Job Title: Lead Analyst – Collection Finance

Company: NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP

Reports to: Manager – Revenue Recovery

Department/Organization: CUC Collections

Location: NY - Kirkwood - JACC

The base salary range for this position is $ 73,256 to $95,233 depending on experience.

Responsibilities
• Manages Avangrid collection financials and reporting related to Uncollectible ($65M), Reserve Provisioning, Accounts Receivables ($567M), Low-Income Program Reporting, Collection Agency Performance, and Collection KPIs.
• Conducts/leads forecasting, budgeting, and variance reporting for Avangrid Uncollectibles and bad debt reserves.
• Owns relationship of collection financials with Avangrid Control, Accounting, and Risk Departments.
• Responsible for reporting, feedback, and proposed actions for field collections and collection call centers. Works closely with field and call center organizations to achieve collections targets.
• Responsible for analyzing collection data to make recommendations to Manager-Revenue Recovery on corrective actions and collection strategy
• Prepares analyses and presentations for the Customer Senior Leadership team
• Provides guidance/direction to collection analyst reporting
• Ensure accurate and consistent reporting across Avangrid collection organization

Skills and Requirements
Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, or Economics correlated field with a minimum 4 years of relevant experience in utility credit & collections or accounting/finances; associate degree with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience, or significant experience in this
field for over 8 years.

Skills/Abilities:

• The position requires strong analytical skills coupled with collection knowledge
• Ability to work well with multiple groups including regulatory agencies, accounting, control, global peers, vendors, process owners, and the IT SAP Support Group.
• Strong problem-solving, prioritization, organizational, and project management skills
• Knowledge of customer billing, accounting, and collections processes.
• Ability to balance the administration of budgets, and performance management goals and objectives.
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint experience
• Change management skills and the ability to lead effectively in different work environments, geographies, and demographics

Competencies
• Communication and influence
• Customer orientation
• Initiative
• Innovation and inventiveness
• People development
• Results achievement and continuous improvement
• Team Work
• Team management

Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties.

Mobility Information

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