Accounts Receivable Representative

Lumbermens Merchandising Corporation • Wayne, PA

7d

About The Position

LMC is a leading buying group for a network of independent family-owned building material companies across the US. As their buying group, LMC negotiates and facilitates procurement opportunities for the most desired brands in the lumber and building materials industry. We also work to provide operational support with focus on logistics, capital equipment, technology, and marketing. By leveraging the billion-dollar buying power of our members, LMC ensures our members have a competitive edge to capture more of their local market share. Accounts Receivable Representative’s primary goal is to provide the stockholders with superior customer service while addressing any and all needs pertaining to payment issues surrounding LMC invoices. They also will be tasked with applying the stockholders’ payments in an efficient and timely manner.

Requirements

• 2-4 years related experience in a business environment.
• High school graduate or equivalent or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with spreadsheet applications, accounting systems and previous exposure to customer service situations.
• Excellent accounting and organizational skills.
• Excellent customer service focus and skill set.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate with internal and external contacts, both in writing and verbally.
• Ability to learn the automated systems used by LMC and customer/dealers.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and initiate work.
• Keep a positive and open mindset
• Strong math aptitude including ability to perform basic mathematical calculations and work accurately with numbers
• Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite products (Excel and Word).
• Ability to create spreadsheet applications with basic formulas.

Responsibilities

• Communicate and build strong relationships with dealer account contacts to help identify, address and resolve reasons for overdue payment while providing exceptional customer service.
• Accurately and efficiently apply dealer payments to ensure dealer AR statements are correct.
• Interact with vendors and purchasing departments to provide timely resolution of past due invoices and reconciliation of unidentified payments/deductions.
• Keep continuous communications with AR Management regarding unusual large past due issues.
• Performs other duties as required and/or assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED