Senior Analyst, Trade Credit (Accounting)

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Position Purpose:

Senior Analyst, Trade Credit serves as a strategic and innovative partner focused on supporting business growth, as part of a world-class controllership organization.
The Senior Analyst is responsible for the day-to-day activities for Order to Cash (OTC) specifically related to our Pro Trade Credit business. This role partners with internal teams and external business partners such as our customers and the Credit, Treasury, and Pro teams to help resolve discrepancies, solve problems, and constantly improve the trade credit processes. This role needs foundational accounting skills in accounts receivable, cash, and reporting.

As a Senior Analyst, you will drive the execution in collaboration with your team on departmental and strategic projects, collaborate with project/product managers, and balance your own workload. This role is expected to present continuous improvement insights and recommendations to managers and leaders as well as execute on some of these improvements. In addition, this role will collaborate with cross-functional teams, requiring effective communication skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• 5% Collaboration - Effectively develops trust and collaboration with internal and external partners and colleagues; Obtain an understanding of technical needs for tackling business problems

• 80% Operational Duties - Learn and execute required tasks related to the delivery of the OTC tower; Work coordinately with other teams providing or receiving information as needed; Support work that needs to be done with internal or external customers; Creates regular reports for the leadership; assists with or produces other reports as requested; Raises risks and issues in a timely manner; Identify and presents possible improvements to upper management; Executes month end / year end processes; Monitor and works towards meeting KPIs and SLAs defined for the area; Assists manager with gathering data, research and analysis

• 10% Project Management & Team Support - Works with project teams and business partners to complete project goals; Prioritized assignments and ensure quality and accuracy of work

• 5% Skill Building & Professional Development - Seeks further knowledge on new tools and technologies (e.g., analytics, intelligent automation, robotics); Participates in the continuous improvement of financial shared services processes and tools

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• This Position typically reports to Lead Analyst, Manager or Sr. Manager
• This Position has 0 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Conditions could produce mild discomfort on occasion.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2-4 years of relevant work experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software as well as other accounting software programs.
• Thorough understanding of accounting and / or finance principles and practices, statistical methodology, generally accepted accounting principles, and generally accepted auditing standards
• Ability to work independently and complete work on schedule within a fast-paced environment
• Ability to anticipate work needs and interact professionally with customers
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and research skills
• Experience with data analytics / data visualization
• Experience with different innovative technologies like RPA and Machine Learning
• Ability to prepare and present clear, concise administrative and financial reports

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 2

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Action Oriented
• Nimble Learning
• Collaborates
• Cultivates Innovation
• Instills Trust
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Builds Networks
• Communicates Effectively
• Customer Focus
• Drives Results