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Informa is listed on London Stock Exchange and a member of FTSE 100, with over 11,000 colleagues working in more than 30 countries.

Global Support is Informa's sixth division, with major hubs in the United Kingdom, United States, Hong Kong and Singapore as well as several smaller locations.  As the team behind the teams, Global Support colleagues provide shared, efficient business services and function-specific expertise to each of Informa's operating divisions, enabling our commercial teams to focus on their markets and customers.

Informa is seeking temporary support on our Credit and Collections team in New Hyde Park for the next 6 months. The Credit Analyst is the key point of contact between the BPO and the Informa local finance / commercial teams for all cash collection and debt management issues to ensure timely resolution of all issues and therefore help optimize cash collection. Responsibilities include:

•Unapplied cash – Weekly turnaround of all assigned Unapplied Cash from BPO

•A/R Collections

•Events - Patrol events aging from BPO and follow up on Events that have collection risk with Business

•Run Aged Debt Status for Events and report out to VP Finance Monthly  / Due by 30th

•Attend events if necessary for onsite collections

•OMS -  Weekly turnaround of Escalated OMS from BPO

•Attend Monthly OMS meeting and report out on over 90 day OMS if applicable

•Billing  - Liaise between local finance / commercial teams and BPO on queries regarding billing escalations and resolve in a timely manner

•Identify customer non payment risk and advise credit stops in SOP Systems and Oracle

•Attendee Revenue-Weekly reconciliation of each applicable event responsible for: Cash/Wires/Credit Cards/EV2 (hand off month end to applicable A2R Accountant)

•Liaise with commercial teams on litigation / further collection activity

•Liaise between commercial / local finance teams and BPO for credit control dispute and query resolution

•Liaise with local finance / commercial teams to approve bad debt write offs and sales credits

•Identify and recommend process improvement opportunities

•Support the Escheatment process. Contact the customer, co-ordinate escalated queries between the commercial team and service provider and release payment

•Liaise with the local finance and commercial teams during acquisition of new entities and assist in the integration process

•3+ years B2B Collections experience

•Detailed credit management experience

•Ability to meet deadlines in a multitasking environment

•Dependable – takes responsibility for own actions and keeps commitments

•Service driven and customer focused

•Willingness to take on additional tasks when required

•Excellent communication skills

•Willingness to travel

•Excellent problem solving skills

The pay range for this position is $22-$29 / hour depending on experience.

Employee experience is very important to us at Informa. On top of joining a supportive, diverse and ambitious team that welcomes all types of candidates. We are also flexible with different working patterns and prioritizes promotions internally.  

Although it is not guaranteed, Informa prefers to hire from within especially from our temporary staff. If a perminent role became available while you are employed we would encourage you to apply. 

We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't fit all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed.  As such, Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under federal, state or local law. 

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