Job Title:  Credit & Collection Analyst

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 162471 - Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognised for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!
 

The Credits & Collections Analyst will manage the client portfolio of the Branch or Hub in order to effectively cash recover derived from the sales. Validate and analyze the sales conditions and commercial agreements as appropriate for each client, following the Colgate-Palmolive Credit and Collection processes.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Customer service by answering questions, resolving issues, and providing assistance related to credit and collections. Uploading and downloading information and documents to customer portals. Tracking customer current accounts including outstanding balances, sending payment reminders, and coordinating collection actions. Analyzing blocked orders, considering account balance, limit, pending payments to be posted, payment projections, and actions to settle overdue balances and make releases.
• Credit risk analysis based on customer payment history and behavior. Updating credit limits based on payment and sales history. Reviewing customer account status with Sales Executives and identifying actions to settle overdue balances.
• Imputation and control of payment information including analysis of the applicability of 100% of the deductions taken by the customer and their application to the customer's current account.
• Issuing payments, credit notes, and debit notes.
• Stay up to date on applicable financial and credit regulations and ensure compliance with them in all credit and collection activities.
• Control of Withholdings and Tax Adjustments requested by Taxes.
• Coordinate with other departments, such as sales and customer service, to effectively resolve credit and collection related issues.
• Identify and support opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of credit and collection processes by implementing innovative technologies and practices, including digitalization processes. Support for compliance with month, quarter and year closing procedures.
• Comply with and support SOX, internal, external and corporate audit procedures and requirements.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor's Degree OR studying the last year of university 
• +1 year of experience in the collections' area in the consumer goods industry 
• SAP - S/4HANA
• Experience with Excel or Google tools 

It is desirable: 

• English 
• Experience in the credits area 

Our Commitment to Sustainability
With the Colgate brand in more homes than any other, we are presented with great opportunities and new challenges as we work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business and create positive social impact. We are determined to position ourselves for further growth as we act on our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our purpose starts with our people — ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve —and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.

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