Your needs
In times of economic uncertainty, financial information and optimal management of trade receivables are major sources of leverage for companies wishing to expand their business, better manage customer risk and improve cash flow. By speeding up the transfer and sharing of information, financial managers can enhance their visibility in terms of customer risk and respond effectively in order to steer the company’s expansion.
You need to consolidate your global financial data
“My group is a major player present in more than 70 countries. I need a solution that enables me to structure global consolidated financial data in order to drive business and provide shareholders with clear visibility.”
Group CFO of a multinational industrial corporation
You need to be able to anticipate risks with respect to new customers accurately
“As part of our strong growth strategy, we need reliable, real-time information in order to select safe prospects and customers or, where we have identified risk, to negotiate appropriate cover”
Chief Executive Officer of a medium-sized enterprise specialised in textiles
You need to limit your litigation risk with regard to exports
“As well as our credit insurance cover and in order to limit payment default and litigation risks with respect to our 20,000 customers worldwide, we need to centralise as much information as possible and obtain as reliable a picture as we can of their financial situation, country by country”
Credit Manager of a major international group
You need more fluid access to financing
“For easier and more secure financing, I need a solution that enables me to speed up communications and reassure my financial partners by highlighting our customer cover and payment terms.”
CFO of a fast-growing SME
You want to optimise the day-to-day management of your trade receivables
“We need a secure global platform not only to steer our credit management in real time but also to create a real risk & cash culture internally and strengthen collaboration between Finance and Sales”
Credit Manager of a family-owned agrifood group
You want to reduce your DSO and optimise your cash flow
“I’m looking for a solution that helps me monitor my trade receivables, integrates management of our credit insurance policy and covers our entire invoice cycle. This tool must allow me to free up more time to spend on analysing risk and, above all, significantly reduce our DSO and generate more cash!”
CFO of a group in an LBO deal
You need to consolidate your financial data at the global level
“My group is a major player present in more than 70 countries. I need a solution that enables me to structure global consolidated financial data in order to drive business and provide shareholders with clear visibility.”
Group CFO of a multinational industrial corporation
Solutions geared to your needs
Commercial and financial information solutions
- Domestic and / or export
- Multi-criteria prospect database
- Monitoring of customers and/or suppliers
- Setting up of alerts (changes in scoring, etc.)
Software solutions for the management of trade receivables
These solutions are accessible in Cloud computing mode via a secure web interface linked to your company’s ERP system. They are able to interface with the credit insurer and factor.
In particular, they enable you to:
- Manage your credit with real-time management of the full trade receivables customer relationship cycle
- Contact customers before and after the due date (configurable scenarios), manage disputes and collection.
- Monitor the credit insurance policy on line and set up automatic functions (monitoring of receivables outstanding, automatic sending of requests, alerts, etc.)
- Manage and share “customer risk” information within the company
- Programme trade receivables risk monitoring alerts
- Score customers based on analysis of their payments
- Manage risk via a number of dynamic spreadsheets
- Create and consolidate reports by country / subsidiary
- Optimise the assignment of trade receivables and access additional financing, etc.
Our vision and added value as a broker
Management of trade receivables requires customised solutions, designed for and geared to your needs and particular requirements. A.U. Group was established in 1929 and has the reputation and experience to offer an objective insight into the advantages and drawbacks of each type of solution available on the market.
Our service teams are dedicated to quality and customer satisfaction. These experts in the management of trade receivables are responsible for optimising your contracts and conditions on a daily basis and for providing the necessary reports and information.
A Tried and Tested methodology
Our methodology consists of three key stages that enable us to build sustainable, customized solutions.
1 – ANALYSE AND REPORT BACK
The analysis stage consists in gathering key information regarding your business and trade sector and identifying the credit management tools.
The report back stage contains an audit of the applied credit management solutions in place.
2 – PROGRAMME DESIGN AND PLACEMENT
Key to this stage is defining your needs, enabling us to gain a detailed understanding of your priorities, constraints, quantitative and qualitative objectives.
Once your needs have been identified, we design and propose a suitable structure for your consideration. We then broke your risk to the market and negotiate the best offers with the service suppliers.
3 – ONGOING SUPPORT
In addition to helping you chose the best solution, A.U. Group’s role is to support you in the operational implementation of your policy.
Our dedicated management teams work day-to-day to optimise the applied solutions and contracts terms.
A.U. Group commits the means and resources to assist you day in, day out, in managing your contract and protecting your receivables’ interest.
