Credit Analyst- Staffing
3 days ago
Englewood Cliffs
Job Description Overview Circet USA is the leading provider of Network Services in North America, and we're looking for talented professionals to join our team. We specialize in engineering and construction services delivering comprehensive solutions across Inside Plant, Outside Plant, and Wireless networks to meet the evolving infrastructure needs of our customers. With nearly 50 years of industry experience, we work with major telecom service providers, MSOs, cloud service providers, and utilities. At Circet USA, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact by helping to create customized solutions that address our clients' unique challenges. If you’re passionate about innovation and thrive in a dynamic environment, we’d love to hear from you. Circet USA’s benefits package includes the following: • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, • Digital Health & Wellness Support, • Critical Illness, Accident, & Hospital Insurance, • Short-term & Long-term disability, • Group term & Voluntary life insurance, • Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts, • Paid Time Off & 401K, • Company Discount Website Responsibilities We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Credit Analyst to fulfill a staff augmentation role with Circet USA’s customer. The position’s primary functions include but are not limited to performing detailed reviews and risk analysis on an ascribed portion of portfolio of accounts in order to assess commercial credit risk as well as assign, maintain, or adjust credit limits. For accounts that do not qualify for an open line of credit, the role will require collaboration with team leads to discuss the possibility of alternative hedging (Letter of Credit, Flooring, Factoring, PUT Contracts, etc.). The position holder will be responsible for continuous monitoring of their account portfolio insuring that credit limits are sufficient and alerting team leads as to financial downturns and, with guidance, potentially suggesting credit actions or other risk mitigating solutions. The position will also be responsible for the initial risk analysis and set up of new accounts working with various external teams to ensure appropriate documents are collected and accurate. ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned: • Manage the commercial credit risk for an assigned portfolio of accounts applying credit practices and procedures (portfolio will typically contain lower risk accounts with modest credit limits), • Perform detailed reviews and risk analysis on an ascribed portion of portfolio of accounts in order to assess commercial credit risk as well as assign, maintain, or adjust credit limits., • Plans and schedules credit review and risk analysis for assigned portfolio of accounts, • Uses credit risk analysis skills and business acumen along with available risk assessment tools and third party data to analyze new account requests for open lines of credit as assigned; interfaces with team leads for guidance when encountering unique credit situations during this process, • Obtain all necessary information to properly risk assess including assigning a risk category from our Financial Health Indicator, perform robust financial review and submission through appropriate channels for activation of credit line and assignment of account number in SAP, • Reviews and analyzes assembled reports, scorecard data, financial statements and supplementary information such as bank and trade references as well as payment history data to arrive at sound financial decisions intended to support sales while protecting assets, • Recommends individual credit lines or, for unqualified accounts, works with team leads to assess the viability of other hedging options, or courses of action and again with guidance from team leads facilitates the implementation of credit line or other approved solution for challenging risks, • Personally handles non routine credit inquires and correspondence as it relates to their portfolio involving team leads for guidance to potential challenges based on those inquiries, • Defers team leads for advice on particularly complex problems and cases requiring interpretation of policy decision, • Monitors monthly lines of credit for customers in assigned portfolio of accounts to ensure that balances are within approved limits, • Assist team leads or Sr. Analysts in support, when requested, to the following: Service Division, Content & Services, Harmon, Dacor, Neurologica, etc. in all aspects of risk assessment of Accounts Receivable and also provide assistance with regard to credit processes and risk mitigation tools and services as well as hedging options. This could include reports from third party services or just general procedure and practices along with requests for standard templates or forms and overall credit opinions., • In the Company of team leads may be asked to represent the Company at creditors’ meetings trade shows bankruptcy proceedings or other related events, • Prepare and submit departmental reports from simple inter-department reports, to more complex companywide reports.(may include but not limited to) Quarterly report, Monthly report, Watch list report, Z-Credit AR Forecast report, any ad-hoc reporting that may be required, etc., • Will be required to be part of customer visits as needed to obtain financials or assess overall business operations and status of assigned accounts (team leads will accompany as necessary) Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree with focus on accounting or finance., • Proficient in Windows, Excel, Word, PowerPoint., • Understanding the business and market trends which impact our accounts., • Strong analytical skills, the ability to analyze and also interpret the meanings in written and verbal form., • Approximately 3-5 years commercial credit experience performing complex financial statement analysis, as well as handling spreadsheets and reporting tools used to conduct successful analysis., • An understanding of risk/reward analysis and credit mitigation documents. Familiar with SA, • Strong Financial Analysis and risk assessment skills, • Understanding of insurance and various other hedging options, • Solid communication and negotiation skills, • Considers a wide range of alternatives prior to making a decision, • Takes initiative as problems & opportunities arise; seizing opportunities early, • Effectively recognizes emergencies & crisis’s and brings them to attention of team leads, • Actively develops a climate of teamwork & cooperation when working with peers, • Ability to communicate with people at different organizational levels, • Follows up on tasks & assignments to ensure successful completion on assigned dates Circet USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veteran/Disabled. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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