GEOZONE CREDIT MANAGER

ALTENS, ABERDEEN

The Geozone Credit Manager will oversee and manage the end-to-end process from order placement to collection of invoices. This role ensures the smooth and efficient flow of orders, delivery, invoicing, and revenue recognition. This includes managing customer relationships, addressing invoice disputes, ensuring proactive collections and timely receipt of payment, optimizing processes, and ensuring compliance with financial policies. 

Our generous benefits include:

Private Health Care (Employee Cover) Pension Scheme Group Life Assurance Long Term Sickness Income Protection 29 Days Annual Leave (+4 Fixed Bank Holidays) Additional Leave Purchase Scheme Flexible benefits (at Employee Cost) Health Cash Plan Dental Scheme Cycle2Work Scheme Access to a Flexible Discount Platform (no cost) Discounted Gym Membership Scheme   Electric Car Scheme (Coming soon)

About Us

Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.

When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger – a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.

Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Roles & Responsibilities:

SAFETY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE 

Maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that all activities are carried out ethically and in compliance with Company’s Security, Compliance & HSE policies, Management System, relevant laws, regulations, standards, and industry practices and complies with the Company’s Rules to Live By. Places Quality, Health & Safety, Security and protection of the Environment as core values while never intentionally placing employees, our processes, customers or the communities in which we live and work at risk. Seeks continual improvement in Health, Safety, Security & Protection of the Environment, taking into account responsible care, process vulnerabilities, public, customer and employee inputs, knowledge and technology and best business practices to exceed customer expectations. Supervisors and Managers should demonstrate effective safety leadership for the health and safety arrangements of all subordinates and for any persons visiting them while on the Company premises.

QUALITY 

Responsible for being familiar with the Company's Quality policies and takes an active role in the compliance and improvement of Weatherford’s Management System. Maintains service quality as immediate priorities when working across all areas of the business and continually seeks areas for improvement.

OPERATIONS 

Order Management: Overseeing the accurate processing of orders from customers, ensuring timely and error-free execution. Invoicing: Ensuring invoices are accurate and sent out on time, monitoring disputes, and working with customers to resolve invoicing issues. Cash Collection: Managing the timely collection of payments, working with customers to ensure outstanding payments are followed up, and reducing days sales outstanding (DSO). Process Optimization: Identifying and implementing process improvements to streamline the order-to-cash cycle, reducing inefficiencies, and increasing customer satisfaction. Team Leadership: Managing and coaching the O2C team, setting performance goals, and ensuring adherence to company policies and financial regulations. Reporting & Compliance: Preparing regular reports on cash flow, accounts receivable, and aging balances for senior management, while ensuring compliance with accounting standards and internal controls.

COMMUNICATION 

Maintains effective communications with all key stakeholders both internal and where appropriate external. Supervisors and Managers should clearly communicate expectations, roles and responsibilities to their reports.

FINANCIAL 

All employees have an accountability to the organization to be financially responsible whether they are in charge of a function budget or simply their own expenses Costs incurred should be within approved budget, processed within agreed time frames and following the relevant financial policy and procedure

PEOPLE & DEVELOPMENT 

Employees have a responsibility for developing their own careers within the Company including completing all necessary function, compliance and business standards training to enhance their knowledge, skills and experience Employees should engage on a regular basis with their line manager to discuss their personal performance, objectives and opportunities to enhance their skills and experience to support their career potential Supervisors are expected to actively engage their employees to support talent management through Weatherford’s performance management process, including but not limited to talent assessments, succession planning and regular coaching opportunities Supervisors should collaborate with Human Resources & Training Development to drive strategies for the recruitment and retention of key personnel and to foster an environment that supports the attraction and retention of a high performing talented workforce.

Experience & Education:

Bachelor’s degree in accounting / finance or equivalent industry experience. Minimum 5 to 7 years of collections, billing, or related accounting background. Strong reporting, research, analysis, communications, and organisational skills as well as self-starting ability. Familiarity with contracts and laws relating to collections. Complete knowledge of Microsoft Office, database, and Get Paid software.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Negotiation skills to ensure delinquent accounts are brought back in line with payment terms. Problem solving. Lead team for strong collections follow up via telephone and email. Ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage deadlines with minimal supervision.  Business focus.  Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.