Accounts Receivable Specialist II

Danaher•Irvine, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Accounts Receivable Specialist II is responsible for collecting trade accounts for all customer accounts assigned. This position reports to the Sr Manager, Finance and is part of the Accounting & Finance team located in Irvine, CA and will be an on-site role. In this role, you will have the opportunity to: Collect all invoices owed on all customer accounts assigned based upon established guidelines and management of priorities by amount owed, past due age or degree of credit risk as necessary to effectively reduce past due invoices and maximize cash collections. Identify all customer deductions for rebate, discount or tracing and process credit memos to properly clear the deduction and apply credit memo to correct invoices per customer remittance information, obtaining necessary approvals from Finance before processing. Maintain documentation and record all activity and status of customer accounts and past due invoices as necessary to determine collection status; record notations, collection notes or status codes in collection solution (High Radius). Generate requests for credit memos or corrected invoices as necessary to correct erroneous billing for pricing, tax, freight, discount or miscellaneous credit obtaining the necessary approvals based upon accounting guidelines.

Requirements

Two or more years of collections or related experience with trade and distributor accounts, or four years of AR experience in an accounting related function
Two or more years of experience with a large ERP system (Oracle, MS Dynamics, SAP, Netsuite).
High school diploma or GED equivalent

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
Two or more years of collections experience with trade or distributor customers, within the medical device industry

Responsibilities

Collect all invoices owed on all customer accounts assigned based upon established guidelines and management of priorities by amount owed, past due age or degree of credit risk as necessary to effectively reduce past due invoices and maximize cash collections.
Identify all customer deductions for rebate, discount or tracing and process credit memos to properly clear the deduction and apply credit memo to correct invoices per customer remittance information, obtaining necessary approvals from Finance before processing.
Maintain documentation and record all activity and status of customer accounts and past due invoices as necessary to determine collection status; record notations, collection notes or status codes in collection solution (High Radius).
Generate requests for credit memos or corrected invoices as necessary to correct erroneous billing for pricing, tax, freight, discount or miscellaneous credit obtaining the necessary approvals based upon accounting guidelines.