Credit Associate

Summary

The Credit Assistant 2 is responsible for the accurate and timely determination of credit worthiness for new National Accounts in accordance with established policies, practices, and procedures in a manner that will contribute to the profit of the company.

Required

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• High school degree and a minimum of 1 year credit and collection experience with a manufacturer, distributor or wholesaler extending commercial credit (business to business).
• Intermediate Word and Excel skills, exposure to automated A/R software, and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills and analytical and detail orientation.
  
  

Preferred

• SAP experience
• Associate Degree
• Credit experience in distribution or manufacturing environment
• NACM Credit courses.
  
  

Essential Duties

• Reviews credit applications and new account set-up sheets for accuracy and completeness
• Establishes customer account numbers in SAP and responsible for notifying sales representatives of credit terms and conditions
• Conducts credit investigations by contacting business references, credit bureaus and financial institutions in order to check credit worthiness
• Establishes customer accounts for new and existing locations
• Makes necessary changes to customer’s master file requested by Credit Management
• Effectively communicates verbally and in writing with all levels of internal and external customers
• Keeps staff updated and current on status of credit files for existing customers
• Maintains departments customer files
• Performs other duties as assigned