Team Lead Accounts Receivable

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Freudenberg Performance Materials is part of the Freudenberg Group and a leading global supplier of innovative technical textiles for a broad range of markets: From apparel, automotive, building materials, civil engineering, energy, filter media, healthcare and to building interiors and more. Join our team and shape the future of innovation with us! Discover our world at www.freudenberg-pm.com.

You support our team as

Team Lead Accounts Receivable

Responsibilities:

• Understands EagleBurgmann and Shared Service Center business context; acts entrepreneurially and identifies opportunities to enhance customer value.
• Ensures in-time and in-quality delivery of Accounts Receivable services to LSOs.
• Acts as Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for Finance Managers regarding performance, escalations, and customer satisfaction.
• Leads the Accounts Receivable team with a focus on performance, motivation, and continuous process improvements.
• Acts as a role model and change ambassador, fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and collaboration.
• Develops team members based on performance and behavior evaluations, aligned with career paths.
• Analyzes workload, proposing solutions to mitigate operational risks.
• Establishes a feedback and coaching culture, including structured onboarding and knowledge sharing.
• Drives process improvement, harmonization, automation, and supports implementation of tools to enhance efficiency and data quality.
• Ensures accurate and timely reporting of AR KPIs and drives data-driven decision-making.
• Monitors internal controls in line with the Internal Controls Matrix and CPP/LPP requirements; identifies risks and proposes mitigation strategies
• Supports external audits as SPOC for respective countries (LSOs).
• Partners proactively with Finance Managers and Head of CoS Finance on performance topics, workload risks, and escalations.
• Collaborates with other SSC functions, Freudenberg business groups (BGs) and global teams to share best practices and ensure process scalability.
• Supports transition and onboarding of new countries or entities into the SSC model.
• Ensures compliance with relevant regulations, internal policies, and data protection standards.

Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of experience in accounting, business, economics, finance, or a related field;
• Experience in IFRS, as well as Share Service Center business;
• Experience in leadership, team management and hiring;
• Experience in continuous improvement methodologies and implementations;
• Hands-on experience in SAP;
• Customer-centric mindset with high communication abilities;
• Business sense and understanding;
• Strong leadership and people development skills;
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving orientation;
• High motivation;
• Team player;
• Influencing and negotiation skills;
• Flexibility to adjust and to work in new situations, processes, etc.;
• Fluent in spoken and written in English; German is a plus;
• Up to 10% travel required.