Credit Analyst

**The Opportunity**: Reporting to the Senior Credit Analyst Finance, this position is responsible for assessing customer’s credit worthiness by performing detailed credit analysis. The Credit Analyst will use sound judgement and their analytical ability to make credit decisions that will minimize credit exposure/risk to the Company and at the same time, allow the profitable expansion of the Company’s sales.

They provide analytical support to the Senior Credit Analyst/Director Finance/AR Manager/Accounts Receivable Teams and senior management with respect to any customer’s accounts receivables analysis.

**Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life**:

- Analyze customer financial statements, collect trade/bank references by using credit reports & assess credit risk to establish credit worthiness and credit limits
- Connect with credit association and other business representatives to exchange credit information and responding to credit reference requests from industry.
- Provide financial order management support (order approvals) to Supply Chain and Sales and AR Teams to control credit exposure, effect timely payment, and minimize bad debt risk
- Provide customer service and develops relationships with internal/external customers and suppliers
- Maintain accurate credit files ensuring credit decisions/limits are approved as per credit policy
- Market, train, counsel, advise, and communicate credit department policy and procedures to company personnel
- Support sales and admin staff in MDSS process & completion of forms
- Provide support/approvals to Master Data Shared Service (MDSS) for customer setup
- Participate in major department projects and take an active role in cross-functional teams to assist in driving quality improvements, processes, and initiatives and support other management directives as prescribed.
- Actively participates and communicates in the team-based work groups that make up the Credit Department
- Liaison with Insurer on claim/invoice submissions & credit approval requests
- Follow compliance guidelines and provide testing samples to C3 & Internal Audit requests
- Assist in developing & maintaining sound, acceptable credit policies & standard operating procedures to include evaluating customer financials and setting and changing credit lines/limits, third party collection
- Work closely with manager and director to respond to credit and collection concerns with existing and potential clients
- Referring/coordinate delinquency accounts identify by AR administrator/Manager to the collection agency with the approval from the Director & provide update from time to time
- Act as primary contact, ensuring professional relationships are established with third party collection agencies credit reporting agencies & legal consultants (e.g. DNB, Canada Legal, EDC & Coface)
- Complete statement of claim forms for any bankrupt accounts
- Maintain bad debt and bad debt recovery records - maintain by AR/IFRS provisions
- Manage all invoicing for these agencies/AR department and get appropriate approvals from management including new PO creation
- Managing order release and review customer credit limites following company guideline
- Support Collections process for International accounts and other portfolio as required.
- Maintain credit risk within corporate standards
- Perform Annual Credit Reviews per Corporate Policy & Internal Audit Requirements
- Achieve 90% or better pass rate for mandatory C3 Compliance testing
- Support DSO improvement
- Provide support to external & internal customers

**What You’ll Bring**:

- Minimum 5 years of working experience in Domestic and International credit risk analysis.
- Experience within Accounts Receivable department
- CCP or CICP Designation/ or at least enroll in completing such designation
- Undergraduate degree in Business or Finance (preferred)
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent planning and organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects
- Superior computer skills in Microsoft Excel
- Must strongly demonstrate our Maple Leaf Leadership values
- Must have excellent analysis skills and be a detail-oriented person
- SAP experience an asset
- Strong business acumen and critical thinking
- Ability to publish report analysis, with all levels of the organization
- Strong numerical comprehension and adeptness at analyzing & interpreting data is essential
- Ability to communicate concisely both verbally & in written form
- Exceptional ability to manage time, set priorities, and make decisions under pressure
- Able to function both independently and in a team environment
- Demonstrate leadership capabilities
- Bilingual (English/French) an asset

**What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods**:

- Being part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.
- An inclusive company