Lead Credit Specialist (Treasury)

This position is responsible for:

• 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 continous 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 You'll Learn

• Understanding of the markets, brands, dealer network, production plan and logistics of vehicles.
• Understanding of vehicle and MOPAR part sales processes and related A/R cycles.
• Cash flow and financial statement analysis to assess customer credit-worthiness
• Budgeting, forecasting, actuals/variance explanations / SOX compliance for assigned processes

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance or Accounting or related
• Minimum 8+ years of experience in Finance/Accounting (or minimum 7 years with MBA or Master's degree in Accounting or
  Finance)
• Effective communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with business partners and external parties
• Strong systems background (SAP, Excel, Mainframe)

Preferred Qualifications:

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