Credit Controller EMEA

For over 40 years, Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) has been a leader in executive recruitment, conducting over 100,000 senior-level searches for clients worldwide.

Korn Ferry faces the market via three distinct offerings as Executive Search, RPO & Professional Search, and Advisory.

Today, the company is a premier global provider of talent management solutions and delivers an array of solutions that help clients to identify, deploy, develop, retain and reward their talent. Services range from corporate governance and CEO recruitment to executive search, strategic recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), project-based recruitment, executive coaching and Leadership and Talent Advisory. Advisory encompasses assessment, coaching and consulting services and goes beyond executive search by delivering sophisticated talent and organisational strategies to optimise performance.

We are looking for a professional, enthusiastic and highly motivated Credit Controller to join our EMEA Finance Team. This is an excellent opportunity to work as a key member of this highly visible international Finance team, in a growing and diversifying business.

Working in the EMEA Shared Services team, this is a pan-EMEA role and will involve managing an Accounts Receivable portfolio across a number of offices across the EMEA region. As part of the EMEA credit control team, prime responsibilities will be to ensure that potential credit issues are quickly flagged, expert collections guidance and support is offered to the client facing teams on a timely basis and regional aging debt and provisions are reviewed and managed on a regular basis.

Candidates should be well organized, task orientated, able to work to deadlines, multi-task and able to follow instructions. They should be a personable, confident communicator and understand the importance of building relationships with clients (internal and external). We are looking for a team player who is able to contribute to the success of the team.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Assist the EMEA Credit Control Manager & Team Leader on a day to day basis.
• Post cash accurately and in a timely manner for the region including intercompany payments.
• Month End Cash Reconciliations for all EMEA accounts.
• Complete daily administrative tasks, resolving internal and external queries.
• Assist Client Partners with collection of outstanding invoices including reviews/meetings, reporting, and chasing of debt.
• Specific management of EMEA wide Client accounts/ countries which need assistance.
• Prepare the quarterly review of country commentary of all invoices over 180 days as part of SOX control, and assigning appropriate bad debt provisions at invoice level.
• Liaising closely with Billing & Accounts Payable to actively resolve queries and escalate issues as and when appropriate.
• Actively resolving all credit balances/unassigned cash within the region and documenting in line with legal requirements (seeking assistance from Manager as required).
• Assisting in the Month End close process from an AR perspective.
• Where circumstances dictate, working with our legal team on collection matters.
• Identifying (escalating where necessary) all bad debt write offs for Manager.
• Assisting with time sensitive projects.
• Other ad hoc tasks, as needed.

The Team:

• The role reports to the EMEA Credit Control Manager.
• This role will work with Project Managers, EAs, Senior Client Partners, Consultants, Accountants, and wider finance team.

Experience:

It is anticipated that the profile, skills and experience of the successful candidate will include:

• Professional and confident manner.
• Good communicator and comfortable talking to many different people at all levels in the organization and clients.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Very organized/thorough note taking.
• Committed, bright, numerate and enthusiastic.
• Team player who thrives in a multi-tasking, deadline driven environment.
• Working knowledge of SAP (would be advantageous, but not essential) or other large enterprise-wide accounting systems
• Fluent in English and a second language would be beneficial.
• At least two years relevant work experience.
• Good work ethic.

Korn Ferry is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.