Coordinator Account Receivable

Hapag-Lloyd•Atlanta, GA

17h

About The Position

At Hapag-Lloyd, we will support the further development of your skills in our culturally diverse, stimulating environment as you help us grow our customer base. As the Coordinator Accounts Receivables, you will properly execute accounting activities such as maintaining general ledger accounts, solving accounting problems, analyzing, and reconciling accounts while adhering to the Company’s accounting policies and procedures.

Requirements

Associates Degree with 2 years of experience in accounting or the equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
Effectively follow Hapag-Lloyd accounting practices in daily accounting and financial analysis work.
Understand and apply the business processes of the company and guard against actions that will negatively affect business in general.
Use questioning to identify the specific problem and related information and make appropriate contacts to work out a reasonable solution.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with both internal and external customers.
Proficient using MS Office, Word, Excel spreadsheets and other software to meet work demands.

Responsibilities

Contacts customers on a weekly basis regarding delinquencies, short payments, or disputed amounts
Communicates with other areas and departments internally at Hapag-Lloyd to assist in collection or resolution to disputed amounts
Monitors customer credit limits and enforces company credit policy
Maintains maximum aging of 5% over 45 days
Posts checks and clears down accounts receivable accounts as applicable
Alerts management of distressed receivables and of those who have gone over the credit limit
Sets deadlines to maximize aging of receivables to achieve key performance measures
Generates weekly reports as needed for analysis
Processes refund requests and sends out monthly statements as required
Responds to customer inquiries and solves problems that arise