Amwaste is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Credit & Collections Analyst to join our finance team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing the company's credit and collections processes, ensuring timely payments and credit risk management. This role requires strong analytical skills, excellent communication, and the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
Oversee the timely and effective collection of customer accounts.
Manage the collections portfolio, ensuring full compliance with the corporate credit policy, and strive for timely collections with achievement of collections objectives.
• Execute on the assigned daily collections tasks with professionalism in executing the Amwaste collections strategy.
• Utilize positive approach and customer experience skills to build contacts/relationships.
• Achieve collections targets (DSO and others as assigned)
• Work closely with sales and operations teams to ensure effective collections process and timely escalations.
• Look for ways to retain customers in a positive fashion and manner.
• Processes credit applications for new customers and landfills
Effective and useful weekly and monthly collections analysis with tactical recommendations runs aging reports on a weekly basis to identify past due accounts and establish collections tactics.
• Creates weekly action plan to execute collections of past due accounts with a combination of Call Fire approach for
residential customers and calls and emails for business customers.
• Reviews collections status and past due customers bi-weekly with CFO and Corporate Controller
• Follows-up and resolves open, delinquent items with a sense of urgency.
• Review past due accounts and recommend monthly write-offs.
• Identify and exclude past due customers that are high probability to pay.
• Work with third party collectors to pursue written-off accounts
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field
- 2+ years of experience in credit and collections or finance
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and accounting software
- Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks effectively
- Knowledge of credit risk assessment methods and best practices
- Experience with credit scoring tools is a plus
- Experience in Trux (trucking software) is a plus also.
If you are a self-motivated individual with a passion for credit and collections, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to join our finance team. Please submit your resume and cover letter detailing your relevant experience and qualifications.