Senior Accounting Operations & Credit Manager

Senior Accounting Operations / Credit Manager 

PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Manage Credit Manager, Accounting Operations Manager and their respective teams
• Monitors, recommends, and assists with the implementation of improvements to departmental policies and procedures for accounting operations and credit
• Establishes, monitors, and improves departmental policies and procedures for Credit approval, Collections, Chargebacks, and resolution
• Management of the following duties:
• • Assists with vetting new and existing customers and vendors.  This includes reviewing due diligence forms and updating information in the software utilized for FCPA.
  • Interim and annual audit requests
  • Enforce proper accounting policies and processes.  This includes accrual accounting with an understanding of cash management and ensuring journal entries are accurate.
  • Reviewing and preparing account reconciliations for various accounts
  • Reviewing and managing bad debt per CECL, customer deductions, cash discounts reserves.
  • Reviewing and filing annual 1099s
  • Annual unclaimed property reports
  • Initiate credits and adjustments to customer accounts within company policy limits
  • Monitor receivables and collections and provide updates of receivables
  • Identify problem accounts and provide regular updates of receivables to management
  • Negotiate payment programs with delinquent customers
  • Identify accounts requiring collection agency or legal action and coordinate collections with third party contractors
  • Develop processes and procedures for evaluating customer information and setting and changing credit lines/limits, as well as credit holds
  • Prepares annual budget for department
  • Maintains a system for collecting and maintaining sales tax exemption forms
  • Review customer contracts as they relate to payments, sales tax, and deductions
  • Maintain a system for evaluating online store credit card transactions to reduce fraud
  • Perform other related duties as assigned

EDUCATION AND ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5+ years in a credit management and accounting operations function
• Any similar combination of education and experience which includes staff accounting experience, supervisory experience, and credit management
• Demonstrated Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge of AX operating system preferred

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