Network Hiring for Credit Officer Job at Pyrmont Full Time

Seeing responsibilities and competencies laid out on paper can be confronting, sometimes imposter syndrome can creep in and mess with your confidence.

Please know that we list items to give you an opportunity to show us your potential and how you can grow and transform with us. Your ability to demonstrate that you can develop the required capabilities for this role is why we would really like to hear from you.

However you identify and whatever your background may be, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day!

Paramount is a global media & entertainment organisation with some of the best known and loved brands in the world. Employing over 1,700 people locally, and a further 25,000+ globally, we deliver premium content through multiple platforms for the young (and the young at heart of course!).

We pride ourselves on creating content that gets people talking. What’s more, you’ll find all these great shows (and more) on our free-to-air channels (10, 10 Peach, 10 Shake, 10 Bold), subscription channels (MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central), our digital platform 10 Play and our new subscription video on demand service Paramount+.

This is a Sydney based role with #WFH opportunity.

Enough about us! What you’ll do as a Credit Officer:
As a Credit Officer you will be responsible for the collection of outstanding debts for covered regions and working closely with the Sales and Finance teams to troubleshoot collection challenges.

Functions will also include:

• Contacting customers and performing regular follow ups using various communication channels, including email, telephone calls
• Maintaining strong knowledge of customer accounts and payment patterns for accurate cash forecasting
• Preparing periodic reports for management view, including aged A/R balances, bad debt risk, etc.
• Managing and solving customer disputes and supporting customer’s ad-hoc requests
• Coding invoices using SAP collections module to track status of outstanding receivables
• Supporting with other A/R related functions, including Credit & Customer set-up, Billing, Cash Applications

What are we looking for in a Credit Officer? What’s important?

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business or related field or 1-2 years Billing/Collections/AR/Finance experience with general knowledge of accounting principles
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and meet critical deadlines
• Analytical and has strong problem-solving skills

Extra points for the following, but not necessarily required:

• Experience in using an ERP system, specifically SAP

Why Paramount?

I suppose we could just list the numerous benefits our employees’ avail of everyday? Yes, of course we could! However, for now we’ll just leave you with how our employees feel about us:

• 92% of our employees stated they would highly recommend Paramount to a friend (Glassdoor)
• We hold a 3.9 STAR RATING, by far the highest rating in the media sector (Seek Company Profiles)

Paramount embraces differences and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds regardless of factors such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, or birth. These grounds also include age, nationality, marital status, disability, place of residence and sexual orientation.

We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First Peoples, and the Traditional Custodians of the land where we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging, and we are proud to live in a country which is home to the world’s oldest living cultures.

We prioritise the health, safety and welfare of our people. As a result, we currently require all our employees who enter a Paramount premises to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in alignment with our Vaccination Position. Please reach out with any questions or to discuss your personal circumstances.

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