Blowhorn - Credit Controller

Blowhorn is looking for a proactive, customer centric Finance leader to manage credit control and collections process. The ideal candidate will be responsible to handle credit control processes, oversee the collection efforts, ensure that accounts are handled appropriately and communicate with clients as required to increase the percentage of on-time payments.

This is a high impact role that works closely with the Founding team and will be based out of Bangalore.

We, at Blowhorn, strive to crack difficult problems that impact the world of logistics and come up with the best solution. You will develop broad-ranging skills working on a wide variety of initiatives. You will take responsibility for your projects, but you'll also have teammates who look out for you. We operate in a - get things done- environment where the goal is always to execute and implement. You will not forget to have fun!

What you will do :

- Oversee outstanding balances which include timely cash collections, assessing credit risks and minimize bad debts

- Deploy risk mitigation measures like credit worthiness and credit checks for new and existing customers

- Drive collections at practice level and ensure organizational target of timely collections recovery are met

- Plan, monitor and review the activities of collection members for the achievement of collections. Ensure adherence to collection processes as established by the company client

- Liaising with customers, as well as internal teams including the sales team to smoothly resolve credit issues while maintaining high level of customer retention

- Regularly meet and manage strong relationships with external suppliers, such as debt collection agencies

- Review existing processes and implement industry best practices to reduce debtor days

- Prepare various month-end accounts receivables reports to assess true receivable position of the customer

- Maintain dashboard to track metrics for management on AR aging and subsequent collection plan

- Oversee the hiring and training of new team members and support their development

What we are looking for:

- B.Com/M.com/CA/CMA/MBA from a recognized university

- 10+ years' experience in credit management with at least 5 years of collections experience in B2B companies

- Proven instances in identifying and driving process improvements and operational efficiency projects

- Demonstrated ability to lead diverse talent within a team, work cross-functionally, and build consensus on difficult issues

- Ability to take responsibility to make difficult decisions, take calculated risks and experiment with new approaches

- Excellent negotiation, interpersonal, verbal and written communication skill

- Ability to work under pressure and with strict deadlines