Credit Specialist

Stellantis • Auburn Hills, MI

9d

About The Position

This position is responsible for acting as the Accounts Receivable liaison, supporting the sales function while collecting cash and managing financial risk. The role involves managing day-to-day cash collection processes, investigating and resolving exceptions, performing customer credit reviews, and reporting on account statuses. The Credit Specialist will collaborate with IT for system enhancements and process improvements, support various customer-related activities, and be involved in Accounts Receivable budgeting, forecasting, and SOX compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance or Accounting or related
• Minimum 5 years experience in Finance or Accounting
• Effective communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with business partners and external parties
• Strong systems background (SAP, Excel, mainframe)

Nice To Haves

• Master of Business Administration, CPA and/or CMA
• Knowledge and understanding of financial statements
• Effective problem solving and analytical skills
• Prior Credit/Collections experience

Responsibilities

• Acting as the Accounts Receivable liaison working with dealers, their respective banks, the Business Centers, MOPAR, Legal, Incentives, Fleet, Logistics and various other non-dealer customers
• Supporting the sales function while collecting cash and managing the financial risk associated with selling goods and services
• Managing and monitoring the day-to-day cash collection processes for assigned “lines of business” (vehicles, MOPAR parts, supplier and dealer loans, etc.)
• Investigating and resolving exceptions to standard cash collection processes and coordinating timely issue resolution with internal and external partners
• Performing customer credit reviews to determine creditworthiness and recommending/setting credit limits and payment terms in alignment with policy and risk appetite
• Reporting on the status of customer accounts (including past-due trends, key issues and action plans) and supporting monthly/periodic Credit Committee materials as needed
• Collaborates regularly with IT to enhance systems, resolve technical issues, and support continuous process improvements
• Supporting customer-related activities such as buy/sells, terminations, finance holds, banking data updates, new customer set-up, deferred terms requests and payment plan options
• Accounts Receivable budgeting, forecasting, actuals, variance explanations, month-end ledger activity, audit requirements and SOX compliance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level