What are the responsibilities and job description for the Credit Specialist position at JobGiraffe?
Accounting / Accounts Receivable / Credit / Collections
Credit Specialist
As Credit Specialist, you will:
- Receive a portfolio of B2B Accounts
- Ensure customer accounts remain up to date
- Communicate with accounts by phone and email
- Establish and monitor credit limits
- Release orders and establish credit holds as necessary
- Reach out to customers with past due and/or delinquent accounts
- Work with customers to bring their accounts up to date
- Negotiate mutually agreeable payment terms
- Review and process account adjustments, write offs and credit memos
- Research and resolve account discrepancies
- Provide supporting documents to customers upon request
- Perform audits and account reconciliations
- Maintain and update customer account records
- Perform routine and special analysis
- Produce routine and special reports
- Collaborate cross-functionally to achieve business objectives
- Perform other duties as assigned
Up to $24.00 per hour to start plus great company-sponsored benefits
An ideal candidate profile will include:
- At least 2 years of Accounts Receivable, Credit and/or Collections experience
- Experience with reconciliations, deductions and chargebacks
- Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
- Accurate data entry skills
Pluses:
- An Associate's or Bachelor's Degree, especially in Accounting, Finance, Business or similar
- Related experience from a manufacturer or distributor of products
Near North Suburbs of Chicago - Skokie, IL
JobGiraffe's client is a well-known maker of electrical supplies and lighting products for home, office and commercial use.
JG ID #21-1850 - Skokie, IL 60077 – Sharon Murphy, Lead Recruiter
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Up to $24.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental Pay:
- Bonus pay
COVID-19 considerations:
You will train partially in the office – where enhanced health safety measures are in place - and partially from home. Once trained, you will work from home for the foreseeable future until all teams are asked to return to the office at a time TBD.
Experience:
- Credit: 2 years (Preferred)
Work Location:
- One location
Work Remotely:
- No