Credit Analyst

thyssenkrupp Materials•Southfield, MI

12h

About The Position

The Credit / Accounts Receivable Analyst is responsible for supporting credit operations, maintaining data accuracy, and driving effective receivables management. This role ensures proper customer setup, credit risk oversight, and timely financial reporting while serving as a key liaison between credit, accounting, and system teams to support overall cash flow performance.

Requirements

Experience with Avalara and Vertex systems.
Experience with SAP and Eniteo ERP systems.
Experience with GetPaid system.
Experience with credit limit and insurance coordination.
Experience with parent and child account structures.
Experience reviewing non-standard payment terms.
Experience with bad debt tracking, monitoring, and reporting.
Experience with bankruptcy files and proofs of claim.
Experience with account reconciliations.
Experience with monthly reporting and analysis of AR metrics (DSO, AR aging, etc.).
Experience with credit card reconciliation.
Experience resolving payment posting issues and short pays/deductions.

Responsibilities

Partner with master data teams to ensure customers are accurately set up and taxed correctly, including maintaining and troubleshooting Avalara and Vertex systems. Will also be responsible for coordinating with Accounting on Sales Tax Audits.
Work closely with the credit team to ensure credit limits and Atradius insurance coverage are accurate and up to date. Monitor timely credit reviews and confirm appropriate insurance coverage, particularly for parent account structures.
Maintain accurate setup of parent accounts and ensure all related child accounts are properly linked and managed.
Evaluate accounts with non-standard payment terms to ensure proper approvals, business justification, and compliance with company policies.
Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for GetPaid and act as a credit representative and liaison for ERP systems, including SAP and Eniteo, supporting system enhancements, implementations, and transitions.
Manage all aspects of bad debt tracking, monitoring, and reporting. Maintain bankruptcy files, file proofs of claim, perform account reconciliations, and ensure timely processing of recoveries and write-offs.
Prepare and analyze monthly reporting metrics including Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), AR aging, past due balances, collection effectiveness, and accounts receivable turnover. Support the accounting team with month-end closing activities.
Perform weekly reconciliation of credit card transactions in partnership with the accounting team. Act as the SME for credit card-related issues, discrepancies, and dispute resolution.
Work with credit managers, collection team and CSSO to ensure payments are getting posted timely and accurately to customer accounts and short pays/deductions are getting reviewed and resolved.