Treasury & Credit Analyst

Vallourec North America•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Treasury & Credit Analyst completes day-to-day treasury activities to support critical working capital levels for Vallourec’s North American entities. The role includes managing cash activity, monitoring payments and bank transactions, preparing treasury reports and forecasts, and supporting cash transfers and reconciliations. The Analyst also completes customer credit reviews and decisions to mitigate trade credit risk, supports trade credit insurance processes, and maintains customer master data and credit information. The position provides customer service to stakeholders, maintains clear communication, and generates accurate reporting for management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration.
At least 2 years of experience in treasury operations and cash management.
At least 2 years of experience in credit and risk management with trade credit exposure.
At least 2 years of experience with Treasury Management Systems or banking portals.
Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables and complex formulas, as well as Word and database skills; experience using finance tools.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Detail orientation and strong analytical skills.
Presentation and organization skills.
Cash management and financial statement analysis skills.
Intermediate negotiation skills.
Customer-service orientation.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ERPs, preferably SAP ECC.

Responsibilities

Complete twice-daily cash balancing and prepare daily cash position reports covering incoming and outgoing cash flows.
Generate daily, weekly, and monthly cash reports for management review.
Monitor incoming and outgoing payments and ensure cash availability for working capital across North American entities and their bank accounts.
Process approved scheduled and off-cycle outgoing electronic payment requests.
Create or modify ACH and wire templates for approval, and generate and distribute payment confirmation details.
Review and act on exception items, including ACH Positive Pay, and distribute details of returned payments.
Review and recommend daily or as-needed transfer amounts for repatriation of excess cash.
Prepare forms for cash pool fund distributions and load payments into the bank system.
Verify banking transactions and investigate and resolve discrepancies.
Complete remote check deposits as needed and distribute supporting documentation.
Load prior-week actual activity into the Taiga forecasting system and prepare related variance reporting.
Set up or modify banks in SAP for management review and approval.
Reconcile auto-debit transactions as needed.
Maintain security and confidentiality of financial records and treasury activities and transactions.
Assist the Treasury Operations Manager with special projects and perform other assigned treasury duties.
Complete timely credit reviews for new customer applications under company policy and assign credit limits as applicable.
Obtain third-party credit reporting data for departmental and internal stakeholder use.
Apply for and obtain trade credit insurance decisions for selected customers as needed, and complete buyer reviews requested by the insurance provider.
Communicate with internal and external stakeholders about credit applications, credit reviews, and trade credit insurance information.
Create and maintain customer master data and credit information in ERP and internal relational database systems.
Review and complete third-party trade reference requests.
Generate and distribute monthly credit dashboard information to designated stakeholders.
Gather and analyze data for quarterly trade credit insurance declarations and review the results with the Treasury Operations Manager.
Compile quarterly regional operational credit committee (ROCC) presentations for internal stakeholders.
Update the Credit Management procedures manual.
Execute customer master data additions and updates and perform other assigned trade finance and customer master data duties.