Jim Sparks

Retired - Senior Director, Customer Financial Services at Grainger

Role: Senior Director, Customer Financial Services at Grainger
Location: Chicago, IL, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

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About Jim Sparks

I am an experience leader in Customer Financial Services that drives financial results, improves the customer experience and focuses on team member development and employee engagement.

Experience

Senior Director, Customer Financial Services
Grainger
Jan 2007 — Present · Lake Forest, IL, US
Direct the formulation and implementation of sound credit and collections policies in order to advance Company sales performance to a customer base of 2M, achieve dayssales outstanding (DSO) and maintain an acceptable level of bad debt losses. Create policies that are designed to foster earnings growth, enhance customer satisfaction and safeguard the investment of $1.0B in accounts receivable. Responsible for the processing and distribution of printed billing documents, summary billings, and web billing systems per day. Manage a team of 400+ team members that directly handles customer interactions per day in multiple locations. Managed an expense budget of $25M+

Education

The University of Akron
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Administration, Management and Operations
1977 — 1981

Skills

Outlook
C
C++
Editing
Accounting
Contract Negotiation
Team Building
Windows
Photoshop
Html
Sales
Process Improvement
English
Sales Process
Business Process Improvement
Financial Analysis
Java
Research
Customer Service
Teaching
Sap
Account Management
Team Leadership
Business Development
Negotiation
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Current company

Razorpay

4K employees · Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Power your finance, grow your business. Razorpay is India’s first full-stack financial solutions company. We are on a mission to enhance the payment experience of over 300 million end consumers. And in doing so, we aim to enable Indian businesses - big and small - accept payments digitally with minimal effort and maximum ease. Razorpay has grown from being a payment gateway provider to a solutions-driven organization boasting of an extensive products suite to accept and disburse payments as well as raise capital and park money. In a nutshell, we fit into every nook and corner where your business touches money. #OutgrowOrdinary We identify ourselves as disruptors in the digital payments space and our vision is to power the financial ecosystem for other disruptors. Like attracts like and Razorpay actively looks to partner with established companies and startups that have either broken the glass ceiling in their industry or are set to. The Razorpay Product Suite today comprises verticals, along with Payment Gateway, like Payment Links, Payment Pages, Subscriptions, Smart Collect, Route, Razorpay Capital, RazorpayX, Payroll and Thirdwatch. Razorpay was started in 2014 by two IIT Roorkee alumni, Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar. Just a short few years later, Razorpay has evolved into a 800-odd strong organization with some of the best talents in the country helping some of the best companies manage their money movement seamlessly. Certified cool We are a bunch of spirited, ambitious and fun folks. And no, we’re not saying this ourselves--leading institutions have recognized Razorpay for the high trust and high-performance culture that we maintain. Our strength lies in the people we are and we go to great lengths to nurture a family of coders, designers, sellers, marketers, analysts, writers, runners, photographers, gamers, tinkerers, and above all, people who are dreamers and doers at the same time. Be a part of our exciting journey.

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About Jim Sparks

Experience

Senior Director, Customer Financial Services

Education

The University of Akron

Skills

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