Sr. Accounts Receivable Consultant

The Senior Accounts Receivable Consultant is a contract position for an experienced credit and collections professional
who can manage an assigned portfolio of accounts across business units and distribution channels with little or no
supervision, working heavily in SAP. This role performs credit risk analysis and recommends customer credit limits,
drives past-due and discrepancy resolution, reconciles customer payments, and makes credit approval and hold
decisions within departmental guidelines. The consultant also partners with multiple functional areas to drive
continuous improvement through process mapping and root cause analysis and helps train and guide team members.

Responsibilities:

• Manage an assigned portfolio of accounts across business units and distribution channels.
• Achieve past-due and discrepancy resolution goals to support corporate objectives.
• Perform credit risk analysis to recommend credit limits for new customers.
• Monitor credit risk across the existing customer base using multiple sources, including credit reporting agencies,

associations, and financial statements.

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers to ensure timely payments and issue resolution.
• Partner with multiple functional areas to drive continuous improvement through process mapping and root

cause analysis, and create workflow and standard operating procedure documentation.

• Train and guide new and existing team members.
• Complete retro billing adjustments in SAP to correct customer pricing on existing invoices as necessary.
• Initiate collection activity on past-due items in a proactive and timely manner.
• Gain a thorough understanding of major customers' Accounts Payable processes and systems.
• Reconcile customer payments in SAP to ensure accurate posting to Accounts Receivable.
• Oversee the SAP order credit check process, making credit approval or hold decisions within departmental

guidelines.

• Process credit card payments.
• Participate in credit association meetings when required.
• Support journal entry preparation for general ledger posting as needed.
• Assist with special projects and presentations as required.
• Help the Credit Manager with reporting requirements as necessary.
• Carry out other job-related duties as assigned.
• Adhere to all company policies and procedures as applicable.

Qualifications:

• 5 years of general business experience in credit and collections.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or an Associate's degree in these fields with commensurate

experience, required.

• In-depth, hands-on experience with Accounts Receivable in SAP required, preferably within a medium to large

company.

• Working knowledge of SAP transaction codes (T-codes) used in Accounts Receivable required.
• Solid understanding of basic accounting principles and financial statements.
• Familiarity with credit bureau reports and financial statement analysis.
• Ability to recommend and explain assigned customer credit limits.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs and pivot tables.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work in a team and interact with

customers.

• Experience interacting with all levels of customer financial organizations.
• Experience with payment reconciliation processes.
• Proven ability to negotiate customer payments to resolution.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and process improvement skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Able to adapt to changing priorities and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to perform job responsibilities with little or no supervision.
• Able to work overtime and travel as required.
• Automotive industry experience preferred.