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Accounts Receivable Specialist

About the Company and Opportunity:

• Our client is a growth-oriented firm in the abrasives and safety equipment distribution industry.
• This organization is your right-now supplier to help their clients keep projects moving!

• Why work here:

• Progressive firm with strong relationships nationwide.

Overview of the Accounts Receivable Specialist:

• Collect payments on past due invoices via phone calls and collection e-mails or other correspondence
• Verify validity of customer account discrepancies by investigating information from sales, customer service departments and from customers
• Resolve collections issues by examining customer payment plans, payment history and credit line
• Make outbound collection calls while maintaining and/or improving customer relationships
• Through personal account management, maintain current knowledge of customer accounts as well as any outstanding issues
• Provide customers with account statements and invoices
• Maintain customer collection notes in ERP system
• Summarize receivables by maintaining invoice accounts; coordinate and prepare monthly AR meeting for designated customer accounts with detailed notes and payment status
• Run aging reports for use in making collections calls and for management of accounts
• Process customer credit memos

Preferred Qualifications for the Accounts Receivable Specialist:

• 2+ years of related collections experience in a high-volume business to business collections setting
• Experience in high volume collections with demonstrated ability to drive down aging of accounts
• MS Excel – Intermediate
• Strong attention to detail and organized
• Ability to work independently and take initiative in a fast-paced environment
• Great communication and follow-through