Lead Credit Specialist (Treasury)

This position is responsible for:

• Acting as the Accounts Receivable liaison working with dealers, their respective banks, the Business Centers, MOPAR Legal, Incentives, Fleet Logistics, and various other non-dealer customers.
• Supporting the sales function while collecting cash and managing the financial risk associated with selling goods and services.
• Managing and monitoring the day-to-day cash collection processes for assigned "lines of business" (vehicles, MOPAR parts, supplier loans, etc.).
• Investigating and resolving exceptions to standard cash collection processes and coordinating timely issue resolution with internal and external partners.
• Performing customer credit reviews to determine creditworthiness and recommending setting credit limits and payment terms in alignment with policy and risk appetite.
• Reporting on the status of customer accounts, including past-due trends, key issues, and action plans, and supporting monthly/periodic Credit Committee materials as needed.
• Collaborating regularly with IT to enhance systems, resolve technical issues, and support continuous process improvements.
• Supporting customer-related activities such as buy/sells, terminations, finance holds, banking data updates, new customer set-up, deferred terms requests, and payment plan options.
• Accounts Receivable budgeting, forecasting, actuals, variance explanations, month-end ledger activity, audit requirements, and SOX compliance.

What Youll Learn

• Understanding of the markets, brands, dealer network, production plan, and logistics of vehicles.
• Understanding of vehicle and MOPAR part sales processes and related AR cycles.
• Cash flow and financial statement analysis to assess customer credit-worthiness.
• Budgeting, forecasting, actuals/variance explanations, SOX compliance for assigned processes.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or higher in Finance or Accounting or related.
• Minimum 8+ years of experience in Finance/Accounting or minimum 7 years with MBA or Masters degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Effective communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with business partners and external parties.
• Strong systems background (SAP, Excel, Mainframe).

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, CPA, and/or CMA.
• Knowledge and understanding of financial statements.
• Effective problem solving and analytical skills.
• Prior Credit/Collections experience.