Credit Analyst

Description

• Handle collection efforts for small to mid-scale customer accounts.
• Interface with high-value customers, resolving customer issues as necessary.
• Deal with customer accounts with tact and professionalism.
• Verify payment terms, credit worthiness, and signature authorizations for small to mid-scale customer accounts.
• Collaborate with service counterparts on issue resolution in order to improve cash flow.
• Forecast cash collections.
• Provide timely follow-through on commitments to both internal and external customers.
• Keep management apprised of systemic issues or customer specific problems through monthly receivable scrubs.
• Establish/monitor credit limits.
• Ensure timely cash collections based on payment terms.
• Manage a significant amount of receivable dollars.
• Perform ongoing reconciliation.
• Identify, report, and resolve various delinquency or high risk customer issues/disputes.
• Approve orders, process manual journal entries, and miscellaneous projects.
• Analyze risk coverage through credit insurance.
• Monitor orders according to agreed credit limits.
• Process credit holds.
• Manually create credit and debit memos.
• Handle correspondence and archiving.

• Must have Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree/at least one (1) year of experience with Accounts Receivable; Finance or Accounting degree preferred.
• PC expertise across applications (Excel, Word, Access, Intra/Internet) required.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with customers are necessary.
• Must possess the ability to work in a fast paced environment and multitask.
• Strong time management and analytical skills required.
• Must have experience in Finance working processes with international accounts.
• Oracle or SAP system experience a plus.

SKILLS

Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree/at least one (1) year of experience with Accounts Receivable, Excel, Word, Access, Intra-/Internet; Oracle or SAP

Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.