Analyst-Collections

CFO Trane U.S. -CFO • La Crosse, WI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King, sustainability is not just how we do business—it is our business. Trane Technologies in La Crosse, WI is hiring a Collections Analyst for its Corporate Finance team. The successful candidate will take ownership in managing an accounts receivable portfolio of diversified customers primarily within the Customer Centers. This position will drive collection results to achieve business unit and enterprise targets for a customer base of accounts. An essential element of this role will include building effective customer relationships and collaborating with internal and external business partners to maximize collections. This candidate must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and express themselves in a professional manner.

Requirements

• High School Diploma required.
• 1+ years experience in collections or customer service role, manufacturing industry preferred.
• Related work experiences with risk analysis and receivable collection a plus.
• Candidates without a 4-year degree are encouraged to apply; we prioritize practical experience, relevant skills, and alignment with our leadership principles.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact and build relationships with team personnel, sales representatives, commercial offices, plants, and customers.
• Must be able to prioritize work daily, weekly and monthly to achieve or exceed stated collection metrics.
• PC literacy and basic Microsoft Office literacy required.

Nice To Haves

• BS/BA in Finance, Accounting, or other business degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for using available collection software tools to assist in executing effective strategies and initiatives to achieve continuous receivable delinquency improvement that contributes to a lower Days Sales Outstanding (DSO).
• Ensures timely and accurate responses to customer inquiries, questions, documentation issues, billing errors, payment application errors, disputes, program changes, new sale requests and opportunities.
• Proactively contact customers concerning collections of past due receivables and determine reasons for non-payment.
• Make decision to place account on credit hold when the situation arises.
• Provide phone support by handling incoming calls from sales offices and customers on a variety of items.
• Monitors assigned portfolio of customers to mitigate loss exposure by ensuring each assigned customer is in full compliance with their approved credit lines.
• Recommends changes to the existing credit line where warranted.
• Prepares and recommends over line approval requests and approves within their Level of Authority.
• Run DNB reports and call for credit references as needed to support credit decision.
• Promote, negotiate and sell automated/pre-payment options to customers.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Holistic wellness programs with generous incentives
• Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
• 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution.
• Paid time off includes 15 vacation days, 9 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, sick leave, and additional options to support volunteer and parental leave.
• Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED