Regional Finance Service Manager (Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas)

Regional Finance Service Manager

The J.R. Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. This role manages and leads the credit functions across specific geographic areas and multiple business segments to include developing and maintaining the credit policies and guidelines, establishing credit limits, and ensuring proper compliance. This role will report to the Director, Global Credit.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a team of Area Financial Service Managers spread in various U.S. locations, providing guidance in policing and larger credit reviews.
• Analyze financial strengths / weaknesses of prospective and existing customers to determine eligibility for credit, financing, or related services.
• Develop, implement, and manage effective collection procedures in accordance with established credit policies.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with a creditable information network.
• Manage the collections process to ensure proper sending of follow-up inquiries, negotiating with past due accounts, and referral of accounts to collection agencies.
• Provide insight for the updating of the credit policy as to new concepts and procedures.
• Develop performance objectives for assigned Area Financial Services Manager(s) and their area of responsibility, communicate those objectives and monitor ongoing performance.
• Interview, train, develop, and motivate employees to foster their professional development and growth through results-oriented focus, clear communication and direction, delegation, and active career development and coaching.
• Continually evaluate, alter, and improve the credit function for assigned area to respond to changing needs of the organization, new products, new business, individual initiatives, and other activities.
• Recommend improvements to the Director, Global Credit.

Typical Education

Bachelor's Degree (B.A. or B.S.) from a 4 year college or university.

Relevant Experience

8+ years related experience and / or training.

Other Information

Experience in Food Manufacturing and / or Agriculture highly preferred. Prior experience in collections and lending and / or the extension of credit. Good working knowledge of accounting and banking practices, relevant laws and legal processes, marketing strategy and general agricultural practices. Solid background in business administration and financial analysis. Prior experience leading multiple managers / supervisors is highly preferred. Must be willing to travel to assigned markets 50% of the time.

This role will be based in Loveland - CO, Boise - ID, and / or remotely in a Central time-zone.

The J.R. Simplot Company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other protected status.