Accounts Receivable Specialist
Company: Robert Half Finance & Accounting
Location: Buffalo Grove
Posted on: January 22, 2023
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Job Description:
Description Exciting career-building opportunity at a rapidly
growing company. Hybrid Role - Primarily Remote!To apply to this
role, please send your resume to John Sadofsky at
john.sadofsky@roberthalf.c0mJob Description: The Accounts
Receivable Specialist helps optimize cash flow through timely
billings and credit memos, accurate application of customer
payments, collections on accounts, and other duties related to
billing and receipts.--- Continuously reviews customer A/R aging
reports, proactively collects on upcoming past due accounts, and
strategically pursues past due accounts to keep days sales
outstanding within designated collections policy.--- Helps to
identify trends to aid in collections. Escalates severe delinquent
customer accounts to appropriate internal parties.--- Researches
and resolves customer accounts and payment discrepancies.---
Processes customer payments and credit memos in accounting
software. Prepares, enters, and reconciles daily deposits.---
Reviews and approves invoices for accurate general ledger posting
and proper sales taxation.--- Sends invoices to customers through
mail, email, and/or submission through online portals and
processing sites.--- Provides assistance with customer onboarding
to include customer creation. Helps maintain customer records
including portal preference, payment terms, bill to contacts, and
other records.--- Administers and helps establish credit limits for
new and existing customers through processing credit worthiness
checks by requesting and reviewing completed customer credit
application.--- Adheres to strict AR month end close tasks,
deadlines, and policies.--- Assists Project Managers and other
colleagues with miscellaneous paperwork and reporting, including
providing ad hoc customer account status reports and AR aging
reports. Provides real time payment information for start-up
requests to ensure 90% payment is received prior to generator
start-up performance.--- Works in conjunction with the
Manufacturer's Representative coordinators team to process
commissions' payments within required deadlines. Helps maintain
accurate and complete paid job statuses for commission
processing.--- Adheres to AR policies and continuously provides
recommendations for new policies and updates to existing
policies.--- Follows established company lien policy when
processing customer waiver of lien requests. Identifies and
monitors lien statues across various departments and projects to
preserve company's right to lien.--- Runs Manufacturer
Representative work-in-progress bi-weekly report to identify
projects that are ready to be invoiced and collaborates with sales
representative to invoice customers.--- Provides regular
relief/coverage for Receptionist (approximately 1 hour/week, and as
needed.)--- Performs variety of clerical duties such as scanning,
photocopying, faxing, filing, and collating.--- Comprehends and
adheres to all safety, quality, and Company guidelines specified in
the Employee Handbook, the safety policy manuals, quality
procedures or any official Company documents.--- Other duties, as
assigned. Requirements Requirements:--- Education and/or
Experience: Associates Degree in Accounting with 1+ years of
experience in accounts receivable and collections, or equivalent
combination of education and experience, as well as customer
service competence. --- Mathematical Skills: Ability to add,
subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole
numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate,
ratio and percent. --- Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common
sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or
oral instructions. Ability to define problems, collect data,
establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. --- Language Skills:
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence, and to
communicate effectively and persuasively to customers and employees
within the organizations. --- Computer Skills: Ability to use
Microsoft Office. Experience in accounting software with ability to
learn new. Minimum typing speed of 45 words per minute. ---
Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory
responsibilities. --- Physical Demands: While performing the duties
of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand,
walk; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or
move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this
job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. ---
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work: This is a full-time
position, and typical work hours and days are Monday through
Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. with one (1) hour unpaid lunch. ---
Work Environment: This job generally operates in a professional
clerical, office setting. This role routinely uses standard office
equipment such as computers, phones, adding machine, postage
machine and photocopiers. --- Other Qualifications: Must be
customer-oriented, persistent, professional, responsible, reliable,
proactive, organized, have excellent time management skills, and
manage multiple priorities at once. --- Education and/or
Experience: Experience in equipment resale and/or construction or
service industry.To apply to this role, please send your resume to
John Sadofsky at john.sadofsky@roberthalf.c0mRobert Half is the
world's first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that
connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great
companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement
solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and
creative, legal, and administrative and customer support
roles.Robert Half puts you in the best position to succeed by
advocating on your behalf and promoting you to employers. We
provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits,
and free online training. Stay on top of every opportunity - even
on the go. Download the Robert Half app
(https://www.roberthalf.com/mobile) and get 1-tap apply, instant
notifications for AI-matched jobs, and more.Robert Half will
consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner
consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance
Ordinance. All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be
authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to
temporary professionals. Visit https://roberthalf.gobenefits.net/
for more information. - 2022 Robert Half. An Equal Opportunity
Employer. M/F/Disability/Veterans. By clicking "Apply Now," you're
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