AR Business Analyst - Irving, United States - FleetPride

Description

FleetPride is the largest after-market distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts in the U.S. with some of the best and brightest people in the business Partner with the best in the heavy-duty industry and apply today
General Job Description

The Business Analyst responsibilities will be split between managing the customer accounts and delivering business analytics to the AR Team.

Continuing to develop knowledge and understanding of business analysis and project processes. Perform data retrieving and business analytics duties related to credit and collection activities.
Duties & Responsibilities

Work with various internal departments (PDC, National Accts, Acquisitions) to assist in all AR related tasks to the project being brought on board.

Map process activities to identify shortfalls and identify options to rectify operational inefficiencies
Manage accounts receivable and all related finance functions: AR balance, Discrepancy Issues, Monthly/ Quarterly/Yearly reports and streamlined AR processes.
Ability to pull/gather customer data from both internal/external sources in order to format the workload required.
Utilize MS SQL, IBM Cognos, Tableau and Other Visualization toolsets for data analysis.

Write Queries to retrieve requested data sets from SQL server database (I Series) and Convert data sets into visual insights by predicting future outcomes.

Create templates for AR Staff so that projects are standardized and all necessary steps are followed/completed.
Create, modify and troubleshoot SQL queries, stored procedures and jobs.

EDUCATION & TRAINING
A Bachelor's degree, preferably in Business Administration, Finance, Computer Science, or Management Information Systems. Consideration will be given to an equivalent combination of related education and required work experience.

Knowledge & Experience
Advanced/Intermediate knowledge of Excel, Access, SQL, Cognos and other data gathering programs.
Use of Terminal Server for shared projects, along with Smart Sheet.
Ability to prioritize job requests from the field.
Communication with internal departments in giving them status updates.
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to determine the logical steps on each project and implementation.

Skills & Abilities

Negotiations:
Ability to influence and negotiate the optimal arrangement for FleetPride with external suppliers.

Monitoring:
Monitoring/Assessing performance of self and other individuals and organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Judgment & Decision making:
Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Management of Personnel Resources:
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Communicating:
Conveying information to others in an effective manner.

Active Bias for Action:
Evaluate, act and communicate in timely manner. Decisive, make timely practical, effective decisions.

Learning:
Understanding the implication of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Time Management:
Managing one's own time and the time of others. Ability to organize and prioritize tasks.

Mathematics:
Ability to use mathematics to solve problems.

Critical Thinking:
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Coordination:
Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Management of Material Resources:
Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities and materials needed to perform certain work.


WORKING CONDITIONS

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The performance of this position may require exposure to the warehouse areas where certain areas may require the use of personal protective equipment such as steel toed shoes and safety glasses.

The primary environment is characterized by ambient room temperatures, lighting and traditional office equipment found in a typical office environment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

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

Reaching above shoulder heights, below the waist or lifting as required to file documents or store materials throughout the workday.

Occasional lifting of items up to 25 pounds (files, computer printouts on occasion)

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee.

He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.

FleetPride is the leader in the industry comprised of retail, service, distribution and wholesale divisions.
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