AR CLERK COLLECTIONS

Century International A•Fairfax, VT

About The Position

The Accounts Receivable Credit and Collections Specialist will process and post customer remittances, review customer receivable balances, and make collection calls on overdue accounts. This position will also support the Controller with administrative support and assist with various duties such as processing the incoming mail, accounts payable and invoicing backup, and correspondence with the Sales and Customer Service departments.

Requirements

High school diploma plus 5+ years previous experience in accounts payable
Must have understanding of the general ledger accounts
Strong organizational skills and work in a team environment
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
Excellent attention to detail
Ability to prioritize workload and handle multiple assignments in a timely manner
Employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel and talk or hear
Employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms
The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision

Responsibilities

Maintain accurate and organized physical filing system for processed customer remittance batches, customer credit applications, credit limit increases, and collections, including annual file rotation.
Manages overdue accounts, ensures timely payment, and maintains good customer relationships.
Identify payment issues and utilize appropriate collection strategies on delinquent accounts.
Maintains credit terms and other key data points within the Master Data file of ERP.
Processes and posts customer remittances, in a timely manner, through bank desktop deposit system and ERP.
Analyze credit reports, financial data, and other relevant information to assess credit worthiness and make recommendations regarding credit terms to the CFO.
Communications with the insurance company to report delinquent accounts, maintenance of insurance claims, declaration of annual sales, providing customer information and credit analysis, etc.
Prepares temporary credit limit increases and releases sales orders once approved by management..
Answers accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data.
Work with Operations personnel to ensure all data and communications are processed in a timely manner.
Reviews sales orders and maintenance of credit holds in the ERP system, as needed.
Releases accurate and complete sales orders for shipment, as needed.
Processes and post manual credits and invoices, as needed.
Performs customer credit reference checks and obtains credit and DNB history for new and existing customers.
Serves as backup for the AR Invoicing Specialist.
Assists in processing manual credits for sales spiff programs.
Calculation of sales rebates, customer co-ops, early pay discounts and other sales reserves.
Back up for accounts payable entry for inbound and outbound freight invoices.