Credit and Collections Manager

Overview:

The Company has a critical need for a skilled, knowledgeable, and energetic individual to manage the credit and collections matters for the European entities of Rain Bird. He/she will be responsible for collaborating with our sales staff, customer service staff, management, and customers to establish and enforce credit policies. His/her responsibilities will be to establish and monitor customer billing and credit parameters and safeguard company assets by using appropriate judgment and monitoring mechanisms to ensure that credit practices are consistently followed. It will also be responsible for maximizing the company's cash flow while helping to provide premier customer relationships. The leadership of this effort is crucial to the Company's ongoing financial well-being and its reputation in the marketplace.

Responsibilities:

• Manages credit and collections transactions, tasked with the continuous improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of the Company's customer credit matters.
• Monitors credit policy and customer credit parameters to protect company assets while helping the company's sales and customer service personnel to maintain premier relationships with the company's important business partners.
• Maximizes company cash flow through maintaining ongoing contact with customer personnel and the company's sales staff.
• Routinely reports on the status of credit and collection efforts and progress towards stated receivable goals, plus provides recommendations for improvement.
• Collaborate with Sales and Legal to resolve disputes and negotiate payment plans.
• Monitor all the payments and bad debts.
• Maintains customer billing, credit files, and FCPA documentation, including sales tax exemption certificates where applicable.
• Predict risks by creating credit scoring models.
• Other responsibilities as determined prudently by management based on the applicant´s particular skills

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting and finance.
• 5 years of experience in the areas of credit, collections, finance, or accounting, including at a multinational or Big 4 accounting firm.
• Strong knowledge of credit risk assessment, collections, and financial analysis.
• Familiarity with ERP systems (Oracle, SAGE) and credit tools (e.g., Dun & Bradstreet)
• Business English and Spanish proficiency; other languages are a plus (French, Italian)
• Computer literate in a Windows environment and proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Strong analytical skills and excellent time management & organization skills.

The information collected during the application process will be processed electronically by the Human Relations Department of Rain Bird Europe and Rain Bird Corporation. The data will be accessed by Rain Bird Human Relations personnel located in France and the United States as well as the Rain Bird managers involved in the recruitment process. No data will be communicated outside of Rain Bird. Our applicant data is hosted by iCMS in the United States. iCMS is self harbor certified. If your application is performed through our website and into our iCMS recruiting application, all data marked with an (*) are mandatory and must be completed so that we can process your application. The information that is not marked with an (*) is optional and not answering this information will not affect the outcome of your application. If you are based outside of the United States, please select that you wish not to self-identify for the purpose of EEO statistics. You can access and modify your data by requesting it with Rain Bird Europe Human Relations at the following address (please join a proof of ID): Rain Bird Europe Human Relations BP rue Ampère Aix-en-Provence.