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Essex Food Ingredients

Accounts Receivable Specialist

Essex Food Ingredients, Frazer, Pennsylvania, United States

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We are looking for an experienced self-driven and competent Accounts Receivable Specialist to join our Accounting team! As an AR Specialist at our company, your main responsibility will be to contact customers and collect missed and outstanding payments. You will also be responsible for handling the posting of daily customer cash payments and provide periodic assistance with billing customers.

Responsibilities

Process daily customer payments that come via Lockbox, credit card, ACH, Wire, etc. into Sage ERP X3 system.

Provide customer service regarding collection issues, process and review customer adjustments, resolve customer discrepancies and short payments

Responsible for monitoring and maintaining assigned accounts – customer calls, account adjustments, small balance write-offs, and customer reconciliations

Initiate sending of credit applications to new customers, with subsequent review and follow-up with sales reps and management on acceptable payment terms & credit limits to set

Enlist the efforts of sales and senior management when necessary to accelerate the collection process

Communicate & follow up effectively with sales dept. regarding customer accounts on a timely basis

Check fax and email files on a regular basis throughout the day

Oversee daily billing cycle in a back-up capacity once per every 2 weeks

Assist Billing Clerk with ‘Direct’ Shipment billings

Assist Billing Clerk with Warehouse Account monthly invoicing

General Accounting responsibilities

Assist Staff Accountant with daily ‘Cash Book’ entry of banking transactions and other miscellaneous functions

Essential Functions

Weekly and monthly reporting of AR Aging ‘Past Dues’ to sales reps and management

High volume email & phone follow-up to assigned delinquent customers

Reconcile customer disputes as they pertain to payment of outstanding balances that are due

High degree of familiarity with Accounts Receivable functions

Participate in Accounting Dept. team planning meetings

Meet defined department goals and activity metrics

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