Accounts Receivable Specialist

About This Role

This Accounts Receivable Specialist role is vital for managing cash flow within the Cash Application and Collections department, focusing on daily reconciliation, collections, and process improvement to minimize bad debt.

Responsibilities

• Commit to continuous improvement by enhancing collection processes and service quality for customers
• Adopt new business processes to promote automation and reduce complexity
• Collaborate with field and central teams to identify and address root causes of past-due invoices
• Minimize exposure to bad debt
• Conduct proactive reviews of outstanding balances and identify risk accounts
• Manage assigned customer accounts
• Reduce outstanding past-due balances to meet or exceed contractual targets
• Investigate root causes for non-payment
• Compile and implement recommendations for improving accounts receivable, reducing past-due balances and remittance issues
• Report results to department management and/or shared service customers

Requirements

• Experience in accounts receivable and invoice processing
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Skills in cash application and reconciliation
• Experience in collections within high-volume environments
• Expertise in accounts receivable management and root cause analysis
• Good communication skills (involves phone interactions)

Qualifications

• Entry-level candidates or individuals with 1-2 years of AR experience

Nice to Have

• Experience in high-volume, fast-paced environments
• Distribution experience
• SAP experience or experience with any ERP system

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits