Company Description

About Veolia North America 

A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website www.veolianorthamerica.com 

Job Description

BENEFITS 

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.  Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.   

Position Purpose:  
Responsible for administering the region’s credit program consistent with credit policies, procedures, and departmental goals while minimizing bad debts and maximizing the return on accounts receivables by utilizing a variety of collections strategies to ensure improved operations and to determine risk/credit worthiness & payment received for customers who have been granted services

Primary Duties/responsibilities: 

Establish terms of payments and credit limits after reviewing and analyzing the available information on existing and/or potential customers.Collect all assigned accounts receivable that have matured and maintain all active customer files to determine slow paying or lowest possible loss from bad debts.Conduct special credit investigations and customer appraisals utilizing a variety of reports such as Dunn and Bradstreet & other sources to determine credit worthiness.Must be able to understand D&B and other reporting sources to extend credit. And/or seek & obtain exemptions giving the business goals.Develop customer credit histories to determine credit status prior to establishment of lines of credit.Research invoice discrepancies for resolution of aged/ past due receivables and develop strategies to recover monies due Veolia.Analyze in-house financial reports to identify potential problem cases and prepare various reports for management review.Coordinate with other professionals within the region to discuss credit & collection issues, specifically leading credit and collection meetings with Operations and Sales Leadership.

Qualifications

Education / Experience / Background: 

High School diploma or GED requiredBS or BA in Business or related financial discipline preferred3 to 7 years related work experience in Commercial Collections and Credit

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities: 

Computer proficiency with Microsoft ExcelStrong team playerExcellent interpersonal and communication skills.Time management: the ability to organize and manage multiple deadlinesStrong customer orientationAbility to negotiate effectivelyAbility to learn on the go due to situations, tools and end goals.Able to demonstrate initiative in respect to tasks assignedAbility to create & prepare reports as necessary.

Additional Information

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. 

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.