OTC Manager

About Umicore

Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we pioneer approaches to sustainability that continue to offer customers materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We aim to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage.  To achieve this, however, we know we can’t stand still.  We know we need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new ideas. It’s why we invest so much in research & development. It’s why we push ourselves to tackle increasingly complex challenges. It’s why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed. It’s why we are looking for talented individuals to shape tomorrow by leading the way today. In an environment like this, imagine what you could do?

Support Functions

A global organisation. It’s not just those in our industrial sites and technical centres that are vital to Umicore’s growth. Across our support functions we ensure that we continue to grow and evolve – whether it’s by making sure our decisions are commercially viable, enhancing our reputation, building new customer relationships or finding the right people who can build on what we’ve already achieved. The variety of our work means we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new ideas. Which is where you come in. 

What you will be doing

1.    Responsible for the day-to-day leadership of Order-to-Cash processing team. Ensure end-to-end process effectiveness and efficiency.

2.    Manage relations with internal customers

3.    Ensures complete and up-to-date procedures are in place, in line with Umicore Minimum Internal Control Requirements (MICR) and implements best practices concerning Segregation of Duties (SOD) within his/her department

4.    Define and report Key Performance Indicators on a timely basis, follow-up on performance metrics and take appropriate corrective actions as required.

5.    Identifies, proposes and implements continuous improvement projects within the area of the processes in scope in coordination with GPOs and treasury team.

6.    Integrate new entities into GFS coverage and ensure the smooth operation during transition.

Main task of the O2C

1.    Ensuring timely and accurate invoice posting and issuing and the reconciliation between SAP and GTS

2.    Ensuring timely information of AR collection to BU and the accurate clearing of AR

3.    The follow up of the balance confirmations related to customers

4.    Provide ageing report to the entities

5.    Managing the monthly and year end closing for order to cash

6.    Provide cash forecast information to support in financing planning

7.    Ensuring timely and accurate payment processing.

8.    Ensuring correct bank transactions posting and providing monthly bank reconciliation report to site and Treasury.

Who we are looking for

•     Bachelor or above degree in Accounting/ Economics/ Finance.

•     At least 6 to 10 years of experience within the field of Accounting

•     Able to break down problems into meaningful parts and come to rational and well thought out conclusions.

•     Willing to adapt quickly to quick changes in direction.

•     Networking and influencing skills

•     Experience of working in finance share service center and processing companies in APAC (excluding China) is a plus.

 Languages: fluent in English

•     Ability to work autonomously (flexible and stress resistant) within a team in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.

•     Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines and reporting

•     Good communication and develops trustful relationships with internal and external stakeholders to accelerate business achievements.

•     Seeks deep understanding of stakeholders needs, motivations and behaviours and translates them into insights to create value.

•     Takes initiatives and works towards delivering impactful results. Challenges self and others on value creation. Takes decisions and balanced risks.

•     Understands the impact of own actions on other areas of business. Looks for synergies inside and outside the organization.

•     Demonstrates curiosity and learns from the experience of success and failure. Pro-actively shares knowledge with others in order to affect continues improvement

•     Supports the implementation and acceptance of change across the organization. Challenges the alignment of actions / initiatives against Umicore objectives, values and sense of purpose

•     Inspires, motivates, influences and coaches other to create value. Creates a culture of accountability that provides space for colleagues to contribute to their full potential.

What we offer

We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds. As you would expect from a world-leading organization, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?