Customer Account Specialist

Customer Account Specialist This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office. Who We Are: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. Job Description: HPE Financial services is where we help organizations create the investment they need for digital transformation, in an innovative and sustainable way. We partner with customers across their entire IT asset portfolio from edge to cloud to end-user. Unique to each client’s aspirations and size, our financial and asset management solutions are anchored by best-in-class tech upcycling services. Join us redefine what’s next for you. Job Family Definition: Provide professional solutions to the company end-users, dealers and service providers originating from unresolved escalated case issues received via telephone and written correspondence. Provide an escalation link for the company field employees, executives and channel regarding customer satisfaction issues including availability, price dissatisfaction, product safety issues, complaints with the company and/or its representatives, and complaints regarding an authorized dealer or channel. Management Level Definition: Applies basic foundation of a function's principles, theories and concepts to assignments of limited scope. Uses professional concepts and theoretical knowledge acquired through specialized training, education or previous experience. Develops expertise and practical knowledge of applications within business environment. Acts as team member by providing information, analysis and recommendations in support of team efforts. Exercises independent judgment within defined parameters. What you’ll do: This customer delivery position manages the customer lifecycle and collection process. The Customer Account Specialist (CAS) monitors, reports, document and resolve payment deviations (payment delays). The CAS will serve as the accounts receivable point of contact for the customer, resolving any invoicing and payment queries and ensuring the customer has an effortless customer experience. The CAS will be responsible for meeting the company’s AR targets, the role will work very closely with the customer’s accounts payable team to ensure payment, and with internal functions to ensure all invoice payments are applied and closed. In channels where they are more engaged with the customer experience than with the collection activity, it's clear that the role is responsible for proactive customer service too. This role supports the customer in their understanding of the channels available to them to engage with us, for example, the portal. Follow up mail / calls to customer on payments Initiate collection steps to default customers - Sales Escalation - Dunning / Collection letters - Working with Collection Manager and legal to initiate legal steps External and Internal query management Solution design to ensure smooth process Cater to agreed customised solutions Adherence to internal and external compliance requirement What you need to bring: • Typically a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and/or 1-2 years related