Invoicing & Collections (General Manager)

Company Profile:
candi is a dedicated solar partner for businesses across Asia and Africa. Combining the international capital of our Swiss-based platform with local expertise in these regions, we’re able to provide a unique offering to this underserved sector. In doing so, we aim to have a big social impact, reduce carbon emissions, create jobs, increase energy access, and save money for businesses of all sizes in emerging markets.

Our approach is to take the risk so our partners don’t have to, providing businesses with flexible, end-to-end solar and battery solutions that are built to last. Our shared value model leverages our experience in customisable finance and performance offerings, quality engineering, and data-enabled asset management to help guarantee optimized systems, lowering the barrier to entry and maximizing returns. www.candi.solar

Job Summary: The company is looking to recruit an ambitious and energetic General Manager Invoicing & Collections, who will help candi to lead the revolution of solar. Given that candi is taking solar into a new realm with a new set of tools, the role will require creativity, innovation and a new way of thinking.

Specifically, the job requires taking ownership of the following for the Indian team:

• Build, lead and nurture the invoicing and collection team
• Own the monthly invoice generation process collaborating with Commercial Asset Management and Finance teams
• Ensure accurate and timely recording of customer payments, supporting smooth and efficient reconciliations
• Develop, implement and evolve collection strategies and processes for secured and unsecured assets
• Monitor, optimize and report on invoicing efficiency, ageing, cash flow and collection performance
• Be the escalation point of contact for high priority invoicing issues and overdues and negotiate payment arrangements and settlements with customers in coordination with Commercial Asset Management team
• Ensure compliance with all relevant financial regulations and laws
• Liaise with legal teams for litigations and asset recovery
• Work with the credit team in monitoring customer creditworthiness and define collection strategies accordingly.

Location: Preferably Gurgaon. Bengaluru or Pune can be an option. Candi follows a Hyrbid Working Policy.

Hours: Full time.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration or related field
• Proven experience of 10 - 15 years in a Lead collections role, preferably with a Collection Services Company or a Lender
• Extensive leadership and people management experience
• Expertise in calculating and maintaining records of various components of outstanding dues in coordination with Accounting team
• Familiarity with invoicing and payment schedule processes
• Great communication competencies externally and internally combined with outstanding negotiation skills
• Thorough understanding of financial and recovery regulations and collaboration with legal representatives
• Fluent in process analyses, design and change management
• Analytical and quantitative mindset amplified by extensive use of digital tools
• Experience in the solar or energy industry is a plus

Working Culture:

• You agree to live out the candi values every day of your employment: this includes to put empathy before ego, being authentic no matter what, that we get it done as one and follow the candi principle that less is more
• A dynamic, cross-functional team player, willing to take initiative on projects in the context of a multicultural scale-up trying to execute big, bold ideas.
• Having experience working for an international company, or having studied or worked abroad, is considered a plus.
• You must be open, honest, trustworthy, a strong communicator, and understand that what we get done as a team surpasses what we get done individually.
• Candi follows a hybrid work policy in all its offices.
• candi is an equal opportunities employer.

candi is unique because...

• We focus on helping businesses of all sizes in emerging markets get access to cheap, clean rooftop solar energy.
• We have a strong emphasis on a client-centric & innovation-driven working culture.
• We are an international team where remote working is commonplace, where we trust our team members to actively carve out a role for themselves according to their skillset.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted.