What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Accounting Operations & Credit Manager position at Zippo Manufacturing Company and Careers?
Senior Accounting Operations / Credit Manager
PRIMARY DUTIES:
- Manage Credit Manager, Accounting Operations Manager and their respective teams
- Monitors, recommends, and assists with the implementation of improvements to departmental policies and procedures for accounting operations and credit
- Establishes, monitors, and improves departmental policies and procedures for Credit approval, Collections, Chargebacks, and resolution
- Management of the following duties:
- Assists with vetting new and existing customers and vendors. This includes reviewing due diligence forms and updating information in the software utilized for FCPA.
- Interim and annual audit requests
- Enforce proper accounting policies and processes. This includes accrual accounting with an understanding of cash management and ensuring journal entries are accurate.
- Reviewing and preparing account reconciliations for various accounts
- Reviewing and managing bad debt per CECL, customer deductions, cash discounts reserves.
- Reviewing and filing annual 1099s
- Annual unclaimed property reports
- Initiate credits and adjustments to customer accounts within company policy limits
- Monitor receivables and collections and provide updates of receivables
- Identify problem accounts and provide regular updates of receivables to management
- Negotiate payment programs with delinquent customers
- Identify accounts requiring collection agency or legal action and coordinate collections with third party contractors
- Develop processes and procedures for evaluating customer information and setting and changing credit lines/limits, as well as credit holds
- Prepares annual budget for department
- Maintains a system for collecting and maintaining sales tax exemption forms
- Review customer contracts as they relate to payments, sales tax, and deductions
- Maintain a system for evaluating online store credit card transactions to reduce fraud
- Perform other related duties as assigned
EDUCATION AND ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- 5 years in a credit management and accounting operations function
- Any similar combination of education and experience which includes staff accounting experience, supervisory experience, and credit management
- Demonstrated Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
- Knowledge of AX operating system preferred
Smoking is permitted in most areas of Zippo workplace facilities, other than certain designated non-smoking areas.