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Position:  Credit Manager

Reporting:   Reports directly to the Director of Accounting

Purpose: To provide leadership and guidance necessary to supervise the Barnsco Texas Credit Department. The Credit Manager will build and maintain a highly functional department with competent credit personnel. This position is directly responsible for mentoring, coaching, training, and staffing the department. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Demonstrate leadership consistent with the Barnsco Core Values
• Successfully supervise, coach, train, and develop employees
• Assist in establishing annual departmental goals
• Provide reports as requested by Director of Accounting, Kodiak Credit, and management
• Consistently review status of aged delinquent credit accounts to ensure maximum efforts are being taken
• Responsible for large accounts to include collections, customer service, lien notices/releases, etc.
• Make credit decisions within assigned authority
• When appropriate, determines and recommends new repayment terms.
• Responsible for protecting Barnsco Texas Mechanic’s Lien and Bond Claim rights
• Attend monthly NACM construction group meetings
• Continue education in credit & Texas lien and bond laws
• Manage relations with external collections agencies, attorneys, equipment finance agencies and credit reporting agencies
• Interface with sales organization to communicate credit decisions and ensure timely review of customers
• Problem-solving, including research and resolution of accounts, invoice, shipment, tax and/or price discrepancies as needed
• Responsible for maintaining minimum bad debt while considering sales and margins
• Work with Director of Accounting to recommend and implement policies and procedures relevant to credit
• Perform other duties as required by Director of Accounting

Required Education & Experience:

• Mentor and assist the staff in the credit department
• Review and approve credit applications in the Credit Managers absence
• Assist with customer accounts in collections and legal
• Manage the credit department calendar, PTO, Saturdays etc.
• Responsible for collecting payments from customers who are past our net-30 terms for assigned accounts.
• Monitors and analyzes past due spreadsheet in order to pursue collection activities
• Placing customers on or off credit holds as well as releasing orders from holds for all locations
• Working hands-on with our sales teams in collecting payments from customers and/or researching all short pays that are due to price discrepancies
• Call and/or email customers requesting job information to enter job information into the appropriate system
• Work with the team on departmental goal of keeping ineligibles under 7% and meeting collection targets
• Send invoices and proof of delivery as needed
• Meet with customers to review/solve any issues
• Review and approve lien notices in LevelSet and send daily Levelset uploads
• Review and process waivers for customers – sign, scan, send and save onto the appropriate drive
• Work in close cooperation with the accounts receivable team to reconcile un-applied payments, short pays, overpayments, and credits
• Work with customers & sales reps on resolving any disputed invoices in a timely manner
• Ensure that invoices that were short paid by taxes have a Barnsco tax certificate
• Change tax codes for customer accounts in our system and save them into the appropriate drive
• Contribute to building and sustaining a collaborative and supportive culture/work environment

Required Education and Experience:

• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing, in multiple platforms including Kodiak
• Strong Computer Skills – Word, Excel, Outlook, and ERP
• Must have extensive knowledge of Texas Mechanic’s Lien and Bond Claim Law
• Ability to tactfully handle and resolve difficult situations with employees, business associates, customers, and other business partners
• Must have strong work ethic
• Detail oriented, professional attitude, reliable
• 7+ years in credit, collections, and accounts receivable preferably in construction business
• 2+ years in management position
• Degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting (Preferred)

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