Collections Specialist

At Informa, no two days and no two people are the same, and you'll find the freedom, opportunity and support of a fantastic community to make a real impact.

We’re an international business that connects specialists with knowledge, helping them to learn more, know more and do more through live and on demand events, digital and data-driven services and academic research.

We are home to over 14,000 colleagues across 30 countries and are a member of the UK’s FTSE 100 group of leading public companies.

In Global Support, we provide expert guidance and hands-on support to the Informa Group and Informa’s many business teams. Across tech, finance, legal, corporate development, HR, communications, operations and many other areas, we work collaboratively and flexibly to help our brands serve their customers and help the company succeed.

This role is based in our Cairo Festival City Business Park, New Cairo, Cairo, Egypt office.

This role follows a Monday to Friday working week, applicants should be comfortable with this schedule as a requirement of the position.

Role Profile:

This role is a critical part of Informa's GBS function, responsible for managing global, division-agnostic processes to deliver enhanced quality, consistency, and scalability across financial operations.

We are seeking a proactive Collections Specialist to manage a high-volume portfolio of low-risk and medium-risk customer accounts.

This role focuses on efficient, email-based collection activities for customers with established payment histories, utilizing data-driven insights to prioritize collection efforts.

The position requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple accounts simultaneously while maintaining accurate records in our Master Data Management systems. Event attendance might be required, primarily within the MEA region, to support on-site collections and customer engagement activities.

Key Responsibilities:

The Collections Specialist is expected to assume the following key responsibilities plus any other reasonable duties as required:

• Manage collections activities for customers in GBS who are generally prompt in paying their debts.
• Manage an assigned portfolio of small and medium-risk customer accounts across multiple regions and legal entities.
• Conduct debt collection primarily through email communication, ensuring a professional and courteous approach.
• Responsible for collecting all debts owing to Informa within credit control policies and procedures to ensure that collection targets are met.
• Monitor customer aging reports and prioritize collection activities based on risk, overdue balances, and payment behaviour.
• Manage the outstanding sales balances falling due and contact customers to obtain payment before the invoice due date, if applicable to your division.
• Build close internal relationships with Sales, the rest of O2C team, and the Local Credit teams.
• Responsible for ensuring all customer contact notes are entered on a formalized standards and updated into the collections tool or the appropriate system.
• To resolve queries were possible and refer complex disputes to the local credit team in a timely fashion and collect aged debt with a view to minimising bad debt provision.
• Ensure the customer portal is highlighted to customers when contacted.
• Responsible for looking after any unallocated cash items sitting on your set of accounts and work with the Cash Application team to have the monies applied if you can gain the appropriate back up from the customer.
• To achieve the monthly cash collection targets set for your specific section of accounts.
• Accountable for meeting all defined KPIs and SLAs, with performance monitored through regular reporting and review cycles.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant experience in Credit Control, Accounts Receivable, Collections, Order-to-Cash operations or Customer Service.
• Experience working in a shared service centre or GBS function is preferred.
• Experience supporting multiple countries or global operations is an advantage.
• Experience in ERP systems for invoice processing, accounting (SAP, Oracle) is preferred.
• Experience using collections or credit management tools is preferred.
• Customer service orientation while maintaining firm collection practices.
• Collaborative approach when working with sales and finance teams.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple accounts efficiently.

Skills & Abilities:

• Strong written & verbal communication skills for effective email correspondence.
• Problem-solving capabilities for resolving payment disputes.
• Knowledge and ability to use relevant internal systems.
• Act with integrity, tact and diplomacy.
• Highly organised, diligent with attention to detail and the ability to maintain these skills whilst working under pressure.
• Moderate skills in Excel, Word and Outlook are essential.
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
• Fluency in Arabic and English.

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us. But don’t just take our word for it – see what our colleagues have to say at LifeAt.Informa.com

Our benefits include:

• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: Enjoy 15 days of annual leave during your first year of employment, increasing to 21 days thereafter, plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A comprehensive company funded private medical insurance with international coverage
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder from the start of your employment, and benefit from free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, and access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

If you would like to request reasonable adjustments or accommodations to assist your participation in the hiring process and, or in the advertised position, please inform the appropriate Talent Acquisition Partner for the role once they have been in touch. Your request will be reviewed and considered in confidence. At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.

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