O2C Specialist – Credit & Collections

Sodexo Business Services (SBS) is currently looking for a self-driven O2C Specialist (Credit & Collections) to join its growing team.
A day in the life of a O2C Specialist- Credit & Collections
You must be a reliable and outgoing personality, responsible for handling multiple duties. Good communication skills are a must and a good sense of humour a bonus!
Your day-to-day
- Collections & Payment Allocation: gather remittances or payment details to ensure accurate and timely allocation.
- Cash Collection & Portfolio Management: support achievement of cash targets and overdue reduction providing collection status updates .
- Customer Interaction & Query Resolution: manage customer queries, escalate when needed, and maintain relationships with customers.
- Write‑offs & Adjustments: process write‑offs requested by Operations or Finance, ensuring proper justification and documentation.
- Customer Contact & Payment Follow‑up: engage with customer Accounts Payable to chase invoice approvals and payments proactively.
- Dunning & Collections Workflow: follow the established dunning process, sending reminders, statements, dunning letters, and calls.
- Contra Accounts & Refunds: reconcile contra accounts (customer/supplier) and manage all validations required for customer refunds.
- Dispute Management: Resolve invoice disputes by collaborating with customers, Operations, and local finance teams to remove blockers.
- AR Aging & Debt Review: analyze AR aging reports, monitor overdue balances, and prepare insights for debt reviews.
- Credit Committees & Debt Calls: prepare and lead credit committees or debt calls, ensuring accurate reporting and clear recommendations.
- Cross‑Functional Collaboration:work closely with Operations, local finance teams, and customers to ensure payments and smooth handovers.
- Reconciliations & Invoice Validation: proactively reconcile invoices and accounts, ensuring alignment between internal teams and customer.
- Reporting & Financial Analysis: deliver regular debtor reports and additional analyses for Operations, local Finance, and senior management.
- Litigation & Risk Support: support litigation, bankruptcy, and risk assessment processes by reviewing credit reports and validating risk alerts.
- Master Data & Payment Terms: validate customer master data, payment terms, and risk indicators during account creation or updates.
- Audit & Compliance Support: support internal and external audits by providing accurate documentation and ensuring process compliance.
- AR Reporting & AnalyticsYou will autonomously prepare AR aging reports, debt analyses, and escalate critical overdue situations.
Requirement/Qualifications
- Degree and/or Solid accounting / financial background is a requirement
- Fluent on verbal and written English
- Advanced IT skills including MS Office main tools (Word/Excel/PPT)
- Advanced systems knowledge (SAP/IVANTI, etc)
What you´ll need to suceed:
- Ability to work under pressure
- Assertive, influencing others but also a team player.
- Relationship builder, pro-active, responsive, and action-oriented.
Benefits
- Hybrid working model;
- Flexible working hours;
- Health & Life Insurance;
- Attractive Meal allowance paid in Meal Card;
- Additional Days off: extra vacation day, employee’s birthday, volunteering day;
- More than 6000 free online courses;
- Opportunity to grow professionally inside the Company;
- Possibility to participate in multicultural projects;
- Several internal activities aiming to promote our team´s wellbeing
If you want to be part of our team, please send us your resume to the email: Recruitment.SBS.Portugal@sodexo.com
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