Specialist-Accounts Rec

Alpine Electronics of America, Inc.•Auburn Hills, MI

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is responsible for maintaining accounts receivable records, monitoring and collecting accounts, reviewing sales orders on credit hold, creating and distributing invoices and monthly statements, communicating discrepancies, researching and resolving discrepancies, evaluating financial statements, performing daily cash management duties, contacting customers for remittance advice, researching and resolving misapplied payments, processing refunds, creating and processing manual billings, understanding GAAP related to revenue recognition, ensuring revenue is properly reflected in the General Ledger, supporting the month-end close process, assisting in streamlining the order-to-cash process, building relationships with internal departments, ensuring compliance with J-Sox internal controls, supporting financial audits, and cross-training other team members. The position also requires supporting customer-required quality management systems (TISAX, TS16949, IATF, etc.) and exercising a higher level of confidentiality and discretion.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance/business related degree
1-3 years of accounts receivable and/or general accounting experience
Valid U.S. driver’s license required
Ability to identify and solve complex technical problems and break them down into smaller components.
Ability to think creatively and come up with innovative solutions.
Meticulous attention to detail in writing code and following best practices.
Ability to adapt to new technologies and programming languages.
A passion for learning and staying up to date with industry trends.
Ability to persevere through challenges and setbacks.
Use verbal skills to transfer information to groups.
Prepare business documents, client case notes, and technical reports.
Perform basic mathematical computations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, and ratios, and statistical inference, frequency distribution, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and validity.
Database / Contact Management Software
Internet / Email
Presentation Software
Spreadsheet Software
Word Processing Software
Concentration and attentiveness
Manage multiple projects and tasks
Independent judgment and discretion
Deescalate high conflict situations
Read and comprehend instructions/work orders
Respond to unpredictability
Organize and prioritize
Relate to others
Ability to stand
Ability to sit
Ability to communicate orally
Ability to hear and engage in conversation.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the automotive industry is a plus
Prior experience with SAP is preferred

Responsibilities

Maintain accounts receivable records to ensure aging is up to date, credit and collections are applied, and uncollected amounts are accounted for.
Monitor and collect accounts receivable by contacting customers via phone, email, and mail.
Review sales orders on credit hold and determine if orders should be released based on past dues and credit limit.
Create and distribute invoices to customers by email, mail, or customer portal.
Create and distribute monthly statements to customers by email, mail, or customer portal.
Communicate discrepancies, slow-paying customers, and recommend collection strategies to management.
Research and resolve discrepancies, such as pricing differences, quantity disputes, and returns.
Evaluate financial statements, run 3rd party credit reports, and recommend credit limits for new and existing customers.
Perform daily cash management duties, run daily bank reports to record bank deposits, update cash logs, and upload deposits in a timely manner to customer accounts.
Contact customers for remittance advice and clear cash from the AR subledger in a timely manner.
Research misapplied payments (checks, wires, ACH Payments, credit cards) and take appropriate steps to reverse and re-apply the payments.
Process refunds for overpayments.
Create and process manual billings for all customers (OEM, Affiliate, Tiers, Brand, HM&I).
Understand GAAP related to revenue recognition to ensure how and when revenue should be recognized.
Ensure revenue is properly reflected in the General Ledger.
Support the month-end close process by preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, aged trial balances, and various ad hoc reports and analysis.
Assist in streamlining the order-to-cash process by identifying areas for process improvement to improve cash collection cycle.
Build strong relationships with internal departments (Sales & Marketing, Customer Service, Accounting, Shipping/Warehouse) to collect cash faster, boost profitability, build strong customer relationships, and minimize customer disputes.
Ensure compliance with J-Sox internal controls related to Sales/Account Receivable.
Support Quarterly and Yearly financial audits.
Cross-train other team members.
Provide support toward the certification and ensure compliance with customer-required quality management systems (TISAX, TS16949, IATF, etc.).