This position is responsible for:
- Acting as the Accounts Receivable liaison working with dealers, their respective banks, the Business Centers, MOPAR, Legal,
Incentives, Fleet, Logistics and various other non-dealer customers.
- Supporting the sales function while collecting cash and managing the financial risk associated with selling goods and services.
- Managing and monitoring the day-to-day cash collection processes for assigned “lines of business” (vehicles, MOPAR parts, supplier
and dealer loans, etc.).
- Investigating and resolving exceptions to standard cash collection processes and coordinating timely issue resolution with internal
and external partners.
- Performing customer credit reviews to determine creditworthiness and recommending/setting credit limits and payment terms in
alignment with policy and risk appetite.
- Reporting on the status of customer accounts (including past-due trends, key issues and action plans) and supporting
monthly/periodic Credit Committee materials as needed.
- Collaborates regularly with IT to enhance systems, resolve technical issues, and support continous process improvements.
- Supporting customer-related activities such as buy/sells, terminations, finance holds, banking data updates, new customer set-up,
deferred terms requests and payment plan options.
- Accounts Receivable budgeting, forecasting, actuals, variance explanations, month-end ledger activity, audit requirements and SOX
compliance
What You'll Learn
- Understanding of the markets, brands, dealer network, production plan and logistics of vehicles.
- Understanding of vehicle and MOPAR part sales processes and related A/R cycles.
- Cash flow and financial statement analysis to assess customer credit-worthiness
- Budgeting, forecasting, actuals/variance explanations / SOX compliance for assigned processes
Requirements:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance or Accounting or related
- Minimum 8+ years of experience in Finance/Accounting (or minimum 7 years with MBA or Master's degree in Accounting or
Finance)
- Effective communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with business partners and external parties
- Strong systems background (SAP, Excel, Mainframe)
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA, CPA and/or CMA
- Knowledge and understanding of financial statements
- Effective problem solving and analytical skills
- Prior Credit/Collections experience
