Accounts Receivable Specialist

As an Accounts Receivable Specialist, your role is pivotal in managing and overseeing the accounts receivable processes of our organization. This position plays a key role in supporting the financial stability and customer relationship management of the company. The ideal candidate will be responsible for executing Accounts Receivable strategies and maintaining effective communication with clients to facilitate timely payments while preserving customer relations.

The Specialist will work closely with team members to mitigate risk, optimize receivables, and contribute to departmental goals, all while gaining proficiency in collection methods and systems and ensuring a positive customer experience

• Collect cash for open Accounts Receivable.
• Follow up on a regular basis with the customer until a payment resolution is received.
• Escalate to the Team Lead if/when problems or concerns arise.
• Ability to research Accounts Receivable issues and reconcile payment remittances.
• Minimize bad debt write-offs and maximize cash receipts while being sensitive to internal and external customers.
• Adhere to accounts receivable strategies and completion of tasks to include and not limited to on account cash, escalations, credit review, etc. within expected SLA
• Promptly resolve billing and Accounts Receivable issues while identifying potential opportunities for process improvement
• Drive and Host conference calls to find resolution to issues and resolve past due
• Provide internal/external customer ad hoc reporting and/or statements
• Independently perform root cause analysis on customer issues.
• Independently work with customer to negotiate significantly past due balances via payment plan or settlement process.
• Independently summarize and present findings from account reconciliations to customer and internal Client Teams, including Sales Rep, Director and AVP, Customer Setup and Contract Gateway Teams.
• Independently communicate with customer’s Accounts Payable Supervisors, Managers and Directors.

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in business management or finance
• 2+ years’ experience in B2B Credit and Collections or associate or bachelor’s Degree
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to assess a problem and promptly resolve or elevate accordingly
• Basic to Intermediate skills in Excel
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Time management and organizational skills
• Ability to coordinate with other internal departments
• Use of Collection Software (Webcollect, Getpaid etc.)
• Understanding of Accounting Principles
• Understanding of Credit Management processes
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite and O365
• Familiarity with different methods of billing and invoicing customers

The hourly range for roles of this nature is $18.00 to $22.00/hr rates are heavily dependent on skills, experience, location, and industry.

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Think is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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