AR Credit Analyst (12 month FTC)

Overview

To manage and analyze credit data, ensuring timely and accurate credit assessments, maintaining up-to-date customer balances, and resolving customer queries promptly.

This role involves working closely with Retain AR and offshore third-party teams to apply UKI credit policy and reconcile accounts through a complexity of thousands of transactions, identifying and resolving any issues or blockers to ensure smooth credit operations.

Additionally, the Credit Analyst will support the function with ad-hoc tasks and small project work as needed.

Responsibilities

Daily Tasks:

• Run Data extracts & update the AR Dashboard twice per day.
• Generate the DCD report and provide a list of blocked orders to the AR assistant manager.
• Build and analyze daily sales order block and over credit limit data.
• Add new customer accounts to CreditSafe portfolio.
• Perform CreditSafe credit monitoring data maintenance.

Weekly Tasks:

• Run the Paid on Time (POT) report.
• Run the VF04 open credit report and share it with the relevant team including follow ups and open query resolution.
• Run the 12-month sales report.
• Conduct customer credit limit reviews and checks.
• Prepare banking and cash reports to support Walkers Vans daily cash reconciliations, including weekly sales billing & tracking, Cash & Card payment monitoring and Booker stock purchase deduction processing & tracking.

Monthly Tasks:

• Update the CreditSafe file with limits from the daily email notifications received.
• Update the CMR, Contacts, and CreditSafe files in the dashboard folder.
• Complete all Mobius processes.
• Review and support the deductions team with shorts deductions for specific customers.
• Review and prepare LE transfer journals to be posted at MEC.

Walkers Vans:

• Monthly Ladder & sales incentive credit memo processing (D&A).
• Feed into overarching reconciliation process.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Tools (Excel, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint).
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.
• Excellent communication skills for interacting with internal and external stakeholders.
• Willingness to engage in ongoing learning and development.
• Ability to identify and implement process improvements.

Special features:

• Daily interaction with the Collections Leads.
• Collaboration with various departments to ensure accurate and timely credit assessments.
• Frequent face-to-face contact with peers and other departments at all levels (Sales, Finance, Manufacturing & Logistics Teams).