Description : Credit Clerk E. Company : Foster Farms. Location : Livingston, CA 95334
Company Description
Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued TEAM Members will shine through in everything we do.
Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms TEAM. We offer the experience of a large organization, but operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage TEAM Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.
Job Description
Pay Range: $22.00 to $26.00 per hour
Purpose of Position:
To assist with credit and collection processes within the company while maintaining a prompt collection of receivables in accordance with department goals and providing timely new credit files while promoting good customer relations.
Essential Functions:
Collect past due accounts, to include e-mail, fax and call customers to propose new invoicing and payment methods with customer. Payment method determination will include evaluation and analysis of electronic payments vs. payments by check and evaluating if cash flow is improved.
Establish proper credit terms and limits for various customer industries, up to $50k per week or $200k per month per customer. This includes evaluation and analysis of customer financial statements, estimating sales dollars, and proper analysis of trade credit and credit services financial data.
Process new customer accounts and current customer revision folders, including requesting outside credit agency reports and pulling trade credit group information. The evaluation and analysis of this data is critical to establish these new accounts. Also work with sales team to ensure proper data is obtained to complete credit analysis for establishing proper limits.
Cross-train and backup credit analyst position by understanding/training with larger accounts, customer web portals for collections, calling more difficult customers, and some SAP customer reporting. Will include evaluating/analyzing larger customer credit limits and getting familiar with other customer industries.
Additional Functions:
Working out issues and payment arrangements with customers if slow paying.
Adhere to procedures pertaining to credit and collections and updating where possible.
Constantly look for process improvements on the desk and within the department.
Being able to work with any customer and multiple customer industries in a backup role when needed.
Manually process customer payments (checkwriter).
Monitor and distribute fax/emails within department inboxes.
Process check requests and returned items.
Performs other duties as requested by analyst, supervisor, and/or manager
Qualifications
High School diploma or equivalent, some college courses preferred in Finance or Accounting.
Credit certification preferred (CBA, CBF, CCC), an equivalent certification, or working towards one.
One-three years experience in credit and collections preferred.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and must have ability to solve problems in a detailed, comprehensive manner.
Computer literate in the Microsoft environment and SAP experience strongly preferred.
Must be able to work independently and have a high degree of organization and prioritization skills.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new TEAM Members.
