Requisition/Vacancy No\. 115341BR
**Position Title** Collector Africa
**Job Category** Finance and Accounting
**Business Line** Support/Cross Services
**Office Region** Africa
**Office Location** ZAF \- Pretoria
**Why Choose AECOM?** AECOM is a premier, fully integrated professional and technical services firm positioned to design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets around the world for public\- and private\-sector clients\. With nearly 100,000 employees — including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals — serving clients in over 150 countries around the world, AECOM is ranked as the \#1 engineering design firm by revenue in _Engineering News\-Record_ magazine’s annual industry rankings, and has been recognized by _Fortune_ magazine as a World’s Most Admired Company\. The firm is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high\-rise buildings and government\. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering customized and creative solutions that meet the needs of clients’ projects\. A _Fortune 500_ firm, AECOM companies, including URS Corporation and Hunt Construction Group, have annual revenue of approximately $19 billion\. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at www\.aecom\.com\.
**About the Business Line** **AECOM Shared Services**
We support our employees globally by coordinating and managing the day\-to\-day operations of General Accounting, Human Resources, Administration, Marketing and Information Technology\. We pride ourselves on ensuring we deliver the best customer service possible to our people while building trust and relationships with all of our constituents\.
**Job Summary** This role will assist the Net Working Capital Manager to manage the debtor lifecycle in AECOM including AR outstanding as well as unbilled by projects\. The primary purpose of the role is to drive collections and ultimately bring debtor days down\.
**Key Relationships:**
This position reports to: Net Working Capital Manager
Internal relationships \- as a member of the Net Working Capital team, the Collector Africa will work closely with Project Accounting Officers; End markets Billers; Project Managers; Corporate Finance team; End Markets Operations, Corporate Accounts Receivable; Corporate FP&A and Corporate Operational Finance\.
External relationships – clients and external collections agency\.
**Key Tasks and Responsibilities:**
Cash is a key driver for AECOM globally, with a heavy focus on this from both a corporate and a market perspective\. This role looks after the debtor side of the working capital requirements as well as assisting with process improvements within the finance department\.
+ Assist the Net Working Capital Manager with credit and debtor control functions, with a view to unlock working capital from a debtor perspective\. This will include but is not limited to:
+ Assisting in the collection of debts on a timely basis to minimise the risk of debt becoming uncollectable\.
+ Liaison point with end markets and operations functions
+ Assist in the creation of debtor collection reporting and dashboards
+ Establishing working relationships with the client contacts within their AP teams
+ Maintaining comments and status codes for Africa debt portfolio in ABC
+ Assist in the administration of ABC from a collections stand point
+ Assist with the administration of debts which are sent to external collections agency\.
+ Assist in flagging uncollectable debts to ensure bad debts are approved and raised appropriately
+ Assist in the clearing of the AR portfolio from commercially uncollectable debt
+ Reviewing unbilled level and aging per projects
+ Liaising with end markets, operations and billers to understand reasons for unbilled and ensuring that billable portion of unbilled are billed appropriately and timely
+ Assist in the implementation of cash flow forecast by projects \(Collections – Billings \- Disbursements\)
+ Project work is expected to adjust and fluctuate to the changing needs of the finance department\. The right candidate will need to be able to respond swiftly to such fluctuations and changes\.
**Teamwork** :
+ Maintain good communication and cooperate with all team members\.
+ Promote a healthy climate of communication including information sharing\.
+ Find opportunities to cooperate with members of other groups\.
**Other** :
Any other duties AECOM may reasonably require you to perform\.
**Personal Attributes:**
+ Able to demonstrate enthusiasm and drive, to effect and ensure change happens
+ Takes initiative and is self\-motivated
+ Takes accountability for assigned work
+ Able to maintain confidentiality
+ Reliable
+ Client focused
+ Well presented, with a professional attitude
+ Is collaborative, demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and engage team members
+ Willing to share knowledge, experience, ideas and expertise for the betterment of group and self
+ Ability to work as part of a team
+ Diligent and able to work consistently to deadlines under tight time frames
+ Accuracy and precision of work
+ Excellent communicator, both oral and written
**Minimum Requirements** Minimum five years’ experience in a credit control function is desirable\.
**Preferred Qualifications** **Skills required:**
Prior experience in Oracle is highly advantageous
Proficient in Excel \(including v\-look ups, pivot tables and volume data manipulation skills\)
Ability to manage a number of jobs and prioritise deadlines
Strong communication skills \-:
Written messages should be clear and succinct;
Should be able to communicate at all levels
Should communicate with passion and conviction
Have the ability to influence others;
Should be an attentive and active listener;
Experience of managing external client relationships relevant to the role
**What We Offer** AECOM is a place where you can put your innovative thinking and business skills into high gear and work alongside other highly intelligent and motivated people\. It's a place where you can apply your skills to some of the world's most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects worldwide\. It's a place that values the diversity of our areas of practice and our people\. It's what makes AECOM a great place to work and grow\. AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer\.
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