Manager, Credit/Collections

591x Varian Medical Systems, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Paid parking

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers North America is seeking a senior leader to head the North American credit and collections organization, accelerating cash flow, reducing past-due receivables, and strengthening order-to-cash performance. The role combines hands-on portfolio leadership with team development across the United States and Canada.

You will set portfolio strategy, approve or recommend credit terms, and develop processes to mitigate risk while guiding large, sensitive accounts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field.
• 5 to 10 years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Set portfolio strategy by balance, aging, risk, dispute status, and customer importance.
• Reduce past-due receivables, unapplied cash, short payments, deductions, and discrepancies.
• Coordinate dispute resolution, payment plans, holds, escalations, and write-off recommendations.
• Lead North American credit and collections professionals; drive performance and development.
• Standardize collection workflows and improve cash forecasting and reporting.

Skills

Credit management

Collections leadership

Financial analysis

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Related Field

Job description

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions.

Lead Varian’s North American collections organization to accelerate cash, reduce past-due receivables, minimize credit risk, and strengthen order-to-cash performance. This manager combines hands-on portfolio leadership with team development and disciplined process improvement primarily across the United States and Canada but with some Collections & Cash Leadership.

Responsibilities

• Set portfolio strategy by balance, aging, risk, dispute status, and customer importance; establish ownership, contact cadence, promise-to-pay discipline, and escalation paths.
• Reduce past-due and aged receivables, unapplied cash, short payments, deductions, and discrepancies; improve cash forecasting and personally guide large or sensitive accounts.
• Coordinate rapid dispute resolution, payment plans, holds, executive escalations, recovery actions, and write-off recommendations while maintaining complete control evidence.
• Other duties as assigned.

Credit Risk Management

• Own the North American credit policy and ensure consistent application of approval authorities, documentation standards, credit limits, payment terms, and escalation requirements.
• Evaluate new and existing customers using financial statements, credit reports, payment history, external ratings, trade references, industry conditions, and other relevant risk indicators.
• Approve or recommend credit limits and commercial terms within delegated authority; approve higher-risk or higher-value exposures with a clear, evidence-based recommendation.
• Establish appropriate risk mitigations, such as deposits, advance payments, letters of credit, guarantees, revised payment terms, security instruments, or staged delivery and billing.

People Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop North American credit and collections professionals; translate business priorities into clear targets, balanced workloads, and individual accountability.
• Use portfolio reviews, one-on-one coaching, performance discussions, and development plans to strengthen negotiation, customer conversations, dispute resolution, analysis, and systems capability.
• Build a collaborative, inclusive, customer-focused culture with effective coverage, succession plans, ethical judgment, and consistent execution during high-volume periods.

Process Improvement

• Standardize collection workflows, segmentation, dispute codes, escalation practices, documentation, and management reporting across the portfolio.
• Use aging, activity, promise-to-pay, dispute, and payment-behavior data with root-cause analysis to remove bottlenecks, recurring delinquency, billing defects, and manual work.
• Advance automation, electronic invoicing, workflow tools, self-service, dashboards, and master-data quality; lead testing, training, adoption, and continuous performance monitoring.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Related Field 5 to 10 years of work related experience.

Who we are

We are a team of more than 72,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

How we work

When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

The base pay range for this position is: $115,740 - $159,137. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate. If this is a commission eligible position the commission eligibility will be in accordance with the terms of the Company’s plan. Commissions are based on individual performance and/or company performance.

Benefits

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• life insurance
• long-term and short-term disability insurance
• paid parking/public transportation
• paid time off
• paid sick and safe time

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Siemens Healthineers is an Equal Opportunity and Affi memative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.

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Applicants and employees are protected under Federal law from discrimination.

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“A successful candidate must be able to work with controlled technology in accordance with US export control law.” “It is Siemens Healthineers’ policy to comply fully and completely with all United States export control laws and regulations, including those implemented by the Department of Commerce through the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), by the Department of State through the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and by the Treasury Department through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions regulations.”

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Company Culture

We are a team of 72,000 highly dedicated employees across more than 70 countries passionately pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in healthcare to help improve people’s lives around the world. As a leader in the industry, we aspire to create better outcomes and experiences for patients no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio, spanning from in‑vitro and in‑vivo diagnostics to image‑guided therapy and innovative cancer care, is crucial for clinical decision‑making and treatment pathways. Our culture: We are part of an incredible community of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, to improve people’s lives around the world. We embrace a culture of inclusivity in which the power and potential of every individual can be unleashed. We spark ideas that lead to positive impact and continued success.