Position Summary

At Samsung Electronics Canada, we take pride in the creativity and diversity of our talented people – they are at the forefront of everything we do. Their skillset and mindset drive our continued success. We want the best of the best at Samsung to join our team, not just those who fit into our Culture but those who will ADD to our Culture and make Samsung an even better place to work.

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If you want to work for one of the most recognized brands in the world and one of the Top 100 Employers in Canada...and have a ton of fun…. then please keep reading!

Our Perks:

• Fantastic employee discount on all Samsung products
• Competitive Salary
• Employer paid Medical and Dental coverage from day one
• Group RRSP plan that helps you save for the future
• Free on-site gym to get your sweat on
• Subsidized Cafeteria; including free Starbucks coffee/latte machine
• 4-day in-office work schedule Monday through Thursday – with Friday remaining a flex day to work remotely
• Access of Samsung U for 24/7 online learning
• Employee Referral program- we want great talent like you!
• Additional Well Being Days for better work life-balance!

Samsung Canada is seeking a highly self-driven Credit and Collections representative with a strong owner’s mindset, relentless customer advocacy, and front-line obsession to improve AR KPI and to credit management.

Digital advertising is a fast growing and important sales division driving the growth of SECA. We anticipate continued and significant growth with the opportunity to work with business leaders and advertising industry leaders.

This Credit and Collections position serves as a teammate on all accounts receivable, credit management, customer relationship, cash application and collections management responsibilities. The position contributes to company success by driving compliant, accurate and timely cash collections and is a champion of continuous improvement efforts to increase cash flow, minimize bad debt, and develop solid working relationships/networking with internal stakeholders and customers.

Role and Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Collections & Administrative Tasks:

• Manage collections of outstanding account receivables.
• Manage accounts receivable portfolio for trends and warning signs; make recommendations and implement actions necessary to maintain and improve department metrics including DSO, AR turnover, and aged accounts.
• Partner with Sales and Legal to accommodate credit needs, mitigate credit risks, and establish process and timing for credit review and approval.
• Partner with sales team and customer success management team to resolve issues and disputes.
• Collaborate with Ads finance ops to ensure all invoicing and cash applications are accurate monthly.
• Monitor credit reporting (e.g. Dun & Bradstreet); make updates to corporate information, dispute slow pays, and submit trade references.
• Enhance and maintain accounts receivable reports to monitor customer balances and payment trends.
• Manage department operations to ensure the accounts receivable functions are being performed in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Manage and improve AR/collection KPI.
• Create Advertising industry AR collection procedure/process/manual.
• Perform functions for accounts receivable daily responsibilities and tasks.
• Prepare and communicate various daily, weekly or monthly financial reports to internal stakeholders and management.
• Perform various Ad Hoc reporting and analysis.
• Collaborate with implementation and testing of new program, streamlining processes and upgrades, as necessary.

Skills and Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field or equivalent directly related work experience.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of commercial credit and collection laws.

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel (e.g., VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, SUMIFS, Pivot tables, CONCATENATE, Text to Columns, etc.) and ERP system experience (preferably SAP).

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years AR, Credit & Collection experience, preferably in an advertising industry or media company.

• Experience in establishing a credit and collection policy that is integrated in the sales process.

• Experience with using credit reporting tools and services (e.g., D&B).

• Prefer to professional experience in big media companies and/or advertising agencies.

• Strong collection and negotiation skills.

• A self-starter, work well as a team player, but work independently when appropriate.

• Ability to analyze problems, actively strategize to resolve them, pay attention to detail, and have excellent organization and communication skills.

• Demonstrate expertise of analyzing processes and implementing process, and work on system/process improvement to reduce manual work and to improve operational efficiency.

• Ability to juggle multiple tasks, work cross-functionally and at all levels of the organization, whether internally or externally to support rapid growing advertising business.

• Ability to be flexible and comfortable in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

• Prioritize and focus on the important tasks, not just the urgent ones.

• Require excellent interpersonal skills, strong written capabilities, analytic skills and good attention to detail.

• Ability and willingness to jump into project and workloads as needed.

Samsung is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Samsung has an accommodation process in place and provides accommodations for job applicants with disabilities as appropriate. Assessment and selection materials and procedures can be made available in accessible formats and methods as appropriate.  If you require a specific accommodation because of disability or medical need, please let us know when selected to take part in our recruitment process so that reasonable arrangements can be made for the appropriate accommodations to be in place as you move through our process.

We thank you for your interest in working for Samsung. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Please note that we reserve the right to remove or modify job postings at any time.

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