Credit Analyst

The Credit Analyst plays an important role in supporting business growth across Xylem Europe. In this you will work with analytical processes including a detailed 'grounding' of customer credit and contract negotiation across the region and support on education among sales and project management groups when it comes to Accounts Receivables and risk assessment. Timely feedback to other departments and sales team is critical for this position. This role reports to Manager, Credit & Collections and provides support to the finance teams and other key stakeholders for the units assigned. This is a hybrid role based from our Nottingham office. This role requires an enthusiastic and highly motivated professional capable of working in a high pressure, fast paced environment. While collaborating with various business stakeholders in administering the day-to-day operation of Xylem's Global Finance program.

• Work with Customer/Country risk assessment across the region
• Analysis of customers financial statements and risk assessment
• Support Commercial Sales team in contract negotiation of payment term and risk
• Handling Bank guarantees and letter of credit, work close with our Treasury function
• Reduce the Account receivable position and achieve the AR KPI`s according to the Group targets
• Support on creating a Cash culture within the organization to keep the financial objectives
• Manage customer risk, block and the release of deliveries, validation of account opening
• Apply the Group Credit Policy and support the standardization of financial processes across the company
• Support audit requests and month end close activities as needed
• Gather feedback from relevant stakeholders and make recommendations for technological and process improvement
• Other tasks, duties and responsibilities as assigned (i.e. back-up other team members as needed, etc.)
  
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