco Group, we always encourage you to craft the career that makes you more. We have a rich heritage that dates back 250 years and have been operating as a Scandinavian Tobacco Group since 1961. We operate in over 100 countries, employing over 10,000 people. We offer a diverse portfolio of iconic brands ranging from Signature, Cohiba, Macanudo, CAO, Partagas and most recently branched into smokeless tobacco through our recent acquisition of XQS. We are on a mission to focus on sustainability and minimizing our environmental footprint. We are committed to creating a culture that allows us to blend our strengths, to go far it takes a winning team, and this is why we pride ourselves on sharing our skills, knowledge and expertise to push each other forward.

Scandinavian Tobacco Group Talent Team

Scandinavian Tobacco Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any
other characteristic protected by law.

Please be informed that this Direct Search is conducted exclusively by Scandinavian Tobacco Group. We do not accept applications from agencies, and we will not provide compensation for unsolicited CVs.