Senior Credit & Collections Manager

at  Canon

Are you a seasoned leader with a passion for driving financial excellence? Canon is seeking an experienced Credit & Collections Manager to directly manage our Canon UK / Ireland credit and collections department and Canon Europe (EMEA region) Credit & Collections Department through its next phase of digital innovation and strategic growth. This is your opportunity to make a tangible impact in a company that is a global leader in imaging solutions, where your expertise will enhance our financial operations and contribute to our continued success in a rapidly evolving business landscape. Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence!
As the Credit & Collections Manager, you will maintain and monitor credit policies, controls, and procedures for the EMEA region and drive the cash collection, credit approvals and collection strategy directly, for the UK and Ireland region. You will set targets and enhance collections performance through coaching and direct involvement and will manage the central Credit Control Team covering a Pan European customer portfolio ensuring an overall organized, timely and responsive transaction management process. Overall you will effectively manage debtor risks and credit activities to optimize sales while minimizing bad debt. Additionally, you will oversee and manage Accenture partner staff, ensuring adherence to established policies, procedures, controls, and targets. Your role will involve creating innovative strategies and developing transformation initiatives in line with our future finance direction, including the integration of new digital tools.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Implement, maintain, coach, mentoring and monitor Credit & collection management policies and (authorization) procedures incl. compliance with credit audit procedures and bad debts.
• Monitor targets, in conjunction with European CFO, Canon Europe Customer Finance Director, -, European Business Unit Controllers and local NSO Financial Controllers, for receivables collection in relevant subcategories (e.g. by channel, customer type, geography, etc.).
• Manage the UK/Ireland and Canon Europe Credit and Collections Team
• Support and implement E2E strategy (organisation, systems and processes) within Credit Management and Collections.
• Accountable for Customer Finance Teams (Canon UK / Ireland & EMEA ) and Accenture BPO. Meet AR & Collection SLA’s by providing support & guidance on credit limits, payment terms, disputes & contract issues affecting payment.
• Support Cash forecasting with Treasury using collection results, expected payments/promises and forecast due date analysis.
• Manage & implement Change Management for Customer Finance functions.
• Report on key performance indicators and communicate performance to Canon finance Leadership team.

• Implement, maintain, coach, mentoring and monitor Credit & collection management policies and (authorization) procedures incl. compliance with credit audit procedures and bad debts.
• Monitor targets, in conjunction with European CFO, Canon Europe Customer Finance Director, -, European Business Unit Controllers and local NSO Financial Controllers, for receivables collection in relevant subcategories (e.g. by channel, customer type, geography, etc.).
• Manage the UK/Ireland and Canon Europe Credit and Collections Team
• Support and implement E2E strategy (organisation, systems and processes) within Credit Management and Collections.
• Accountable for Customer Finance Teams (Canon UK / Ireland & EMEA ) and Accenture BPO. Meet AR & Collection SLA’s by providing support & guidance on credit limits, payment terms, disputes & contract issues affecting payment.
• Support Cash forecasting with Treasury using collection results, expected payments/promises and forecast due date analysis.
• Manage & implement Change Management for Customer Finance functions.
• Report on key performance indicators and communicate performance to Canon finance Leadership team