Sr. Vehicle Drafting Analyst

Major Responsibilities

• Exercises authority to utilize the Oracle Order Management/Accounts Receivable (A/R) module in conjunction with bank portal systems to create and import the daily Regional retailer and Subaru Financial Services (SFS) vehicle drafting ACH files for revenue collection on wholesale, fleet, and demo vehicles (averages $70 million in daily drafting).
• Implements, educates, and collaborates with Regional Distribution Managers to monitor and update all Finance Hold retailers by Region; this prevents drafting against retailers that are going through a buy/sell, change of bank servicer, or over their floorplan line limit.
• Independently interprets, investigates, and resolves all vehicles that appear on the daily Drafting Exception report.
• Handles most non-standard situations independently.
• Oversees the collection for employee purchases and delivered damaged vehicles.
• Ensures the proper collection and accounting booking of receipts.
• Administers and maintains the Subaru of America (SOA) retailer banking information in Oracle, ensuring that bank floorplan(s) for Wholesale and Subaru Service Loaner Program (SSLP) are accurate.
• Prepares daily drafting of Subaru of New England (SNE) and Subaru Distributors Corporation, Inc. (SDC) Letter of Credit (L/C) billing documents, updates and monitors L/C credit line limits, and delivers vehicle draft activity summary to SDC.
• Independently administers all forms of Return Material Authorization (RMA) and coordinates with impacted groups (Regional and Field, Distribution, and Information Technology [IT] teams).
• Serves as lead administrator of the SOA Department Purchasing Card program comprising all SOA Departments, Regions, and Travel Card ($3.6 million in monthly revolving credit).
• Ensures accurate invoicing and general ledger (GL) accounting.
• Actively participates in the annual external/internal audit walkthroughs.
• In conjunction with Lead Vehicle Drafting Analyst (VDA), reviews and updates process flow schematics.

Required Skills & Personal Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively and timely when resolving drafting, shipping, and finance hold issues with financial institutions, retailer personnel, and Subaru of America (SOA) departments (Accounting, Sales, Distribution, Logistics, Information Technology [IT]).
• High level of credibility and reliability as this position is authorized to transfer large sums of money from retailer bank accounts.
• Ability to multi-task and work independently under daily time constraints since many issues that are not resolved within the day could result in inventory not in retailer stock to be sold.
• Knowledge of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) applications.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel and Word).
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Critical thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 4-6 years of work experience utilizing analytical skills and 4-6 years of accounting experience preferred.