Regional Credit Manager

We at Yara are part of a global network, collaborating to profitably and responsibly solve some of the world's key challenges - resource scarcity, food insecurity and environmental change.

About Yara

Founded in 1905 to solve the emerging famine in Europe, Yara has established a unique position as the industry’s only global crop nutrition company.

Headquartered in Oslo, Yara grows knowledge to responsibly feed the world and protect the planet. Supporting our vision of a world without hunger, we pursue a strategy of sustainable value growth, promoting climate-friendly and high-yielding crop nutrition solutions for the world’s farming community and food industry.

The company operates an integrated business model with around 17,000 employees and operations in over 60 countries. In 2021, Yara reported revenues of USD 14.4 billion.

Responsibilities

Assess credit risk, manage credit exposure and maintain limits compliant with the Corporate Credit Policy
Management of credit insurance policy. Register and manage limit requests and claims with credit insurer and broker
Review all processes within the area and where necessary, support the update and implementation of changes to ensure best practice is in place across all ledgers.
Register CLA (credit limit application) for approval according to the authority matrix.
Responsible for credit risk evaluation, blocking/unblocking accounts and sales orders for the countries in the region
Ensure that employees are adequately managed, trained and motivated to achieve department goals. Ensure the team comply with Yara Code of Conduct.
Assess and apply necessary risk mitigation solutions for approval to Yara Finance (Credit Insurance, Factoring, Guarantee, Collateral, etc)
Responsible for collaboration and liaising with commercial organization and European Business Service (EBS) Finance.
Ensure the compliance with the cash management element of the O2C process.
Ensure the accounts receivable ledger is maintained accurately for area of responsibility complying with company and legal requirements.
Monitor cash collection process within EBS Finance for area of responsibility including bank liaison, direct debit and compliance with regulations
Manage calculation and application of overdue interest to customers
Assess the provisions for non-performing receivables (impairment) based on IFRS accounting rule
Assess the write-off for bad debt
Initiate recovery proceedings through the courts and solicitors to recover overdue debts

Profile

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or Accounting
Minimum 7 years of work experience with credit management topics. Credit Insurance experience is desirable.
Broad understanding of Finance processes, especially in OTC domain
Proficient Excel skills and SAP experience. Power BI is of advantage but not necessary
Analytical mindset
Curious, proactive, and solution-orientated
Continuous improvement and development mindset
High interpersonal and communication skills
Fluent in Italian and English, both verbal and written

Additional Information

This position will provide support across Southern Europe, including Italy, Spain, and Greece.
Occasional travel may be required.
The role includes line management responsibility for one direct report.

Contact details

If you have questions about the position you can contact us:

Isabel Montero (HR Advisor) - isabel.montero@yara.com

Kindly remember that we cannot accept CVs outside our job portal and, if received, will be deleted to comply with GDPR.

Apply no later than

Last day to send your application will be 28th of April 2026.

Knowledge grows through differences
Yara is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that creating a diverse and inclusive work environment is not only the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. To deliver on this, Yara has firmly anchored Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in D&I ambassadors networks.

As part of our recruitment process, where permitted by local law, we may conduct reference and background checks. These checks will only be performed when deemed necessary for the nature of the job. Candidates will be informed by HR before any background checks are initiated.