Sr. Manager, Credit and Collections

Description

Sr. Manager, Credit and Collections

Company: Hitachi America, Ltd.

Division: Corporate Finance & Accounting

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Status: Regular, Full-Time

Summary

Hitachi America, Ltd. located in Santa Clara, CA has an opening for a Sr. Manager, Credit and Collections. This position will manage and lead credit and collections group of Hitachi America as well as BPO.  Essential duties and responsibilities including, but not limited to:

Major Responsibilities:

• Perform credit evaluation on new customers and monitor existing customers adherence to payment terms and/or changes in financial stability and re-evaluate credit terms accordingly.
• Prepare and present monthly report packages for senior management and Hitachi Limited.
• Distribute monthly report to divisions which address risk concentration, aging issues, etc.
• Responsible for managing collections, resolutions of disputes, improvement of days sales outstanding (DSO) and delinquency.
• Manage the accounts receivable portfolio of assigned accounts.
• Conduct annual North America credit managers meeting to promote collaboration among companies and build a stronger North America credit organization.
• Participate at global credit meeting from regional preceptive
• Collaborate with Hitachi Limited in Japan to influence and interact with group companies in North America.
• Provide opportunities for process improvement, identify and set-up process/system controls to sustain implement changes and solutions.
• Negotiate contracts with service providers such as D&B, CreditRisk Monitor, etc.
• Responsible for department budget preparation
• Primary interface for JSOX audit, financial audit and self-audit activities.
• Perform other assigned tasks.

Skills/Knowledge Required: 

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Accounting/Finance is required, MBA is highly desired
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in credit and collection, billing and receivable procedures
• Proven ability and understanding of effective collection techniques and credit risk analysis
• Ability to provide leadership, guidance, motivating and development of staff and BPO members
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365
• Knowledge and experience of ERP systems.  Experience in SAP is highly desired
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Independent self-starter is desired
• Ability to handle multi-tasks, follow-up, prioritize, and meet deadlines

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Hitachi, please send the nature of request and contact information to [email protected] Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.