Onsite Credit Manager — AR Risk & Growth

Yusen Logistics; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

401k with company match

PTO 10 days

Bonus potential

Holidays

OT pay eligibility

Flexible Spending Accounts

Commuter Benefits

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Yusen Logistics is seeking a Credit Manager to oversee the AR–cash cycle, optimize collections, and minimize bad debt. You will guide credit risk across accounts, enforce policy, and mentor staff in data-driven assessments using ERP and BI tools.

You will lead a team in on-site Franklin, TN, coordinating with management to balance risk and growth, ensuring timely credit approvals and accurate reporting to executives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, and Business is required.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of credit and financial analysis experience with four (4) years at department management level.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of standard credit procedures.
• Experience determining credit worthiness and ongoing risk assessment.
• Detail oriented with ability to analyze cash flow, leverage and gauge customer strength.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate with all levels of management.
• Excellent analytical and financial analysis skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously while paying attention to detail.
• Ability to gather and interpret data, compile information and prepare reports.
• Ability to train new hires on policies and procedures.
• Ability to develop and mentor staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight to the credit department for Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc., using multiple operating systems
• Maintain and enforce the YLA Corporate Credit Policy
• Implement best practices, developing standardized review procedures
• Be proactive and responsive to credit demands ensuring that credit requests are processed and escalated to senior management where appropriate in timely manner in accordance with the company’s credit policy
• Develop the skills within the team members of the department; communication, analytical and reporting
• Oversee the preparation and distribution of regular periodic reporting, purpose being to report to senior management accounts in at risk industries and sectors
• Manage the overall credit risk of the organization
• Determine the credit worthiness of customer accounts through the appropriate financial analysis
• Evaluate and provide analysis to determine and recommend credit line amounts in accordance with the company’s credit policy
• Actively supervise credit requests; ensuring the department reacts with an appropriate understanding of the demands of the organization to meet the company’s objectives while satisfying the organizations obligations to minimize credit risk
• Review credit lines on a regular basis or when requested for existing accounts
• Recommend revocation of lines of credit or placing accounts on credit hold upon receipt of internal or external information pertinent to financial strength of the account, in accordance with the company’s credit policy.
• Manage and supervise the credit department staff to include development of department goals, performance management, staffing, training/ staff development and performance appraisals
• Monitor the A/R portfolio with regard to delinquent accounts and those accounts with balances over their company’s approved limits. This is accomplished by reviewing reports such as: over the limit, pay pattern changes, DSO and feedback from the collectors
• Work with the AR department management to ensure collections issues are incorporated into the credit evaluation

Skills

Credit analysis

Financial analysis

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, and Business

Tools

Excel

Word

D365

SAP

Dunn & Bradstreet

Job description

Yusen Logistics is seeking a Credit Manager to oversee the AR–cash cycle, optimize collections, and minimize bad debt. You will guide credit risk across accounts, enforce policy, and mentor staff in data-driven assessments using ERP and BI tools.

You will lead a team in on-site Franklin, TN, coordinating with management to balance risk and growth, ensuring timely credit approvals and accurate reporting to executives.