Job Description:
Responsible for taking full ownership of the A/R and Collections function at a medium size company; tracking and resolving outstanding payment issues and generating weekly and monthly aging reports in a timely manner.
Compensation/Salary:
DOE
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Make Weekly collection calls
- Invoicing
- Conduct account research and analysis
- Prepare and maintain various reports
- Maintain an accurate aging report
- Identify and execute the necessary process adjustments
- Send statement to outstanding customers
- Month end AR/GL Receipt Reconciliation
- Interact with customers to resolve outstanding issues
- Cash Receipts
- Process Credit applications
- Month end reports
- Filing
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.
Qualifications:
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Part-time supervision of one supporting staff member. No responsibility for costs, methods or personnel.
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
- A.A. Degree from two-year college or technical school in accounting and over five years up to and including seven years of related experience and/or training in accounts receivable and collections; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Heavy collections experience required.
LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPERIENCE
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS EXPERIENCE
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
REASONING ABILITY
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
COMPUTER SKILLS
- To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of: Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook Communication Management software, Word, and Excel. Experience with Accounting software, and FAMOUS inventory management software; and experience with Internet usage, PC and/or MAC and Windows.
CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES and REGISTRATIONS
- Valid State Driver’s License.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Data entry skills, detail-oriented, strong customer service and negotiation skills. Positive and proactive attitude, strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize and multitask and be a strong communicator, both paper and over the phone. He or she will frequently deal with higher levels of management.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop and kneel; regularly required to stand, walk and sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and frequently required to talk or hear.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is working in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Other requirements
- May occasionally be asked to run local errands.
