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Lonza is a place where people can make a unique impact, grow their careers and belong.\nBased in San José, Costa Rica, this leadership role offers the opportunity to drive high-quality financial accounting and reporting services across a global organization. As an R2R Manager, you will lead a talented team, strengthen financial controls, and help shape process improvements and transformation initiatives that support business success worldwide.\nThe Senior Credit Analyst is responsible for managing and optimizing the organization's credit and collections processes, ensuring effective risk management while supporting business growth. This role involves analyzing customer creditworthiness, monitoring accounts receivable performance, mitigating financial risk, and driving continuous process improvements. The successful candidate will combine strong analytical capabilities with excellent stakeholder management skills to influence decision-making and ensure timely cash collection. Experience evaluating venture capital-backed and high-growth organizations is highly desirable.\nWhat you will get:\nAn agile career and dynamic working culture in a growing global finance organization.\nThe opportunity to lead and develop a high-performing accounting team.\nExposure to global stakeholders across Finance, Treasury, Corporate Accounting, and Internal Controls.\nOpportunities to contribute to finance transformation, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.\nCompensation programs that recognize high performance.\nA comprehensive benefits package aligned with local market practices.\nAn inclusive and ethical workplace where your contributions make a difference.\nWhat you will do:\nAssess and evaluate customer credit applications, financial statements, payment history, and other relevant data to determine credit risk and establish appropriate credit limits.\nEvaluate the creditworthiness of venture capital-backed and emerging growth companies, including analysis of funding rounds, cash runway, investor backing, burn rates, liquidity position, and overall financial health.\nMonitor customer accounts and credit exposure, identifying potential risks and recommending appropriate actions to minimize bad debt.\nReview and analyze aged receivables, working closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely collection of outstanding balances.\nConduct detailed account reviews and reconciliations, investigating and resolving disputes, deductions, and payment discrepancies.\nAnalyze credit and collections performance metrics, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for process improvement.\nPartner with Sales, Customer Service, Finance, and other business functions to support commercial objectives while maintaining robust credit controls.\nWhat we are looking for:\nBachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related discipline.\nMinimum 5 years of experience in Credit Management, Credit Analysis, Accounts Receivable, or a related finance role, preferably within a multinational environment.\nStrong understanding of credit risk assessment, collections management, and financial statement analysis.\nExperience assessing credit risk for venture-funded, pre-profitability, or high-growth companies, with an understanding of venture capital financing structures, fundraising cycles, cash runway analysis, and the unique credit risks associated with early-stage organizatio\nns.\nExperience working with ERP systems (such as SAP, Oracle, or similar) and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.\nExcellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with strong attention to detail.\nStrong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively at all levels.\n Fluency in English, both written and spoken\nProfessional finance or credit qualifications (e.g., CICM, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent) are desirable.\nundefined\nYou will feel at home at Lonza if you:\nTake ownership, step forward, and enjoy meaningful responsibility\nLove solving problems and thrive in a complex, fast-moving environment\nAre curious, always looking to learn and improve\nWork collaboratively, contributing to something bigger than yourself\nAre motivated to make a difference through work that impacts customers and their patients\nWhy Lonza:\nWe are a place of unique opportunity, where your ideas, expertise and ambition can make a real difference. Here, you will have the freedom to grow, the support to succeed and the chance to contribute to work that matters.\nWe are the makers of the medicines of tomorrow.\nJoin us. Be you. 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