Credit/Collections Lead

Lead Credit & Collections

Essential Job Functions:

• Oversee processing of billing, credit and collections and commission deduction/payback processes
• Act as a liaison between sales, IT, shipping and customer's on key credit issues
• Maintain a large portfolio of collection accounts
• Process returns / refunds as material is received and communicate the necessary offsets if applicable
• Monitor sales quote holds

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Evaluate the credit worthiness of potential orders and potential customers periodically; conduct periodic reviews of existing customers
• Prepare credit memo analysis
• Maintain all resale certificates and updated as needed
• Ensure adjustment packets are completed properly
• Collaborate with the sales & management to facilitate necessary credit hold process
• Updates and manages the credit limits as needed
• Maintain and revise - when necessary - cash application policies and procedures to ensure changing business requirements and best practices are met
• Research and resolve customer payment discrepancies and unidentified bank deposits
• Perform customer payment/account reconciliations
• Maintain master data for all customers
• Review and approve refund requests received from the collections / customer service
• Perform related duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

• Proven work experience as an Accounts Receivable & Collection professional
• Able to work a full time schedule; able to work overtime as needed & have connectivity outside of work
• Accurate and professional written and verbal communication skills
• A team player willing to assist when needed to improve existing and over-all performance within and outside of our department

Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in accounting or finance
• Minimum of 5-7 years with cash application, credit analysis & comprehension of credit reports
• Supervisory experience preferred
• Strong organizational skills required, specifically task prioritization and effective time management
• Experience with SOx compliance's
• Advanced mathematical and excel skills
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, organizational, people, and multi-tasking skills
• Focused attention to detail to perform timely and accurate reporting
• Advanced knowledge of accounting software (NetSuite experience preferred)

Prysmian, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, aims to attract and recruit individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills, and abilities. We strongly believe that diversity brings significant value at all levels of the organization, increasing the possibility of capturing market opportunities and maximizing value for our customers and stakeholders. With Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) as part of our Social Ambition 2030 and a strategic pillar of our Company culture, Prysmian is committed to the development of an organization that prioritizes talent, where people feel respected, included, and free to fully express their potential just as they are.

All Managers and HRs in Prysmian are responsible for ensuring DE&I policies are respected during the recruiting process, as well as recognizing and mitigating unconscious biases that must not influence our selection processes. All persons will be considered for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, origin, citizenship status, socio-economic status, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, parental leave, medical conditions, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Prysmian will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation for any disclosed physical or neurological condition or disability of a qualified applicant unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

Visit our DE&I Page to learn more about Prysmian's commitments.