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
Smoking is permitted in most areas of Zippo workplace facilities, other than certain designated non-smoking areas.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 5+ years in credit management and accounting operations
- Staff accounting experience
- Supervisory/people management experience
- Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
- Knowledge of AX operating system
What We Do
Celebrating more than 85 years of business in Bradford, Pennsylvania, Zippo is one of the most recognized brands in the world, and has produced more than 600 million windproof lighters, each backed by an unparalleled lifetime guarantee. Born from Zippo’s legacy of fire, durability and reliability, Zippo offers a full line of products designed to enhance the outdoor experience. Zippo offers the performance consumers expect while establishing a new standard for quality that sets the brand apart in the marketplace. With products for flame, cooking and comfort, Zippo outdoor products are engineered to exceed and provides an outdoor experience that is unmistakably Zippo. In addition to the classic Zippo lighter, Zippo also markets candle lighters, utility lighters, men's apparel and accessories, and outdoor products. Zippo owns W.R. Case and Sons Cutlery Company and the Ronson U.S.A. brand in addition to Zippo U.K., Zippo Germany, Zippo SA, and Zippo Classic China. Zippo products are distributed in more than 160 countries.
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