Job Description
- The Accounts Receivable Representative II supports the Collections team with daily administrative duties such as credit card processing, review and resubmission of invoices into customer portals and other tasks instrumental in helping the team to achieve their collection goals.
- They may also be asked to contact customers in order obtain payment status of open invoices. They manage all aspects of the customer interaction from invoicing to cash collection and are the primary contact for problem resolution for the customers in their portfolio.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support collectors in day to day duties such as credit card processing, invoice entry/review in customer portals and obtaining information such as invoices, packing slips and proof of deliveries.
- Communicate professionally, both written and verbal
- Effectively manage a high volume of email communication and phone contact
- Have strong working knowledge of customer billing platforms an internal systems that allow problem identification and solution
- Proficiency in key Excel functions that will drive collection efficiencies with our customers
- Leverage relationships across departments and business units to improve problem resolution and drive completion of action plans
- Use business acumen to proactively identify problems, potential risk, formulate sound solutions and develop and deliver action plans
- Drive accountability by escalating delinquency issues within the customer and organizations
- Ability to react to and effectively manage changes in priorities based on business need
- Formulate a course of action to consistently accomplish or outperform established goals
- Recognize and escalate changes in customer behavior that indicates increased risk of delinquency or default
- Ability to work with minimal supervision; following guidelines and company policy
- Support development and implementation of on-boarding content for new team members
- Use Practical Process Improvement techniques to identify and solution problem root cause
- Mentor and support other team members
- Perform other duties as required to support customers, sales and other areas of the organization
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a business field preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal skills that allow effective communication via both phone and email; professional and customer focused manner with attention to detail
- Goal oriented
- Possesses a high degree of integrity
- Administrative, collection, customer service or finance background and analytical skills necessary to reconcile customer trade accounts
- Ability to work effectively with other team members in an open environment
- Proficiency in programs with MS Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook), Oracle, Cognos
Non-Negotiable Hiring Criteria:
- High School Diploma
- 5+ years of experience in administration, collections and/or business or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Administrative duties, business to business collections, customer service, or finance background and analytical skills necessary to reconcile customer trade accounts
- Demonstrate proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
- Excellent written and verbal skills that allow effective communication via both phone and email
- Operates with a high degree of integrity, works well in a team environment.
- Any experience with invoice data entry into portals, government WAWF portal system is a plus but not required. Detail oriented.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Experience level:
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Accounting: 4 years (Preferred)
- Bookkeeping: 4 years (Preferred)
- Administrative: 5 years (Preferred)
- invoice entry: 2 years (Preferred)
- MS Office: 3 years (Preferred)
Work Location: On the road