Assistant Credit Manager

Growing Consumer Design and Installation company is hiring an Assistant Credit Manager to join their team. This is a vital position that will grow into the Credit Manager upon retirement of the current Manager. This role will focus heavily on Credit since there is a team of in house collectors.

Incredible opportunity to join a thriving and growing company that values its employees works with high-end clients, and offers opportunities for shared success.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in a Commercial Credit and Collections role with a mid-large sized company in a supervisory level position. You should be familiar with running credit reports, monitoring limits, and monitoring aging reports. A College Degree is not required.

This is a fully onsite position in San Clemente.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor aging reports and proactively contact customers to discuss past due balances.
• Maintain past due balances within acceptable limits and thresholds.
• Perform account reconciliations, investigate any deductions and overpayments, and resolve discrepancies directly with customers.
• Regularly review customer accounts to assess credit worthiness for releasing new orders.
• Conduct credit verification for new accounts to determine appropriate terms and credit limits.
• Re-evaluate existing customer accounts to adjust terms and credit limits as necessary.
• Respond promptly to credit inquiries from vendors regarding our customers.
• Recommend strategies and improvements to minimize accounts receivable issues.
• Undertake additional duties as required by management to support departmental goals.

Requirements:

• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a focus on relationship building.
• Polite and effective phone etiquette.
• Ability to foster positive interactions with both external and internal customers.
• Understanding of general ledger and fundamental accounting principles.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Previous experience with PeopleSoft is advantageous but not required