Credit and Collections Analyst

Veolia • Milwaukee, WI

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About The Position

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America. Position Purpose: Responsible for administering the region’s credit program consistent with credit policies, procedures, and departmental goals while minimizing bad debts and maximizing the return on accounts receivables by utilizing a variety of collections strategies to ensure improved operations and to determine risk/credit worthiness.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required
• 3 to 5 years related work experience in Commercial or Factoring areas preferred
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft ExcelSuite
• Strong team player
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Time management: the ability to organize and manage multiple deadlines
• Strong customer orientation
• Ability to negotiate effectively
• Ability to create & prepare reports as necessary.

Nice To Haves

• BS or BA in Business or related financial discipline preferred

Responsibilities

• Establish terms of payments and credit limits after reviewing and analyzing the available information on existing and/or potential customers.
• Collect all assigned accounts receivable that have matured and maintain all active customer files to determine slow paying or lowest possible loss from bad debts.
• Conduct special credit investigations and customer appraisals utilizing a variety of reports such as Dunn and Bradstreet to determine credit worthiness. to make an informed credit decision once information has been received.
• Develop customer credit histories to determine credit status prior to establishment of lines of credit.
• Research invoice discrepancies for resolution of aged/ past due receivables and develop strategies to recover monies due Onyx.
• Analyze in-house financial reports to identify potential problem cases and prepare various reports for management review.
• Work with other professionals within the region to discuss credit issues, specifically leading credit and collection meetings with Operations and Sales Leadership.

Benefits

• Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more.
• In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.
• Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees