Accounts Receivable Specialist

TransPerfect • New York, NY

20d

About The Position

The operations team is responsible for maintaining the day-to-day operations of our growing business. The Accounts Receivable team is part of that important team. As an Accounts Receivable Specialist, you are responsible for issuing invoices, applying payments, and liaising with Sales to ensure prompt payment while maintaining good customer relations and achieving company standards for results.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum of 1-2 years of work experience in a computer-oriented environment
• Superior written and spoken communication skills
• Great attention to detail, a strong work ethic, a proactive approach to problem solving, a sense of urgency, and interpersonal skills that encourage teamwork, trust and openness among the employees with whom the position interfaces
• Strong computer skills, Great Plains experience preferred, and the desire to learn more
• Most importantly you must be willing to learn new things, be open to challenges and thrive on success
• Creative thinker – You are curious and unafraid to ask questions
• Hard worker – You are industrious and diligent in everything you do
• Innovator – You are willing to initiate changes and introduce new ideas

Nice To Haves

• Great Plains experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Verify and post client payments (check, wires & credit cards)
• Timely application of all client payments received
• Acquire client remittances to ensure accurate and timely application
• Identify client overpayments due to currency gains and post relating entries
• Investigate older items on account, identify and note cause
• Identify clients with consistent payment issues and work with both client and management to resolve.
• Assist with various reports
• Special projects as needed

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k matching
• membership to child-care providers
• other TransPerks
• You even get your birthday off because let's face it, we're stoked that you were born.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level