Accounts Receivable Analyst, Finance - Aspire Bakeries : Job Details

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands like La Brea Bakery®, Otis Spunkmeyer®, and Oakrun Farm Bakery®. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers' expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

The Accounts Receivable Analyst must possess the knowledge, skills and ability to manage a varied accounts receivable portfolio. Responsibilities include collecting customer outstanding receivable balances by enforcing terms of sale; timely analysis and making decisions for resolution of over/short payments and deductions/claims; reviewing and taking action on orders on hold: responding to internal and external customer inquiries; creating reports and analysis: assessing and changing procedures to incorporate new requirements and improve efficiency; other tasks and special projects as needed. The AR Analyst must be self-reliant and make independent decisions exercising good judgment. This position interacts with all levels of management internally and externally to minimize risk and improve profitability and the collections cycle. They serve as the main point of contact in identifying and resolving issues that impact receivables.

Responsibilities:

• Active participation with driving results to meet individual. team and department objectives

• Ongoing process improvement focus. making recommendations and participating and or leading implementations to improve department efficiency

• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with customers and other functional groups at all levels including executive decision makers.

• Keep management apprised of unusual or non-standard issues and escalate when appropriate.

• Provide coverage during hours of responsibility for internal and external customers

• Other tasks/projects as needed

• Analyst has overall responsibility for a receivable portfolio

• Independently plan, analyze and carry out collection of past due accounts

• Conduct timely research, analysis and decision malting tor resolution of deductions and disputed items, short/over-payments

• Reconcile accounts in timely manner; analysis of transactions and initiate Credits and adjustments to accounts, as well as accurate dealing of corresponding credits and debits

• Identify and resolve order-to-cash root cause issues that impede invoicing, collections and deduction resolution. Includes initiating and driving across functional resolutions.

• Review orders on credit hold and personally take appropriate action to ensure delivery dates met

• Initiate and maintain complete, accurate and updated records of contacts, collection activities and account reconciliations

• Financial risk analysis to update credit limits within level of authority and/or make

• Recommendations to management.

Requirements: 

• BA/ BS in related discipline highly preferred or equivalent experience

• Minimum 3-5 years high volume collection and deductions experience preferably trade spend); food industry highly desirable

• Exceptional Microsoft Office skills are required, including pivot tables. V-Lookups, formula building and sorting data

• SAP experience highly desired.

• Positive attitude and strong work ethic

• Demonstrated ability to work in a very ambiguous environment

• Attention to detail without losing focus of the “big picture”

• Excellent problem solving and negotiation skills required.

• Proven ability to own complex portfolios

• Communication skills require strong business writing skills and the ability to effectively articulate with discussions, proposals and negotiations in a persuasive manner.

• Highly motivated self-starter who can work well independently and in a team environment

• Must have a flexible schedule and be willing to put in extra time as needed to meet objectives.

Salary Range: $69,000 - $75,000

Benefits Designed with You in Mind

At Aspire Bakeries, we're committed to supporting your well-being, professional growth, and financial stability. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

Health & Wellness:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Company-paid life insurance
• Optional voluntary benefits

Work-Life Balance:

• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off and holidays

Financial Security:

• Competitive 401(k) plan with a 100% vested company match
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage

Continuous Growth:

• Tuition reimbursement program
• Flexible Spending:
• HSA and FSA options

Performance-Based Rewards:We value your hard work and dedication. That's why we offer performance-driven incentive programs tailored to your role:

• Short-Term Incentive Plan (STIP): Recognizing individual and team achievements.
• Sales Incentive Plan (SIP): Rewarding excellence in sales performance.
• Bakery Incentive Plan (BIP): Focused on achieving bakery-specific performance goals.

At Aspire Bakeries, we believe that when you succeed, we all succeed. Join us and experience benefits that truly work as hard as you do!

Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.