Assistant Credit Manager

Location Address: 7057 W 2100 S West Valley City, UT 84128

Compensation: $60,000.00-$75,000.00

Schedule: Mon - Fri: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Ready for a fast-paced job where you can provide the literal groundwork that connects communities? Join Summit Materials – a construction materials company leading the industry – where we build the foundation for a better tomorrow.

Summit Materials consists of more than a dozen local companies that supply aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete, asphalt paving, and construction services in the United States and western Canada. At Summit Materials, we support our teammates who lay the groundwork for our communities and live by our core values: Safety, Integrity, Sustainability, and Inclusivity. We’re passionate about our teammates, our work, and our communities. Each of Summit’s companies celebrates its legacies, but together - we are Summit Materials.

Overview

This position is responsible for the assistant management and direction of our credit and collections department and ensuring business targets related to trade working capital, DSO, and bad debt are met while working in a team environment with other co-workers, accounting, sales, and management personnel. This role will require work within all facets of credit and collections, with principal duties as follows:

• Manage company collections and credit efforts.
• Monitor, collect, and forecast portfolio of accounts receivable balances of specific key accounts and high-risk customers.
• Partner with both Sales and Operations personnel in the collections process to implement actions to optimize collection efforts.
• Ensure company collection rights are secured by promptly filing bond claims or liens as necessary and work with outside attorneys on legal matters providing guidance on settlement options, as well as working with management regarding recommendations on these issues.
• Analyze credit information determine risk, prepare research, review credit applications, and communicate results of credit analysis and summary of credit requests to appropriate management.
• Demonstrate, promote, and ensure an outstanding level of service to internal and external customers.
• Maintain up-to-date customer account information, including credit data, status of pending payments, and account restrictions, and reports regularly to appropriate management.
• Ensure credit practices, policies, and controls are established and maintained.
• Communicate and coordinate effectively with diverse individuals, groups, and teams including both internal and external customers to manage credit risk and aged accounts.
• Properly follow all company policies and regulations for safe work procedures.
• Accept and follow the directions of management as to daily tasks and expectations for each specific duty of the overall position.

Work Requirements

• Must be an experienced credit analyst with the ability to work independently within the Credit and Collections Department.
• Must have relevant experience with Bond Claims and Lien Filings in the Construction and/or Materials industries.
• Must possess outstanding leadership capabilities, be a decision-maker, be well organized, be a good communicator, and be able to effectively manage assigned accounts and drive results.
• Must be proficient in a Microsoft products operating environment.
• Must possess a strong ability to read, analyze, and interpret financial reports and, to a degree, legal documents.
• Requires ability to respond to common inquiries and/or concerns from customers, regulatory agencies, members of the business community, and peers.
• Pass post-offer employment drug screen and criminal background check.
• Display a professional, courteous attitude to co-workers, supervisors, and customers at all times.

Education/Experience

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business with a concentration/emphasis in Finance, and/or a comparable equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Three-plus years of progressive experience.
• Very strong Excel skills, along with significant experience in all Microsoft Office products.
• Experience with a multi-state business, preferably with similar construction operations.

Benefits

We care for you and your family: We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans to support the health of you and your family.

We prepare for the unexpected: We offer life insurance, long-term disability, and short-term disability coverage at no cost to you.

We invest in your career growth with Summit Materials and beyond: Get access to our Discover Learning catalog with thousands of available courses to support your professional and personal development. You can learn on-demand, at your own pace, and from any device.

We embrace your well-being: We know that your well-being is more than just physical. We’re here to provide teammates with the resources and tools they need to stay healthy and feel supported, including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free counseling, financial resources, and more.

We support your personal goals: We provide a financial foundation as you plan for the future. Our programs, like our 401(k) plan where we match up to 4% of your annual income, are designed to help you prepare and reach your goals for you and your family.

We give you time to recharge: We offer our teammates Paid Time Off (PTO) so they can recharge and relax with family and friends.