Butler Machinery is seeking a detail-oriented and customer-focused Credit Administrator to join our team. In this role, you will play a key part in managing customer accounts, supporting collections efforts, and ensuring accurate, timely financial operations across the organization.
You’ll collaborate closely with sales, service, and leadership teams to deliver exceptional customer service while protecting the company’s financial health. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys problem-solving, building relationships, and working in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
We offer a generous retirement plan with 10% guaranteed and up to 5% discretionary provided by the company annually once eligible is met with no minimum required contributions our of your pocket. This is your opportunity to grow professionally with an industry-leading equipment provider with a 70+ year presence in the marketplace!
Responsibilities:
- Manage collection process including evaluating customer accounts, reviewing age trials, credit limits, and contacting customers for payment.
- Answer calls and emails regarding customer accounts throughout the day.
- Review, verify, enter credit applications into the system; determines if an account should be opened for a line of credit or declined.
- Review Sales Agreements information and input into system to set up new customer numbers.
- Work on various Receivable items including coding and depositing checks, inputting credit memos, refunding overpayments.
- Contact customers when payments do not match up with what is invoiced.
- Review and post credit card transactions for all locations.
- Maintain all customer accounts.
- Review and post credit card transactions for all locations
- Works within and promotes vision, mission, and values of BMC.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Associates or Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Business Administration with Accounting emphasis or equivalent training and experience required.
- Collections experience preferred.
- Negotiation experience preferred.
- Must be able to effectively communicate with individuals both verbally and written.
- Must be able to multi-task and maintain time management.
- Excellent attention to detail is required.
- Ability to think strategically, make decisions, develop relationships, handle conflict, negotiate, present ideas, and use resources effectively.
- Maintain a clean driving record.
- Maintain accurate and consistent work.
As a family business for three generations, we currently employ over 900 associates in 20 locations throughout North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Nebraska. We are looking for self-motivated, forward-thinking individuals to join us in our continued success. If you desire to start your career with our team, here are some things we offer within our full benefits package:
- 10% Annual Retirement Employer Contribution, with an Additional 5% Discretionary Employer Contribution
- Health Insurance – 3 plan options
- Health Savings Account – Employer contribution up to $1,300/year
- Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
- Dental Insurance – 2 plan options
- Vision Insurance
- Basic Life/AD&D and Supplemental Life Insurance
- Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Coverage – 60% of base pay/salary
- Long-Term Disability Coverage
- Maternity / Paternity Benefits
- Holidays
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(K) Plan
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – including Health Coaching
- SmartDollar – employer-paid financial planning program
- Legal Shield/ID Shield products
- Voluntary Benefit options - Cancer Insurance/Accident/Hospitalization
EOE/Vet/Disability
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Skills Required
- Associates or Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Business Administration with Accounting emphasis
- Collections experience
- Negotiation experience
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to multi-task and manage time
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strategic thinking and decision-making skills
- Clean driving record
- Consistent and accurate work
What We Do
Since 1955, Butler Machinery Company has been committed to offering the best in construction and agriculture equipment solutions and dealer support. We strive to keep our customers running with help from our 20 locations in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Montana. We promise to provide the best in sales, rental, parts and service, from your initial purchase and years to follow. Our goal is to give you the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you have a dealer who is going to help you increase profitability by creating the best solution for your problem. With our rapid parts availability, the industry’s largest fleet of field service trucks, and our highly skilled service technicians, we know we have what it takes to keep you up and running. Providing the best in customer support has always been a top priority, and is what sets us apart from the competition. Our mission is to build long-term relationships, founded on trust, creating mutual growth and success. At Butler, we believe our team is our greatest asset. We believe in working together and treating each other with dignity and respect. We are customer driven. We strive to exceed our customers’ expectations, but never at the cost of our values. We believe that integrity is paramount. Our word is the cornerstone of our business and we will earn the trust of those we serve. We believe in accountability. We understand the impact of our decisions and accept responsibility for our words and our actions. We believe in excellence through innovation, life-long learning and professional development. We believe in uncompromised safety. We are collectively responsible for the safety of one another in all workplace situations.
