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Job Description

Job Description

Rockwell Automation is looking for an experienced and driven Regional Credit Manager Americas to join our team.

Reporting to the Global Director Credit & Collection, you will have responsibility for the collection and risk assessment of the customers located both in North America and in Latin America and you will lead a team of Credit Collection professionals across different time zones.

This role will play a key role within the Order to Cash team and the broader Finance organization to provide real-time support and analytics and will encompass a wide range of tasks and responsibilities.

Specific Responsibilities and Key Deliverables Include:

• Achieve financial performance metrics on a timely basis
• Enforce credit and collections policy that mitigates company risk and exposure
• Perform in-depth analysis of customer financial statements and approve credit requests
• Develop, track, and report regular updates to senior management of KPIs, analysis, and trends
• Be responsible for cash forecasting, DSO, Aging profiles, and trend analysis
• Own deliverables to internal and external audits that are complete and accurate
• Manage collections escalations from internal and external stakeholders in a timely manner while upholding and maintaining the interests of the company
• Support integration of new acquisitions
• Partner with customer-facing teams, building strong relationships both internally and with customers
• Be responsible for resolution of deductions, credits and unapplied payments, as well as the reconciliation of customers’ balances
• Support, coordinate and lead Digital Initiatives in the region
• Hire, lead, and mentor talent, enhance performance and ensure succession planning in high impact roles
• Manage and build a maintain a robust collection team with an international footprint

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of Credit & Collection management experience with customer facing activities required
• 5+ years’ experience building and managing high performance Credit and Collections teams
• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business is required, an MBA, CPA, or professional credit certification is preferred
• SAP experience is strongly preferred, Highradius experience is a plus
• Extensive financial statement analysis experience and experience working with legal counsel and credit bureau reporting
• Strong financial analysis skills and an understanding of finance, internal controls, bankruptcy knowledge and A/R and related reserves accounting
• Strong interpersonal skills with additional emphasis on customer contact, with experience working with major accounts and Sr. Executives
• Advanced Export Credit and Trade Finance Techniques, Export Financing Alternatives
• Proven track record of leading successful collections teams across geographies and improving company’s Working Capital
• Willingness to travel 
• Strong customer service focus with a continuous improvement orientation
• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office programs
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with all levels of the organization both in English and Spanish
• Ability to work through complex situations and working well under pressure

Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.