Accounts Receivable Specialist

Accounts Receivable Specialist

Are you an experienced Accounts Receivable professional who enjoys bringing structure to financial processes, keeping a close eye on outstanding receivables and looking for smarter ways of working? Do you like combining your AR expertise with process improvement and working with finance teams across different countries? Then this could be a great opportunity for you.

About Polygon

Welcome to Polygon Netherlands. We are part of the international Polygon Group, operating in 18 countries with more than 8,000 colleagues. In the Netherlands, around 240 colleagues work across several locations.

We specialise in preventing and restoring damage caused by fire, water and climate-related incidents. It is a unique and dynamic industry where no two days are the same and where strong collaboration, speed and quality are essential.

Working at Polygon means being part of an informal organisation with short lines of communication, plenty of responsibility and many opportunities to develop yourself further.

What you will do

As Accounts Receivable Specialist within our International Finance Hub, you will work with local finance teams to improve Accounts Receivable processes and support healthy cash flow across our European businesses.

The focus is on creating clear and efficient ways of working around collections, customer accounts and credit management.

You will combine day-to-day AR expertise with continuous improvement, helping teams work more consistently and efficiently.

• Support collection activities and the follow-up of outstanding receivables.
• Monitor ageing balances and cash collection performance.
• Analyse customer accounts and payment behaviour.
• Support the resolution of payment and customer account questions.
• Improve credit control and collection processes.
• Look for opportunities to simplify and standardise AR processes.
• Support month-end activities and AR reporting.
• Improve the quality and consistency of AR information.
• Share best practices with local finance teams.
• Help create practical and efficient working procedures.

What you bring

• A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field.
• Experience in Accounts Receivable, Credit Control or Credit Management.
• Understanding of cash flow and working capital.
• Experience with ERP systems and Excel.
• Strong organisational and analytical skills.
• A practical and business-minded approach.
• Good communication skills.

You like working with numbers, but you also understand the importance of good communication with customers and colleagues. You work in a structured way and enjoy improving processes instead of simply following them.

International travel is an important part of this position. You should be comfortable spending several days a week at different European businesses when required.

Fluent professional English is required. German and/or French is a strong advantage.

You must already have the legal right to work in the Netherlands.

What we offer

This is an assignment for a period of approximately 12 to 18 months. You will be employed by Polygon and will report to a manager based in Sweden. The assignment cannot be carried out on a freelance or self-employed basis.

We offer a salary that matches your experience and background. Although this is a temporary assignment, we are always interested in keeping good people within Polygon. If the assignment goes well and suitable vacancies are available, you are of course welcome to apply for other opportunities within our organisation.

For more information on the jobs, please contact Sander Berghuis, CFO +31 (0)6 16582190.

To apply, please send an e-mail including your motivation and resume to werkenbij@polygongroup.com