Accounts Receivable Specialist

Alter Trading Corp•Creve Coeur, MO

13h•Onsite

About The Position

Founded in 1898, Alter Trading Corporation is a worldwide leader in metal recycling for over 128 years. Alter Trading Corporation offers competitive salary and benefits to include medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance, a generous Paid-Time Off Policy, company paid Short- and Long-Term Disability as well as a generous 401(k) match. Come join our team! Reporting to the Manager of AR and AP, the Accounts Receivable Specialist is responsible of maintaining the quality and accuracy of accounts receivable through assigned responsibilities.

Requirements

1-3 years of recent and relevant experience in accounts receivables and business collections, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
Must have excellent verbal and written communication style.
Ability to carry out ongoing dialogues in a way that creates trust and confidence within all levels of the company.
A positive attitude and the ability to work well with others.
Proficient Outlook and intermediate Excel skills.

Nice To Haves

Prefer an associate degree in business, accounting or related field.

Responsibilities

Identifies correct customers and invoices by interpreting various remittance advices, and applies wires, ACH’s, and checks to open invoices.
Identifies past due customers within policy guidelines, past due invoices, and subsequent collection of past due invoices by making external and/or internal contact and follow up.
Documents and communicates short payments and unapplied cash through established procedures and works with internal and external contacts to resolve.
Analyzes customer payments, researches unapplied cash, duplicate billings, and adjustments to correctly apply and clear open invoices.
Monitor customer credit limits and work effectively with other parties to adjust, analyze, communicate, and request new credit limits.
Maintains divisional Accounts Receivable, including joint venture, distributor, railcar, and miscellaneous sales by analyzing and applying payments, and collecting/resolving open items through internal and/or external contacts.
Performs month end reconciliations and reports.
Performs special projects requiring analysis of Accounts Receivable transactions.
Performs all other task and/or responsibilities as assigned, requested, or needed.