Accounts Receivable Specialist

Job Summary: The Accounts Receivable Specialist is responsible for managing customer accounts and ensuring the timely collection of outstanding invoices. This role handles payment processing account reconciliations customer follow-up and dispute resolution while partnering with project managers sales teams and customers to improve collections and reduce bad debt. The position also supports reporting maintains accurate receivable records documents collection activities and contributes to process improvements and other departmental initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Contact clients through phone and email to ensure the timely collection of outstanding invoices
• Manage customer accounts with regular follow-ups to ensure balances are kept up to date
• Process customer payments
• Develop and maintain relationships with customers to improve the collection process
• Communicate with various team members including project manages and the sales team to resolve disputes and improve collectability
• Work and collaborate with the team and upper management on reducing bad debt
• Reconcile credit memos unapplied cash and other accounts to maintain an accurate receivable ledger monthly
• Process monthly statements and mail outs
• Work within a team to help develop strategies and tools to speed up the collection of receivables
• Work with outside collection agency as needed
• Review prepare and analyze A/R management reports
• Adhere to policies processes and procedures and work in a team to build and improve them
• Document all collection efforts
• Participate in meetings and provide progress updates of accounts and other AR matters
• Assist with ad-hoc projects and other duties as required

Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 1 year of experience in accounts receivable or a collections environment
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
• Basic accounting knowledge
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Experience reviewing disputes to and reaching resolutions
• Proficient with Excel Word and MS Outlook

Preferred Qualifications:

• Self-starter and able to take initiative
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multitask and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Physical Demands:

In general the following physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

• Must be able to effectively communicate (iesee hearspeakand write clearly)in order tocommunicate with colleagues and/or customers; manual dexterityrequiredfor occasional reaching lifting of light office objects and operating office equipment

Working Conditions:

In general the following conditions of the work environment are representative of those that an employeeencounterswhile performing the essential functions of this job.

• The office is clean orderly properlylightedand ventilated. Noise levels are considered low to moderate

Additional Information:

• Working Hours: This position generally works Monday- Friday overtime and on call when necessary
• Travel Requirements:
• Benefits:
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 401K w/ company match
  • Life/AD&D/LTD
  • Paid Vacation/Sick/Holidays
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Pet Insurance

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
This company considers candidates regardless of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color creed religion national origin citizenship status ancestry sex age physical or mental disability unrelated to ability marital status family responsibilities pregnancy genetic information sexual orientation gender expression gender identity transgender sex stereotyping order of protection status protected veteran or military status or an unfavorable discharge from military service and other categories protected by federal state or local law.

Equal Opportunity Employer including disability / veterans.

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Required Experience:

IC