Farm Credit Specialist – Seedway, LLC – Hall, NY

SEEDWAY, LLC is headquartered in Hall, New York and currently employs 280 employees (including seasonal workers) nationwide. SEEDWAY is part of the GROWMARK system, an agricultural subsidiary serving more than 100,000 customers across North America, Canada, and Mexico. SEEDWAY, LLC is a full-line seed company providing high quality, high-performing farm seed products as well as lawn and turf products throughout Pennsylvania, New York, New England states, Florida, and South Carolina. We offer a leading line of vegetable seed for growers in the United States and Eastern Canada.

SALARY RANGE

$51,000 – 60,000

PURPOSE AND SUMMARY STATEMENT

• Work with all divisions of the Credit and Cash Application Departments. 
• Supports Seedway credit policy and program to protect assets and facilitate business growth.

SUPERVISION & LEADERSHIP

• Supervises, leads, and develops Cash Application staff.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Oversee Credit and Cash Application office staffs, under the direction of the Credit Manager, to insure timeliness of account set up, reconciliation, etc.
• Champion external lending programs with sales staff and customers. Oversee administration of programs through Credit and Cash Application office staff.
• Work with Credit Manager to:
• Coordinate activities related to investigating and verifying financial status and reputation of prospective customers with focus on the Farm Seed Division, assisting the Credit Manager with other divisions as needed.
• Prepare documents to substantiate findings and recommends rejection or approval of applications.
• Establish credit limits on customer accounts and review special credit arrangements and deviations from standard terms of payment with Credit Manager for approval.
• Investigate possible legal action and allocation for insufficient checks and delinquent invoices.
• Review collection reports to ascertain status of collections and outstanding balances to evaluate effectiveness of current collection policies and procedures. Review with Credit Manager for best practices.
• Act as a resource for credit related information to sales representatives and managers.
• Maintains computer files of credit forms, templates and form letters.
• Administers Address Book Module in JDE Information System.

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS

• Visit Key accounts with Sales Managers
• Follows GROWMARK’s Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance Program, Environmental Health and Safety, OSHA and DOT policies and procedures, as they apply.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• Normally requires a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, or the equivalent thereof, and 2 to 5 years or more of accounting or banking/lending related work experience.
• Demonstrates essential abilities including business knowledge, collaboration, communication, customer focus, decision making and skill development.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record. Ability to travel 10% of the time; as well as independently and overnight.
• Ability and willingness to participate in required training that may include education on GROWMARK’s policies and procedures and additional training as it relates to the requirements of the position. 

Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law. We are an equal opportunity employer, including protected veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities. Employment may be contingent upon receipt of successfully passing pre-employment (post offer) background check, drug test, motor vehicle report, and/or reference check, as applicable and permissible by law.

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