What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Receivable Analyst position at Sunny Delight Beverage Co?
About Harvest Hill:
Formed in June 2014, Harvest Hill has grown into one of the nation’s leading independent beverage
companies in the U.S. Our family of iconic brands, including Juicy Juice®, SunnyD®, Veryfine®,
Fruit2O®, Little HUG®, Daily’s Cocktails®, and Nutrament® will continue to delight
families for years to come. Harvest Hill Beverage Company is located in Stamford, CT and is owned
by private equity firm Brynwood Partners. For more information, visit harvesthill.com.
Position Summary:
The Accounts Receivable Analyst role provides analytical expertise in managing customer portfolios
to ensure receivables are paid within terms of sale. The role also ensures that deductions are
identified and resolved within established timeframes and corporate guidelines. The Accounts
Receivable Analyst works to prevent future deductions by performing root cause analysis and
identifying process improvements and other solutions. This role is responsible for developing,
supporting, and reporting key performance indicators as well as supporting the development and
execution of cash operations strategies, projects, and initiatives.
Primary Position Responsibilities:
Portfolio Reporting and Analysis: 30%
- Analyze and communicate Customer and HHBC driven behaviors causing accounts
receivable issues to include deduction activity and past due payment trends.
- Develop effective working partnership with customers, brokers and internal HHBC
counterparts to identify and resolve noncompliant behavior/issues.
- Conduct business reviews on a periodic basis. May be customer facing or through
teleconference.
Actively participate on project teams as a part of the Customer Operations and Cash Operations
organization to drive continuous improvements throughout the business.
Accounts Receivable & Deduction Management: 70%
- Manage payment performance of customer(s) within HHBC terms of sale, policies, and
procedural guidelines.
- Perform prompt collection of past due receivables.
- Accurately identify, validate, and clear customer deductions according to established
business processes and timelines, and within corporate guidelines.
- Perform prompt identification and collection of invalid deductions.
- Reduce incoming deductions by identifying process improvement opportunities.
Initiate/Drive the reduction by engaging and utilizing support of appropriate internal and
external stakeholders.
Required Qualifications:
- BS/BA degree (or equivalent work experience)
- 5 years of AR experience
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently, creatively, and efficiently with minimal direction in an
unstructured environment
- Strong planning and organization skills: ability to establish work plans, multi-task, and
prioritize simultaneous projects
- Thorough and detail oriented
- Strong listening, verbal and written communication skills
- Advanced experience using Microsoft Windows, Excel and Word
Desired Qualifications:
- High proficiency with computer systems and enterprise software
- Experience in identifying, initiating and driving improvements to processes and work
streams
- Energy, enthusiasm, commitment, courage, and entrepreneurial excitement
