Senior Credit Analyst

Company Description

Arista Networks was founded to pioneer and deliver software-driven cloud networking solutions for large data center storage and computing environments. Arista’s award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds from 10M to 400G bits per second, redefine scalability, agility and resilience. Arista has shipped more than 10 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system. Committed to open standards, Arista is a founding member of the 25/50GbE consortium. Arista Networks products are available worldwide directly and through partners.

At the core of Arista's platform is the Extensible Operating System (EOS™), a ground-breaking network operating system with single-image consistency across hardware platforms, and modern core architecture enabling in-service upgrades and application extensibility.

Job Description

Arista Networks is looking for an ambitious Senior Credit Analyst who can add immediate value and who is also eager to expand their experience and influence over time. The qualified candidate will be a key contributor in the Finance department and will work closely with the Sales, Sales Operations, Tax, and Finance teams. We are seeking a professional, experienced in all aspects of accounts receivable, collections, financial statement analysis, customer credit worthiness and detailed write ups, order approvals, reporting, SOX compliance processes, and tax functions as it relates to customers and legal entities. This individual will initiate and follow our internal credit and collection procedures to support sales growth while adhering to the Company’s Credit and Collection Policy.

Responsibilities:

Customer Credit Worthiness/Reviews: Perform analysis from financial statements, gather pertinent information to summarize, analyze, and recommend credit limits and risk analysis of customers. Review existing accounts in accordance with Arista’s SOX policies and cycles.

Order Releases: Review orders submitted by order management for accuracy of PO’s, legal entities, tax charges, and various other criteria to approve the orders for shipment and invoicing. 

Customer Collections. Manage portfolio of customer accounts for collections, invoice submission through internet portals, and reconciliation’s of disputes. You must be comfortable and tactful in contacting our internal (Sales and order management) and external customers by phone and email to facilitate the collection of past due invoices.

Problem Solving: Work with customers, Finance, Tax, Order Management, and others in order to resolve invoice payment disputes. Produce and supply documentation with sufficient support in those resolutions. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with a concentration in Accounting or Finance or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in a similar position in Corporate, Commercial, High Tech, or Manufacturing type companies.
• Experience in a high growth company is a plus.
• Ability to communicate across all levels of the organization. Understand and manage the unique interest of both Sales & Finance.
• Strong analytical skills, finance, and accounting fundamentals.
• Advanced Excel experience with Pivot and Lookup table expertise.
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to work and demonstrate initiative under pressure, keep within tight deadlines and multi task in a cloud computing environment.

Additional Information

The salary will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience.

The working arrangements will be agreed in advance with the Global Credit, Collections & AR Manager, who is based out of the corporate Headquarters in Santa Clara.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.