Accounts Receivable Manager

The Role
Covetrus is a global animal health technology and services company dedicated to advancing the world of veterinary medicine. With over 5,500 employees across 19 countries, we are committed to supporting passions, fostering opportunities, and establishing progressive practices.

We are seeking an experienced Accounts Receivable / Credit professional to lead our amazing Accounts Receivable team, ensuring that our debtors are commercially maintained while ensuring losses are minimised and that we are improving recoveries. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated people leader to join a global, purpose led business that is dedicated to making a positive impact to our vet customers and pet owners. Based at our APAC Finance HQ at Northgate and reporting to the Group Financial Controller, you will enjoy working in a complex business that focuses on its people and our passion for the veterinary industry.

Your responsibilities will include –

• People leadership of a team of five Credit and Accounts Receivable professionals, ensuring that learning and professional development plans are in place, performance reviews are undertaken and that the team is achieving its objectives.

• Devising, maintaining and administering the organisations credit policy.

• Overseeing the credit control function, ensuring the timely collection of outstanding amounts.

• Weekly cash flow forecasting to meet cash flow expectations.

• Monthly, quarterly and ad hoc reporting associated with aged and doubtful debts.

• Maintaining relationships with major debtors and external debt agencies as well as assessing/implementing potential policy/procedural changes.

• Managing authorisations of new accounts, credit terms etc.

• Take lead role in process improvement projects, engaging necessary internal stakeholders.

About You

Ideally you will display –

• Demonstrated experience in a leadership role, overseeing an Accounts Receivable/Credit team within a large environment.

• Demonstrated experience within a commercial collections environment where you have maintained relationships with both large corporate customers and smaller accounts.

• A strong understanding of local legislation relating to credit control.

• Advanced skills in MS Excel and reporting.

• Well developed interpersonal skills with an ability to adapt your communication style to suit different internal stakeholders.

• Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritise your work in an agile way.

Why Join Us?

At Covetrus, we’re proud of our family friendly culture and respectful workplace. We embrace diversity in our workforce and encourage applications from like-minded persons from all walks of life. Covetrus team members are eligible to access a suite of fantastic benefits, to help them look after themselves, their family and their beloved pets. These include –

• Generous discounts on our range of animal health food & enrichment products.

• Access to Perkbox/Boost apps for discounts on everyday shopping & amazing health & wellbeing resources.

• Additional leave benefits – annual birthday leave, paid parental leave, & the option to purchase additional leave.

• Flexible hybrid Work From Home options & dog-friendly offices (select roles and locations).

• Free 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program.

• Reward & recognition through our quarterly Values Awards and our Service Anniversary Awards.

• Professional development through our Leadership Development & Emerging Leadership courses.

• Access to annual flu vaccinations.

• Annual volunteer days.

Covetrus is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.