Job Description:

Global Finance Operations

The Global Finance Operations (GFO) team is an organization established within Dow Jones to support the global finance operations of News Corp and Dow Jones. GFO provides value by developing and delivering a suite of business solutions and support services that are valued by our internal and external customers. GFO delivers services by leveraging a global delivery model, operational transparency and metrics, leveraging global best practices, and a service-oriented process improvement culture.

The vision of GFO is to continue to be recognized as a world-class global business services organization driven by the desire for excellence in its people, business solutions, execution and partnerships with internal customers.

• Provide leadership and oversight for the London based PIB collections team supporting daily operational issues
• Handle all direct reports scheduling, attendance, and time off requests to guarantee proper coverage is maintained.
• Meet defined departmental and individual goals along with assigned month end reporting deadlines and activity metrics.
• Complete timely and appropriate review of account activity.
• Approve refund requests and other accounting entries up to assigned authority levels.
• Assist staff with complex issues to help drive resolution.
• Conduct regular phone and email contact with assigned customers to build customer relationships and to ensure timely payment of invoices.
• Coach and mentor staff in a professional manner to foster and promote teamwork and ensure they are meeting goals.
• Continue to review and challenge departmental policies and processes to align with industry standards
• Act in compliance with our goals, policies and procedures as they pertain to collection activity, and specified Cash Collections goals and objectives.
• Communicate with the Sales Department on past due accounts at specified intervals and be a liaison between both departments.
• Establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with internal customers within and outside of the department and company Support management in implementing new processes, improvements and systems.
• Handle special projects and other activities as assigned.

• 3-5 years of B2B collections experience in a global organization, specifically with a focus across Europe and the Middle East
• At least 3 years of supervisor/people management experience (preferred).
• Previous experience working with stakeholders across the organization.
• Strong interpersonal skills and are a team player.
• Analytical skills
• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines
• Excellent communication skills; verbal and written and excellent phone etiquette.
• History of proactive problem solving and proven results.
• SAP, Billing and Collections experience (is a plus).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially MS Excel (intermediate level with experience using vlookups, pivot tables etc)
• Customer invoice portal experience (Ariba, Coupa etc - is a plus.)

• BS/BA or University degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or other relevant background.