Accounts Receivable Credit Analyst

Shimano North America Holding•Irvine, CA

19h•$30 - $35•Onsite

About The Position

Shimano North America Holding, Inc. is seeking an AR Credit Analyst to join their Irvine, CA team. This role contributes to the effective and efficient operations of Shimano’s North American AR/Credit Department through on-time cash collections, cash posting, and deduction management.

Requirements

Strong proficiency in Microsoft applications, i.e., Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Knowledge of AS400.
Financial statement analysis, credit evaluations, and collection skills
Excellent verbal, written, analytical skills, and follow-through skills required.
Must have deduction management experience.
Well-organized, observant, self-starter, managing various projects simultaneously with little oversight.
Ready and eager to lend a hand and help customers and peers with challenges they face without losing sight of projects & deadlines.

Responsibilities

Focus on achieving and exceeding monthly collection KPI goals of 90% current and no more than 4% >30 days delinquent in addition to A level Scorecard results.
Post all cash correctly on the day received and reconcile cash posting daily.
Achieve monthly > 30-day delinquent total percent below the previous year’s percent.
Understand the breakout of total dollars > 30 on payment plans vs. total dollars in deductions.
Have a command of all chargebacks within their portfolio by CB type and status of resolution.
Drive for acceptance and implementation of a customer-focused, sales-oriented approach in all customer interactions.
Implement the practice of consistent, quality information flow to sales and the development of solid rep relationships.
Provide expertise in portfolio’s accounts, "Program deals," and deduction patterns.
Identify all customer deductions as valid or invalid within 30 days of deductions. If valid, clear the deduction with a credit within 30 days. If invalid, dispute the deduction within 30 days.
Provide concise payback status updates monthly to Corp Credit Manager and Sales.
Maintain one central storage location for all "hard copy" (and a second soft copy location) Shimano Contractual agreements for Coop, Warranty, and Over & Above money for accounts within portfolio.
Maintain the chargeback report and process all quarterly earnings for coop and warranty. Issue quarterly credits by the 8th business day.
Look for methods to reduce "Non-Program" deductions such as pricing, shortages, and vendor violations.
Accountable for all ME portfolio reporting of KPIs and Scorecard objectives.
Provide proactive reporting to sales offering advanced collections information that may have a +/- effect on accounts withheld orders and problem accounts.
Process all quarterly Coop, Warranty, Credit Balances, and Chargeback reports.
Regularly meet with Sales Management & Reps to discuss important open issues and prevent future unnecessary deductions or collection delays.
Attend Riemer meetings as requested.
Manage time effectively to routinely achieve deadlines and commitments.
Adapt processes and deadlines to be in line with business needs.
Assist customers and peers with challenges without losing sight of one’s own projects and deadlines.