Credit Analyst

The Jel Sert Company marks a major milestone this year, 100 years of success, innovation, and industry leadership. The Jel Sert Company has focused on creating high-quality, high-value foods and beverages that help bring people together. Jel Sert is proud to have been awarded the Great Place to Work certification, as well as recognized as a Best Workplace to Work in Chicago and a Best Workplace to Work in Manufacturing and Production. We are currently looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a Credit Analyst. If you are looking for a work environment that encourages personal growth, responsibility, and a shared vision for creating incredible products that help create lasting memories, then Jel Sert wants you!

The Credit Analyst is responsible for the daily application of cash from customer payments received.

This position will require the employee to work overtime as needed. Overtime is scheduled based upon individual job responsibilities and the needs of the department.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.

This job description is only a summary of typical functions. Duties, tasks, and responsibilities may differ from the job description.

• Data entry of Cash Receipts, ACH & Manual Deposits into current Accounts Receivable system.
• Adjust invoices for differences in discount amounts.
• Create debits on customer accounts for deductions/short payments and assigns the appropriate reason code to each debit created.
• Verify and balance daily cash receipts.
• Assist with related special projects as assigned by Credit Manager

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each specific duty satisfactorily and with a minimum of supervision.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in cash application in ERP systems.
• Accounting experience preferred.
• Basic to intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

SALARY & BENEFITS

The Jel Sert Company is committed to pay transparency and will provide further compensation information during the interview process. The minimum compensation for the Credit Analyst is $21.25 per hour. The actual compensation to be paid will be determined upon an offer. Compensation is determined by a candidate’s experience, education, skills, training, and the internal equity within our organization. The actual compensation to be paid will be determined upon an offer. In addition to a competitive compensation package, regular full-time corporate employees of Jel Sert are eligible for our extensive benefits programs that can be reviewed here.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Ability to enter data accurately with minimal errors.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively and professionally communicate across functional groups.
• Strong interpersonal skills, approachable, positive and flexible. Must be able to work interactively and proactively with internal and external parties at all levels.
• Resourceful and creative problem solver.
• Strong organizational, time management and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Must be a self-starter and independent thinker with the ability to quickly react to situations.
• Demonstrate the ability to work on multiple tasks and/or projects at once with minimal assistance within a fast-paced results-driven environment.
• Experience with MS Office, especially Word and Excel.
• Experience with an ERP system is a plus!

PHYSICAL DEMANDS Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or assembly at distances close to the eyes.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of structures.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Remote, work from home with the occasional need to come onsite for events.

FOOD SAFETY and QUALITY RESPONSIBILITIES

Follow applicable procedures and work instructions.

IMPACT ON JEL SERT SUCCESS

This job ensures timely posting of cash and credit deposits and other operations that have a direct impact on company profitability.