Accounts Receivable Analyst

Harvest Hill Beverage Company•Stamford, CT

10d

About The Position

The Accounts Receivable Analyst role provides analytical expertise in managing customer portfolios to ensure receivables are paid within terms of sale. The role also ensures that deductions are identified and resolved within established timeframes and corporate guidelines. The Accounts Receivable Analyst works to prevent future deductions by performing root cause analysis and identifying process improvements and other solutions. This role is responsible for developing, supporting, and reporting key performance indicators as well as supporting the development and execution of cash operations strategies, projects, and initiatives.

Requirements

BS/BA degree (or equivalent work experience)
Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently, creatively, and efficiently with minimal direction in an unstructured environment
Strong planning and organization skills: ability to establish work plans, multi-task, and prioritize simultaneous projects
Thorough and detail oriented
Strong listening, verbal and written communication skills
Advanced experience using Microsoft Windows, Excel and Word

Nice To Haves

High proficiency with computer systems and enterprise software
Experience in identifying, initiating and driving improvements to processes and work streams
Energy, enthusiasm, commitment, courage, and entrepreneurial excitement

Responsibilities

Analyze and communicate Customer and HHBC driven behaviors causing accounts receivable issues to include deduction activity and past due payment trends.
Develop effective working partnership with customers, brokers and internal HHBC counterparts to identify and resolve noncompliant behavior/issues.
Conduct business reviews on a periodic basis. May be customer facing or through teleconference.
Utilize statistical methods to analyze customer payment behaviors and deduction trends, identifying patterns affecting accounts receivable.
Utilize quantitative methods to analyze customer payment patterns and deduction trends, focusing on numerical metrics such as aging analysis and cash flow forecasting.
Actively participate on project teams as a part of the Customer Operations and Cash Operations organization to drive continuous improvements throughout the business.
Manage payment performance of customer(s) within HHBC terms of sale, policies, and procedural guidelines.
Perform prompt collection of past due receivables.
Accurately identify, validate, and clear customer deductions according to established business processes and timelines, and within corporate guidelines.
Perform prompt identification and collection of invalid deductions.
Reduce incoming deductions by identifying process improvement opportunities. Initiate/Drive the reduction by engaging and utilizing support of appropriate internal and external stakeholders.
Quantify and analyze payment performance metrics against HHBC terms of sale, identifying trends in past due receivables and developing numerical benchmarks for timely collections.
Utilize statistical analysis to validate and clear customer deductions promptly, ensuring an efficient collection of invalid deductions