Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist

Description

Summary:

The AR and Collections Specialist’s primary responsibility is to perform accounts receivable functions, billing support, credit, and collections on business accounts.

Responsibilities:

• •Generate customer invoices and credits when necessary
• •Contact customers for collection of accounts receivable with goal of minimizing average days to pay and bad debt write offs.
• •Keep records of collection activity and perform timely follow-ups on collection activity
• •Adjust/cleanup customer accounts including reconciliations with customers as needed.
• •Prepare and perform daily bank deposit and process credit card payments
• •Apply customer payments to customer open invoices
• •Research unapplied cash receipts and research/solve any payment discrepancies
• •Maintain telephone and personal contact with customers, Brainerd personnel and vendors on receivable matters as directed by manager.
• •Complete credit approval and customer approval process including customer setup.
• •Maintain customer credit limits and monitor AR levels.
• •Review and release system credit holds
• •Utilize computerized accounting software programs (Excel, Word, ERP) to perform duties and responsibilities.
• •Assist with maintaining and updating customer setup data such as addresses, contacts and delivery locations.
• •Assist with sales tax exemption compliance of customers.

Requirements

• •High School diploma or GED required; Associates or some college education preferred
• •2-4 years experience handling AR and business to business collections responsibilities in a fast-paced, high-volume environment; 5+ years of accounting experience preferred
• •Must possess excellent attention to detail.
• •Must possess the ability to work on multiple competing priorities at once, often switching back and forth with ease.
• •Must have excellent professional communication skills
• •Works well in a team environment.
• •Able to work with a diverse group of people.