Credit Analyst

Varsity Brands•Farmers Branch, TX

45d•$22 - $27•Onsite

About The Position

For over 50 years, BSN SPORTS has been the largest team sporting goods equipment and apparel distributor of choice in the United States. Our 3,000 BSN SPORTS employees strive to support the Heart of the Game by putting valuable time back into the day of coaches and administrators through excellent service platforms. Our company mission is simple: coaches and administrators time with everything they do off the field so they have more time to impact young lives on it. WORK TYPE: Onsite LOCATION DETAILS: 14460 Varsity Brands Way, Farmers Branch, TX 75244 WORK HOURS: Mon-Fri; 8am-5pm CST TRAVEL REQUIREMENT: Less than 10% Pay: $21.75-$27 per hour WHAT YOU WILL DO Analyze creditworthiness and set credit limits for new and existing customers using financial statements, credit applications, Dun & Bradstreet reports, ratings information and other credit information and analysis tools. Minimize bad debt risk. Communicate credit department and company policies. Participate in process improvement projects and support other management directives as prescribed. Develop relationships with internal and external customers and provide customer service support. Review, release or reject pending orders in a credit hold status. Inform the Finance Leadership Team of any customer account operating outside the department's standards. Serve as a conduit between the Collections team and the Finance Leadership team to keep the customer's risk category status within department standards. Daily Operations of the Credit Analyst: Customer creation and Master data records Oversee the process of creating new and updating existing accounts to ensure requests are completed in a timely manner, while consistently looking for opportunities to improve said processes. Implement data cleansing activities to identify and resolve duplicate records, inaccurate information, etc. Define and enforce data quality standards for customer attributes such as names, addresses, contact information, and ERP-specific elements such as Customer Group and Customer Class. Work closely with business stakeholders from Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, and IT to address data quality issues and implement improvements. Working CIS/Credit Apps Working with Sales and CSR to obtain the CIS/Credit App Working with Sales, CSR and customer to obtain all the information needed - Authorized Purchasers, banking/credit reference information. Working with banks or other financial institutions to receive the customer's financial information including faxing, emailing and using internet programs. Setting up the customer with an appropriate credit limit in SAP after all information is gathered. Working with Offshore team on Credit order releases Oversee the daily order release process by assisting the offshore team when needed: This includes reviewing all orders that the system places on hold to see if they can be released or what is needed for the orders to get released. Working with Collections and Sales to obtain payment information is accounts are past due or over their credit limit Working with Sales and CSR to obtain more information as in a hard copy PO, a PO number or approval from the customer (OAF form) Working with Sales, CSR and the customer to obtain a CIS or Credit App to approve customer for credit terms. Send orders to the management team if the order value is beyond the assigned release limitations.

Requirements

Ability to analyze data, draw conclusions and make recommendations.
Ability to work independently and function in a fast-paced team environment, working in conjunction with other teams to ensure quality and volume objectives are exceeded.
Must possess excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills.
Strong verbal and business communication skills.
Detailed oriented.
High School Diploma. College Degree preferred
2 - 3 years of commercial credit experience.
Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook).
Master Data and reporting experience

Responsibilities

Analyze creditworthiness and set credit limits for new and existing customers using financial statements, credit applications, Dun & Bradstreet reports, ratings information and other credit information and analysis tools.
Minimize bad debt risk.
Communicate credit department and company policies.
Participate in process improvement projects and support other management directives as prescribed.
Develop relationships with internal and external customers and provide customer service support.
Review, release or reject pending orders in a credit hold status.
Inform the Finance Leadership Team of any customer account operating outside the department's standards.
Serve as a conduit between the Collections team and the Finance Leadership team to keep the customer's risk category status within department standards.
Customer creation and Master data records
Oversee the process of creating new and updating existing accounts to ensure requests are completed in a timely manner, while consistently looking for opportunities to improve said processes.
Implement data cleansing activities to identify and resolve duplicate records, inaccurate information, etc.
Define and enforce data quality standards for customer attributes such as names, addresses, contact information, and ERP-specific elements such as Customer Group and Customer Class.
Work closely with business stakeholders from Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, and IT to address data quality issues and implement improvements.
Working with Sales and CSR to obtain the CIS/Credit App
Working with Sales, CSR and customer to obtain all the information needed - Authorized Purchasers, banking/credit reference information.
Working with banks or other financial institutions to receive the customer's financial information including faxing, emailing and using internet programs.
Setting up the customer with an appropriate credit limit in SAP after all information is gathered.
Oversee the daily order release process by assisting the offshore team when needed:
This includes reviewing all orders that the system places on hold to see if they can be released or what is needed for the orders to get released.
Working with Collections and Sales to obtain payment information is accounts are past due or over their credit limit
Working with Sales and CSR to obtain more information as in a hard copy PO, a PO number or approval from the customer (OAF form)
Working with Sales, CSR and the customer to obtain a CIS or Credit App to approve customer for credit terms.
Send orders to the management team if the order value is beyond the assigned release limitations.