Accounts Receivable Specialist

Job Description Competitive pay and benefits, including Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401K Employer Matching, Education Assistance, Paid Time Off, and much more Growth opportunities performing essential work to support America’s food distribution system Safe and inclusive working environment, including culture of rewards, recognition, and respect Pay range is $24.00 - $26.00 an hour Schedule is Monday - Friday from 8am - 5pm We Deliver the Goods Competitive pay and benefits, including Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401K Employer Matching, Education Assistance, Paid Time Off, and much more Growth opportunities performing essential work to support America’s food distribution system Safe and inclusive working environment, including culture of rewards, recognition, and respect Position Details Pay range is $24.00 - $26.00 an hour Schedule is Monday - Friday from 8am - 5pm Position Summary As a Credit Analyst, you will play an integral part in supporting our business today and planning our business for tomorrow. You will be responsible for working with a diverse customer portfolio and engaging directly with customers and Core-Mark personnel to identify and mitigate customer credit risk through pro-active credit management. The Credit Analyst reports to the Credit Manager and is responsible for supporting the credit manager responsibilities that include evaluating customer credit applications, pursuing customer collections, investigating and resolving customer disputes through interactions with customers and division personnel, preparing monthly reports including high risk customer reports and A/R reserve reports. Responsibilities Perform the initial evaluation of customer credit applications and leverage system resources including Bectran to ensure that customer credit applications contain all required information (work the prospective customer and the sales team to obtain missing information) Utilize the SAP Financial Supply Chain Management tools including the Collection Module, Credit Module and Dispute Management Module to 1) establish daily priorities including collections and customer dispute resolution; 2) identify and evaluate “at-risk” customers to consider “ship / no-ship” and “customer hold” decisions and re-evaluation of customer terms, limits and payment method; 3) monitor key credit performance metrics including timeliness and completeness of credit application completion, collections activities, dispute resolution and customer risk profiles relative to customer terms and limits. Comply with credit management policies and procedures and associated standards of operations Closely interact with the Executive Business Services (EBS) accounts receivable team that is responsible for the application of customer payments and credit memos, customer account reconciliation and identification and communication of customer disputes – serve as a liaison between the EBS and the division(s) to ensure that unresolved open AR is quickly addressed (whether through collections activity or resolution of open customer disputes) Collaborate with the division sales team and national account sales team on customer collections efforts and identification of unusual or “at-risk” customer activity (unusual order levels or patterns, etc.) Leverage system-driven reports to review daily customer orders, identify potential at-risk orders (past-due A/R, customer risk profile and unusual order patterns) and notify the Credit Manager Provide customers with required information including proofs of delivery or other support as needed Provide the sales team with reports on past-due A/R by customer to help facilitate collection Monitor customer licenses and certificates to ensure that all licenses and certificates are current and complete; work with customers to obtain updated licenses and certificates prior to expiration; notify the credit manager of missing or expired licenses and certificates At the direction of the credit manager, work closely with outside collection agencies and/or attorneys to enhance and elevate customer collections pursuits when reasonable and timely internal collections efforts have failed (internal collections efforts to include leveraging the sales team, calls to the customer, providing formal demand letters to customers, etc.) Performs other related duties as assigned. The ideal candidate should possess Effective and diligent planning and organizing Focus on adhering to corporate values and principles Closely follows instructions and corporate procedures Effective at leveraging technology and credit management experience to drive results Strong desire to achieve personal work goals and objectives Ability to adapt and respond to changing daily demands and responsibilities Required Qualifications High School Diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate Minimum of 1 to 2 years of relevant business experience pertaining to accounts receivable and/or credit management Proficient in Excel and other Microsoft Office applications. #J-18808-Ljbffr Core-Mark International