L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Description:

Job Title: Senior Specialist Credit Controller

Job Code: IMS20231201-95647

Job Location: UK – Crawley - West Sussex

Please note: All candidates who wish to apply for this vacancy must have the right to work in the UK in order to be considered.

Benefits:

• Auto Enrolment pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Group Income Protection, Private Health Care and Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts with cinemas, travel, major retailers, family days out and much more
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Free parking
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Subsidized staff restaurant

About the role:

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Senior Credit Collection team member within the L3 CTS division of L3Harris Commercial Aviation Sector. Reporting to the UK Financial Controller, this role builds relationships with customers as well as internal stakeholders to enable efficient cash collection. Owing a global portfolio of customer accounts, the team member will be required to; resolve customer disputes, send collection letters, call on delinquent customers, assist with account queries and request money from customers.

Day to day responsibilities will include (but not limited to):

• Resolving account queries and managing debt recovery to maximise cash inflow

• Regular liaison with cadets and customers to ensure timely payments are made

• Billing activities and B2B customer invoicing

• Build strong relationship with full range of internal and external stakeholders

• Develop and implement best practice financial processes within the AR remit, utilising enhanced functionality of the ERP system (SAP) and other software packages to drive improvements in processes and deliverables

• Maintain tight control procedures in line with Sarbanes-Oxley and internal controls

• Provide daily, weekly &/or periodic reports supporting departmental performance

• Ad hoc projects, reporting and analysis

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications:

• Thorough understanding of credit and collection best practices globally

• Previous experience of working in a fast-paced AR function with hands on professional credit and collection experience

• Experience working in a large Corporate environment, ideally US-listed with experience of Sarbanes Oxley compliance and testing

• Gravitas to challenge and support stakeholders of all levels across the business and challenge the status quo

• Self-starter with ability to work on own initiative, spot issues early and liaise effectively with key stakeholders

• Strong communicator that can tailor their approach to the audience and present with impact

• Resilient, able to work under pressure in a fast-changing environment

• Innovation, continuous improvement mentality

• Advanced Excel skills

• SAP