Accounts Receivable Analyst

Accounts Receivable Analyst

The Accounts Receivable (AR) Analyst is responsible for honest and accurate financial analysis in accordance with GAAP. This position organizes accounts receivable and some accounts payable financial information, provides analysis to all departments needed to attain Company goals and maintain timely and accurate financial reporting, and ensures adequacy of internal controls as the business steward and advises all levels of management, providing insightful internal and external customer financial analysis needed to help drive effective and efficient business decisions for sustained sales and profit growth.

Responsibilities & Functions:

• Analyzes accounts receivable transactions to ensure compliance with internal controls and accounting policies.
• Maintains and reconciles accounts receivable ledger to ensure accurate and timely receipt of payments.
• Utilizes AR data to identify trends, inefficiencies, delinquent accounts, and opportunities for improvement to accounts receivable policies and procedures.
• Generates reports to bring insight into collections, account ages, and other relevant metrics and relays conclusions to management.
• Investigates and resolves discrepancies in billings and responds to customer inquiries regarding bills.
• Supports other accounting and finance team members, inventory management, and cost accounting.
• Completes state sales tax management includes new state registration, data reparation/maintenance, and state tax filing.
• Attends meetings and trainings as needed.
• Other duties as required.

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong understanding of basic principles of finance, accounting, and bookkeeping.
• Strong mathematical skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Detail orientation and strong time management skills.
• Must have strength in multi-tasking and creating solutions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Suite, especially Excel.
• Knowledge of accounting ERP system, such as NetSuite.
• Ability to keep company and customer confidence.
• Good inter-personal skills and communication skills.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Prior accounts receivable experience.
• Knowledge in accounts payable.
• Prefer experience in the CPG and/ or Manufacturing sector.
• Experience in driving process improvements
• Knowledge of GAAP and accounting principles.
• Ability to operate related office equipment, such as computers, 10-key calculator, and copier.

Communications:

• Fluent in English
• Ensure clear and timely communication within team and across other departments to address gaps and resolve issues.
• Proven ability to handle multiple priorities, work in a fast-paced environment and make decisions quickly is a must.
• Keeps management informed of significant issues and actions being taken to address and/or improve the situation.
• Must be able to convey and present information in a way that influences others and successfully builds collaboration.
• Respects confidentiality of privileged information.

Personal Growth:

• Exercises tact and discretion in interpersonal contacts.
• Supports the Company Values.
• Demonstrates commitment to continued personal and professional growth and development.

Physical Demands:

• Occasionally required to walk, stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl, or squat.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to lift 10 to 25 pounds.