Credit Manager

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate diagnostic testing. Our mission drives us, every moment of every day, as we develop scalable, groundbreaking solutions to solve the world’s most complex health challenges. Our associates are involved in every stage of molecular diagnostics, from ideation to development and delivery of testing advancements that improve patient outcomes across a range of settings. As a member of our team, you can make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development.

Cepheid is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Danaher Diagnostics companies. Together, we’re working at the pace of change on diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges, driven by knowing that behind every test there is a patient waiting.

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As a Credit Manager, must be detail-oriented, possess strong time management and credit analysis skills and be able to prioritize multiple key tasks. A hands-on individual who is organized, accurate, results-oriented, and possesses great integrity. A people leader who can motivate and support a team to achieve high performance and deal with adversity. This role will be reporting to the Director of Credit and Collections.

This position is part of the Accounts Receivable Department and will be located in Sunnyvale, CA – Onsite. At Cepheid, our vision is to be the leading provider of seamlessly connected diagnostic solutions.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Manage a staff of credit analysts and a cash analyst and perform all required management responsibilities, including but not limited to: annual performance/development objective setting, timesheet review/approvals, and annual performance reviews.

• Generate credit related reports and distribute to team/management as required.

• Perform commercial credit analysis on potential customers using Dun & Bradstreet reporting, bank and trade references, and financial statements.

• Analyze/approve credit lines as per the credit approval matrix.

• Evaluate new software resources/job processes to help increase credit review efficiency.

• Review any pending credit hold orders to assess invoice delinquency and make credit decisions on order shipments.

• Work on special credit related projects as needed.

The essential requirements of the job include Education and Experience (in years): 

• A bachelor’s degree in finance/business or a related field with 9+ years OR Master's degree in field with 7+ years OR Doctoral degree with 4+ years experience

• Experience in Credit/Accounts Receivable

• Advanced commercial credit analysis utilizing Dun & Bradstreet, Experian, or similar

• Intermediate to advanced user of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook), with an emphasis on the ability to prepare and analyze data using Excel spreadsheets through V lookups and pivot tables

• Excellent written skills, including good grammar and spelling in written communication.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Must have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Experience in a manufacturing or medical device environment

• Experience with SAP

• Financial statement analysis

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at danaherbenefitsinfo.com.

The salary range for this role is $93,600 - $135,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. 

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