Accounts Receivable and Cash Leader

General Elektrik A.Ş. GE MARMARA TECHOLOGY

About Us : 

As a leading global medical technology and life sciences company, we provide a broad portfolio of products, solutions and services used in the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of patients and in the development and manufacture of bio-pharmaceuticals. We help improve outcomes for healthcare providers and for therapy innovators around the world. This means increased capacity, improved productivity and better patient outcomes. We also aim to support our customers in the pursuit of precision health: health care that is integrated, highly personalized to each patient’s needs and that reduces waste and inefficiency. We embrace a culture of respect, transparency, integrity and diversity.

Role Summary/Purpose : 

This role will provide overall Cash leadership for Healthcare in Turkey. The role will partner with business and regional leadership in driving overall cash collection, dispute resolution and past due reduction. As Accounts Receivable & Cash Leader, the role will provide leadership to collections team; drive ownership and accountability of numbers including cash forecasting.

Essential Responsibilities : 

Collections 

• Work on and with the team to achieve cash collections and manage down past dues 

• Build face-to face relationship with customers and support business in resolving recurring issues and disputes, drive customer receivables issues, disputes, and/or claims with Healthcare teams through collecting, analyzing, and reviewing client data on a periodic basis

• Identify root causes and key trends leading to disputes and delayed payments and drive lasting solutions to avoid recurrence 

• Support prompt customer resolution of issues; proactively raise customer disputes, initiate escalations and follow up on snag for timely resolution 

• Support cash application with payment details collected from customers to enable timely application of cash received 

• Coordinate with operational teams to address customer issues and find resolutions on receivables. Innovation on new collections methods, coordinating these with business functions and other third parties. Reporting, Metrics + Operating Mechanism. 

• Ensure visibility of collectible, risky and non-collectible AR 

• Track all non-collectibles, initiate dispute tracking where applicable and provide accurate/complete details 

• Build action plans to meet targets, past dues, developing of reliable estimates

Qualifications/Requirements 

 • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or other business related field 

• 8+ years of work experience, at least 4 years focused on receivables management/collection 

• Solid experience managing people and project skills 

• Ability to influence & work collaboratively with matrixed teams 

 • Strong communicator, building relationships with internal partners & external customers

• Fluency in Turkish and English